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Orange - New South Wales, Australia

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Location of Orange,
New South Wales
© Geoscience Australia

The city of Orange is located between Wellington and Bathurst County’s in central west New South Wales. These images were acquired from the Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper sensor. True and false colour images for both a recent (2009), and an older (1986) 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

• Orange false colour before and after
• 1986 Orange true colour
• 2009 Orange true colour
• 1986 Orange false colour
• 2009 Orange false colour

In this false colour swipe comparison, the extent of the urban areas of Orange are highlighted in red. Over the course of the last 23 years, the city centre has expanded in all directions but with slightly more development to the north of the CBD around Bletchington and Narrambla. The Orange Sewage Treatments Works can be seen appearing in the northeast of the city. Also notice the new plantation growth in Kinross State Forest to the east of Orange, and the significant water volume changes of Suma Park and Spring Creek Reservoirs.

	1986 Orange 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 21 August 1986 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 884KB] © Geoscience Australia
	2009 Orange 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 5 September 2009 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 876KB] © Geoscience Australia
	1986 Orange false colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 1 (visible blue), 5 (mid-infrared) and 4 (near infrared) respectively Image taken on 21 August 1986 25m Resolution In these false colour images, urban areas appear as shades of red. Vegetation appears in a range of blue to green, with blue representing more irrigated or mature vegetation. Darker shades of blue or green represent forests or plantations, with lighter shades showing grasslands or agriculture. Bare ground or dense infrastructure appears bright yellow. Download high resolution image [JPEG 1006KB] © Geoscience Australia
	2009 Orange false colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 1 (visible blue), 5 (mid-infrared) and 4 (near infrared) respectively Image taken on 5 September 2009 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 954KB] © Geoscience Australia

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