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Satellite imagery at work in our community
Geoscience Australia part of international effort to compare next generation of satellite data
Geoscience Australia has taken part in a global campaign to compare data from the Landsat 8 and 9 satellites during a rare underfly.
Songlines to soar for science and country
A unique collaboration between Geoscience Australia and a Ngambri-Wiradjuri firefighter is launching two Aboriginal totems into the sky
New report: Extracting the Benefits of Earth Observation
Satellite data is an untapped resource in Australia’s mining and METS sector, finds this report from FrontierSI
Meet Bex Dunn: wetlands explorer
This Earth observation scientist is diving deep into satellite data to better understand Australia’s wetlands
New DEA roadmap
The Digital Earth Australia Program Roadmap details our in-flight and future projects
An artist’s surreal view of Australia — created from satellite data
Digital Earth Australia is proud to work with artist Grayson Cooke, whose interpretation of Landsat satellite imagery is opening up new perspectives on our planet
Helping Australian industry use satellite imagery
Digital Earth Australia has partnered with FrontierSI to deliver a strategy for improving the uptake of satellite imagery
Digital Earth Australia recognised for excellence
The DEA Open Data Cube receives Outstanding Digital Platform of the Year
Satellites for sustainable development
Mapping Australia’s progress towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals
Mapping new opportunities for farmers
Digital Earth Australia provides seed funding to help farmers get the most from satellite imagery
The “Z” of where land meets sea
The Digital Earth Australia team have created the first 3D model of Australia’s entire coastline
We’re helping to map the Great Barrier Reef
DEA satellite data helps reveal the Great Barrier Reef’s sea floor in never-before-seen detail
Welcome to the intertidal zone
Mapping 50,000 km of Australian coast with three decades of Landsat data
Uncovering habitat change in Australia’s north
Digital Earth Australia data is supporting studies into threatened and migratory species
Finding water to fight fire
Satellite data maps of Australian waterbodies are fuelling a more confident flightpath for Victoria’s CFA
Mangroves on the move
Thirty years of Landsat data maps the nationwide movement and migration of Australia’s mangrove forests
Putting better eyes on our wetlands
Satellite data is providing new perspectives on wetlands, say these leaders.
The colours of Keytah
The algorithm behind our DEA Fractional Cover turns complex satellite image capture sensitivities into simple colours for easy interpretation
Data for pasture productivity
Cibo Labs depends on DEA data to help graziers manage more than 20 million hectares productively and sustainably
Landsat at service during Black Summer
The partnership between Geoscience Australia and the USGS Landsat program meant satellite imagery was on-hand to assist responders during Australia’s 2019–20 bushfires
Sentinels activated for NSW floods
The CEMS agreement between Australia and the European Union gives emergency services ‘radar vision’
Protecting a precious resource for future generations
Digital Earth Australia datasets have helped raise New South Wales’ capacity for water governance by 500 per cent