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

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

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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. 

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. 

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. 

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

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

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

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.

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

'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.

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

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

Geoscience Australia has taken part in a global campaign to compare data from the Landsat 8 and 9 satellites during a rare underfly.

A unique collaboration between Geoscience Australia and a Ngambri-Wiradjuri firefighter is launching two Aboriginal totems into the sky

Satellite data is an untapped resource in Australia’s mining and METS sector, finds this report from FrontierSI

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

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

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

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

Mapping Australia’s progress towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals

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

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

DEA satellite data helps reveal the Great Barrier Reef’s sea floor in never-before-seen detail

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Digital Earth Australia datasets have helped raise New South Wales’ capacity for water governance by 500 per cent