Western Sydney Airport site, Sentinel-2 false colour, June 2017: farmland and bush before construction.

Specialist geospatial advisory for environment, infrastructure and mission-driven work.

For a data centre operator choosing between two corridors.For a utility standing up an enterprise GIS that has to be used, not just installed.For a land council preparing an approval that will be read closely.

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Western Sydney Airport · Sentinel-2 L2A · Copernicus · Jun 2017, Jul 2020, Jul 2023, Jul 2026False colour B8-B4-B3 · same scene, nine years

01 — What Latera does

Specialist spatial analysis, done to a standard that holds up.

Latera is a specialist geospatial advisory. It works across infrastructure, energy, property, government, environment and international development — wherever a route, a site, a change on the ground or a spatial system has to be understood well enough to act on.

02 — Practices

Where Latera goes deepest.

Three specialist practices hold most of the work. Projects regularly cross between them and into other sectors, from energy to international development.

K’gari, Sentinel-2 SWIR composite, February 2021: the scar of the 2020 bushfire shows pink-brown across much of the island. — K’gari · Sentinel-2 · Copernicus 2021, 2026 · SWIR B12-B8A-B4 · Feb 2021, Apr 2026 · change mask illustrative Illustrative method demonstration, not client work.

K’gari, the same scene in April 2026, with the burnt area revegetated. — K’gari · Sentinel-2 · Copernicus 2021, 2026 · SWIR B12-B8A-B4 · Feb 2021, Apr 2026 · change mask illustrative Illustrative method demonstration, not client work.

Environment and Land

Measuring change, monitoring habitat and land cover, mapping constraints for approvals.

Environment and Land

Infrastructure and Networks

Choosing routes, corridors and sites, and tracking construction from the air.

Imagery and terrain Sentinel-2, DEM
Environmental constraints vegetation, waterways
Tenure and exclusions cultural, regulatory
Corridor options three, weighted
Selected route cost, time, risk stated

Infrastructure and Networks

Tumut to Blowering, Sentinel-2 natural colour mosaic with terrain contours; closed forest shown in green false colour; the reservoir, the township, the dams and two existing transmission easements are marked over it. — HumeLink corridor, Tumut to Blowering · Sentinel-2 · Copernicus 2026 · natural colour Q2 mosaic; forest in false colour (urban) B12-B11-B4, 7 Oct 2026 · Copernicus DEM GLO-90 contours · constraints and corridors illustrative Illustrative method demonstration, not client work.

Use cases delivered first three, measured
Training and champions adoption program
Governance named owners, standards
Data model and migration mapping, workflow
Platform ArcGIS Enterprise, 3-GIS — what the vendor ships

The vendor ships the bottom layer. Latera builds the four above it.

GIS Strategy and Capability

Getting value from a spatial system after it has been bought.

GIS Strategy and Capability

03 — How it’s done

What every practice draws on.

Remote sensing

Optical and radar imagery, from Sentinel to very-high-resolution; change detection and time series, accuracy stated.
Spatial automation

Repeatable workflows in Python, Earth Engine and ArcGIS, and bespoke tools inside a client’s own systems.
Methodology and governance

Method documented first, limits named, data standards and owners set, so results outlast the engagement.

Cairns and Trinity Inlet, Sentinel-2 natural colour, August 2026. — Cairns · Sentinel-2 natural colour, Aug 2026 → Sentinel-1 radar, Sep 2026 · Copernicus 2026. Same place, two sensors; radar sees through cloud.

Cairns, Sentinel-1 radar VV backscatter, September 2026. — Cairns · Sentinel-2 natural colour, Aug 2026 → Sentinel-1 radar, Sep 2026 · Copernicus 2026. Same place, two sensors; radar sees through cloud.

04 — How we work

Three ways to work with Latera.

Scoped projects

Scope, deliverable and acceptance criteria agreed before work starts. Fixed price, named owner on both sides.
Retainers

Latera as the spatial function for organisations without one. A monthly envelope, first-call access.
Embedded work

Inside a client’s team or a wider project, building capability as the work is delivered.

05 — Background

Built on five years of satellite analysis and GIS practice at the United Nations, including governance work and helping countries adopt GIS, then enterprise GIS for Australian infrastructure. Trained in geographic information science at the University of Queensland (MGIS).

About Latera