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

Geoscience Australia Data published 'Continuity of Earth Observation Data for Australia - Operational Requirements to 2015 for Lands, Coasts and Oceans'. The document outlines the use of space-based Earth observation data for monitoring Australia's environment and natural disasters. It was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Planning satellite data acquisition strategies based on described operational requirements for monitoring.
• Assessing environmental change for reporting on international agreements based on the described use of Earth observation data.
• Modeling natural disaster impacts in sparsely populated regions based on the described value of remote sensing for a large country with a long coastline.

Strengths

• Authored by Geoscience Australia Data, a national geoscience agency.
• Last updated date is explicitly provided: 2026-05-14 09:31:53.596727.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Likely compiled from agency requirements and international agreement obligations.

Time Range

Operational requirements up to 2015.

Freshness

2026-05-14 09:31:53.596727

Geography

Australia, focusing on its lands, coasts, and oceans.