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From: Twitter data from the 2019–20 Australian bushfires reveals participatory and temporal variations in social media use for disaster recovery

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(Source of Statistics: National Bushfire Recovery Agency29). The map was created by the first author using the free and opensource Quantum geographic information system (QGIS v.3.22.3 'Białowieża'; QGIS Development Team, https://www.qgis.org/en/site/). The satellite imagery is Google Hybrid Maps layer accessible via the QGIS v.3.22.3 software. The digital boundary files for Australia was sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/standards/australian-statistical-geography-standard-asgs-edition-3/jul2021-jun2026/access-and-downloads/digital-boundary-files).

Study area: bushfire-impacted local government areas in the south coast region of New South Wales (NSW), Australia.

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