Digital Earth Australia: Satellite-Based Land Change Tracking

Digital Earth Australia (DEA) is a national analysis platform for Earth observation data, developed by Geoscience Australia, CSIRO, and the National Computational Infrastructure. It processes satellite imagery to track environmental changes across Australia, identifying phenomena like soil erosion and crop growth. The platform builds on the award-winning Australian Geoscience Data Cube.

Use Cases

• Monitor soil and coastal erosion based on satellite imagery analysis.
• Track crop growth and agricultural potential using time-series Earth observation data.
• Assess water quality changes in Australian water bodies.
• Analyze urban and regional development patterns from satellite data.

Strengths

• Builds on the Australian Geoscience Data Cube, winner of the 2016 Geospatial World Leadership Award for Content Platform of the Year.
• Developed as a partnership between Geoscience Australia, CSIRO, and the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI).

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

Processed satellite imagery and Earth observation data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 17:35:00.017944; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia