Surveillance Uncovers Illegal Dumping

The task of delivering a better environment, protected for all South Australians, requires the EPA to be constantly seeking to improve monitoring, operations and support. EPA needed to deploy higher resolution aerial-survey imagery, and provide an integrated technology platform that would enable ready access to a range of detailed geophysical information. In short, its team needed to see more, at higher resolution, with current and historic captures.

EPA integrates Nearmap imagery into its geospatial systems, including Google Maps, Google Earth and Enviro-Map. “Being able to view the street map and property boundaries in real-world detail is tremendously helpful, especially for rural sites, which are often less clearly marked” said Shellie Humphries, a Senior Environment Protection Officer with the IDU. “It helps us to work out that it is, in fact the right property we’re looking at, who owns it, what the dimensions are, and even whether the property has been extended without authorization.”