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Published:15 February 2024

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Landsat helping to address food security challenges in Africa

Learning from the past and planning for the future. Using Earth observation products and tools in the fight to achieve global food security.

 

Landsat helping to address food security challenges in Africa View article
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Updates to DEA GeoMAD and an expanded grid just the start of big changes on the way

Plus, get to know the new DEA Knowledge Hub

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Floodwater cuts through dry Channel Country

Look at scenes captured when satellites passed over Central Australia, as the dry rivers filled with floodwaters following Tropical Cyclone Kirrily.

Floodwater cuts through dry Channel Country
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DEA newsletter and communications archive

An archive of Digital Earth Australia's newsletter, updates, upgrades and announcements 

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DEA Tech Alerts: Outages, Errors & Updates

Digital Earth Australia's Tech Alerts: A log of recent info on outages, errors & updates

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Introducing the Digital Earth Australia Knowledge Hub

The DEA Knowledge Hub brings together our User Guides, Data Product information, DEA Notebooks, and more into one central location. 

Introducing the Digital Earth Australia Knowledge Hub View article
DEA Surface Reflectance using false colour imagery to show the flooding in the desert in Gascoyne, in Western Australia, with pools filling up diverts behind sand dunes creating an opalescent sparkle in otherwise dry part of the continent.

Landsat supporting greater international water security

Looking to the past to protect the future: Landsat-based Earth observation products and tools informing water security initiatives around the world

Landsat supporting greater international water security View article
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Using the power of Landsat and Digital Earth tools to understand coastlines in Australia and Africa

How leading-edge Landsat based Earth observation products and tools are helping us to understand Africa’s and Australia’s coastlines.

Using the power of Landsat and Digital Earth tools to understand coastlines in Australia and Africa View article
Unnguu Managed Resource Area and the Montague Sound in Western Australia. DEA Surface Reflectance (Landsat 9) 

DEA Landsat 9 Collection 3 Analysis Ready Data now available

Landsat 9 data has been validated, calibrated, and adjusted for Australian conditions for easy analysis across the entire continent. 

DEA Landsat 9 Collection 3 Analysis Ready Data now available View article
A single Sentinel-2 false colour image showing mineral variation in the MacDonnell Ranges in the Northern Territory captured with a multispectral sensor using short-wave infrared to highlight the mineral variation. This image shows the Finke River in white cutting through the bottom right of the image and the Gosses Bluff range in the bottom left - a meteorite impact crater.

DEA Images & Animations

See and download Digital Earth Australia's satellite imagery and animations

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Landsat Insights: Wetland History in Your Hand

Practitioners managing the wellbeing of wetlands have a new tool at their disposal. The Wetland Insight Tool (WIT), developed by Geoscience Australia, provides a visual summary of 35+ years of wetland dynamics. 

Landsat Insights: Wetland History in Your Hand View article
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Meet Norman Mueller: Earth observation scientist

Over the two decades he's worked in remote sensing, Norman has seen Earth observations go from on-request DVD mailouts to distributed, instant big data and time series analysis. 

Meet Norman Mueller: Earth observation scientist View article
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EOCSI initiative fosters South East Asian EO development

EOCSI is an initiative led by Australia’s national science and geoscience agencies, CSIRO and Geoscience Australia to support the growth and implementation of Earth Observation (EO) -based products and services in South East Asia. 

EOCSI initiative fosters South East Asian EO development View article
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DEA Coastlines 2.0 now available

Now includes 2021 data, plus new coverage of the Great Barrier Reef, the Torres Strait and northwest WA offshore reefs and islands

DEA Coastlines 2.0 now available View article
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Sentinel-2 Collection 3 migration reaches 'significant milestone'

Collection 3 uses the same raw data as the previous collection, but it's processed and packaged in a more accurate and accessible way 

Sentinel-2 Collection 3 migration reaches 'significant milestone' View article
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Digital Earth Australia program strategy and roadmap (2022-2025)

The Digital Earth Australia Roadmap sets out our vision, mission and strategic objectives for the years ahead

Digital Earth Australia program strategy and roadmap (2022-2025)
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Mountain, Field, Reef: Mapping the Jaragun Wetlands Project

Cal/Val scientists deploy drones to construct a topographical map of a Great Barrier Reef-adjacent artificial wetlands while exchanging knowledge with the Wanjuri people.

Mountain, Field, Reef: Mapping the Jaragun Wetlands Project View Article
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Contribute to the EO and emergency services legacy

Earth observation (EO) organisations and emergency services have a long history of cooperation and knowledge sharing. You can contribute - – and share in $200,000. 

Contribute to the EO and emergency services legacy View article
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Meet Belle Tissott - Land Cover creative

'I feel like I'm like a little kid': Belle tells the story of Australia’s changing landscape by turning decades of satellite and mapping data into eye-catching works of digital art.

Meet Belle Tissott - Land Cover creative View article
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Input data changes impacting DEA products

Our satellite data providers are making changes that may impact you.

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DEA Landsat Collection Upgrade

We're  upgrading our Landsat products to a new version that may impact some users

DEA Landsat Collection Upgrade Learn more
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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.

Geoscience Australia part of international effort to compare next generation of satellite data View article
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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

Songlines to soar for science and country View article
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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

New report: Extracting the Benefits of Earth Observation View article
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Meet Bex Dunn: wetlands explorer

This Earth observation scientist is diving deep into satellite data to better understand Australia’s wetlands

Meet Bex Dunn: wetlands explorer View article
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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

An artist’s surreal view of Australia — created from satellite data View article
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Helping Australian industry use satellite imagery

Digital Earth Australia has partnered with FrontierSI to deliver a strategy for improving the uptake of satellite imagery

Helping Australian industry use satellite imagery View article
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Digital Earth Australia recognised for excellence

The DEA Open Data Cube receives Outstanding Digital Platform of the Year

Digital Earth Australia recognised for excellence View article
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Satellites for sustainable development

Mapping Australia’s progress towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals

Satellites for sustainable development View article
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Mapping new opportunities for farmers

Digital Earth Australia provides seed funding to help farmers get the most from satellite imagery

Mapping new opportunities for farmers View article
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The “Z” of where land meets sea

The Digital Earth Australia team have created the first 3D model of Australia’s entire coastline

The “Z” of where land meets sea View article
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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

We’re helping to map the Great Barrier Reef View article
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Welcome to the intertidal zone

Mapping 50,000 km of Australian coast with three decades of Landsat data

Welcome to the intertidal zone View article
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Uncovering habitat change in Australia’s north

Digital Earth Australia data is supporting studies into threatened and migratory species

Uncovering habitat change in Australia’s north View article
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Finding water to fight fire

Satellite data maps of Australian waterbodies are fuelling a more confident flightpath for Victoria’s CFA

Finding water to fight fire View article
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Mangroves on the move

Thirty years of Landsat data maps the nationwide movement and migration of Australia’s mangrove forests

Mangroves on the move View article
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Putting better eyes on our wetlands

Satellite data is providing new perspectives on wetlands, say these leaders.

Putting better eyes on our wetlands View article
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The colours of Keytah

The algorithm behind our DEA Fractional Cover turns complex satellite image capture sensitivities into simple colours for easy interpretation

The colours of Keytah View article
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Data for pasture productivity

Cibo Labs depends on DEA data to help graziers manage more than 20 million hectares productively and sustainably

Data for pasture productivity View article
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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

Landsat at service during Black Summer View article
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Sentinels activated for NSW floods

The CEMS agreement between Australia and the European Union gives emergency services ‘radar vision’

Sentinels activated for NSW floods View article
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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

Protecting a precious resource for future generations View article