Australian Satellite Imagery Analysis for Environmental Change Tracking

Digital Earth Australia (DEA) provides processed Earth observation satellite data for tracking environmental changes. The platform is a government-funded initiative building on the award-winning Australian Geoscience Data Cube, developed by Geoscience Australia, CSIRO, and NCRIS. The dataset entry was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Track soil erosion and coastal erosion by analyzing changes in land surface features from satellite imagery.
• Monitor crop growth and agricultural potential by observing vegetation indices and land cover changes over time.
• Assess water quality in Australian water bodies using spectral data from satellite observations.
• Analyze urban development and changes to cities and regions through time-series geospatial imagery.

Strengths

• Built on the Australian Geoscience Data Cube, a 2016 Geospatial World Leadership Award winner for Content Platform of the Year.
• Provides analysis at a national scale, covering the entire continent of Australia.
• Processed data ready for interrogation, reducing raw data preprocessing needs.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, column details, and temporal coverage ranges are not provided in the description.
• The primary available format is a PDF poster, which is not a standard data format for analysis.
• The description is promotional; actual data access methods and granularity are unclear.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, utilizing the Australian Geoscience Data Cube.

Collection Method

Processing and analysis of satellite imagery and other Earth observation data.

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Australia