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| NSW bushfires: mapping the spread of the blazes | NSW bushfires: mapping the spread of the blazes |
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| The New South Wales rural fire service releases updates to the burned area from bushfires through its RSS feed. | The New South Wales rural fire service releases updates to the burned area from bushfires through its RSS feed. |
| I've taken snapshots of these from Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to compare movement in the bushfire areas. | |
| Thankfully, most of the fires have remained largely contained. | Thankfully, most of the fires have remained largely contained. |
| This map shows the outbreak of the bushfire near Dudley on Wednesday afternoon through to Thursday morning: | |
| Map data ©2013 Google, DigitalGlobe, SIO, NOAA, US Navy, NGA, GEBCO, Landsat. Click here to enlarge or view on mobiles | |
| Here's the Lithgow and Mount Victoria fire comparing Tuesday and Wednesday: | Here's the Lithgow and Mount Victoria fire comparing Tuesday and Wednesday: |
Map data ©2013 Google, Cnes/Spot Image, DigitalGlobe, Landsat. Click here to enlarge or view on mobiles | Map data ©2013 Google, Cnes/Spot Image, DigitalGlobe, Landsat. Click here to enlarge or view on mobiles |
| Here's the Minmi fire near Newcastle, showing hourly movements for Wednesday from 1:38 through to 4:48: | Here's the Minmi fire near Newcastle, showing hourly movements for Wednesday from 1:38 through to 4:48: |
| Map data ©2013 Google, Cnes/Spot Image, DigitalGlobe, Landsat. Click here to enlarge or view on mobiles | Map data ©2013 Google, Cnes/Spot Image, DigitalGlobe, Landsat. Click here to enlarge or view on mobiles |
| And here's the fire at Springwood, which has again been well contained: | And here's the fire at Springwood, which has again been well contained: |
| Map data ©2013 Google, Cnes/Spot Image, DigitalGlobe, Landsat. Click here to enlarge or view on mobiles | Map data ©2013 Google, Cnes/Spot Image, DigitalGlobe, Landsat. Click here to enlarge or view on mobiles |
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