Australian Earth Observation Requirements for Lands, Coasts and Oceans to 2015

Operational requirements for Earth observation data in Australia up to 2015. The dataset describes the use of space-based platforms to observe and measure Earth surface properties. It is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Monitoring environmental change based on Earth observation data mentioned in the description
• Managing natural disasters in a large, sparsely populated country based on the described use case
• Monitoring Australia's long coastline based on the specific application mentioned
• Reporting for international environmental agreements based on the stated necessity

Strengths

• Describes operational requirements for a specific time period (to 2015)
• Addresses applications for a defined geography (Australia)
• Last updated date is explicitly provided (2026-05-05)

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to data_gov_au

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Time Range

Operational requirements to 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 05:00:17.765361; freshness should be verified

Geography

Australia