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Space tech maps out Australia’s water

By AAP with AG Staff • 14 November 2011

Topography of Canberra and the Murrumbidgee River using the 30m resolution Digital Elevation Model. (Credit: CSIRO)

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Images from NASA’s Space Shuttle are being used to create maps that could help manage river resources and flood events.

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