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Griffith - New South Wales, Australia

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Location of Griffith,
New South Wales
© Geoscience Australia

The city of Griffith is located in southwestern New South Wales, approximately 350km northwest of Canberra. These images were acquired from the Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper sensor. True and false colour images for both a recent (2011), and an older (1987) scene are available below in high resolution JPEG format.

For acquisition of full resolution files see the Earth Observation Catalogue, or contact earth.observation@ga.gov.au

• Griffith false colour before and after
• 1987 Griffith true colour
• 2011 Griffith true colour
• 1987 Griffith false colour
• 2011 Griffith false colour

In this false colour swipe comparison, urban areas appear as shades of purple and white. Vegetation appears as light green to yellow, with drier areas appearing lighter. Water is displayed as dark blue to black. Griffith has seen rapid growth over the last 24 years particularly in the northeast and southwest. Housing developments have occurred in Collina, Mayfair and Pioneer. Commercial and business infrastructure has been mainly concentrated in the southeast of the city. Rural residential properties have also been appearing in satellite suburbs such as Lake Wyangan. Also notice the new construction at Griffith Airport.

	1987 Griffith true colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 3 (visible red), 2 (visible green) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 12 December 1987 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 385KB] © Geoscience Australia
	2011 Griffith true colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 3 (visible red), 2 (visible green) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 28 January 2011 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 427KB] © Geoscience Australia
	1987 Griffith false colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 7 (mid-infrared), 5 (mid-infrared) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 12 December 1987 25m Resolution In these false colour images, urban areas appear as shades of purple and white. Vegetation appears as light green to yellow, with drier areas appearing lighter. Water is displayed as dark blue to black. Download high resolution image [JPEG 400KB] © Geoscience Australia
	2011 Griffith false colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 7 (mid-infrared), 5 (mid-infrared) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 28 January 2011 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 423KB] © Geoscience Australia

Topic contact: earth.observation@ga.gov.au Last updated: October 27, 2011