Digital Earth Australia

DEA Background

The 2017-18 Federal budget allocated AUD $15.3 million

from the Public Service Modernisation Fund to establish

Digital Earth Australia.

It will increase the efficiency and effectiveness of Australian

government programs and policies that need accurate and

timely spatial information on the health and productivity of

Australia’s landscape.

It will allow Australian business to quickly capitalise on

open data, and create new capabilities.

DEA is Digital Infrastructure

DEA is Digital Infrastructure

MDBA: Sentinel-2 Surface Reflectance Next generation of optical

satellite operated by the EU

• 10 m2 resolution

• Weekly updates

• Similar spectral content to

Landsat

Unprecedented source of

information that is yet to be

really exploited by the

Australian Government

MDBA: Sentinel-2 Surface Reflectance The MDBA expect that this

project will improve the

precision of:

• Basin Plan modelling;

• monitoring and modelling of

environmental watering; and

• monitoring and modelling of

ecological responses.

Seaham, NSW

Seaham, NSW

Seaham, NSW

Ocean and Coastal Monitoring Tools • We have already demonstrated that the DEA has the

potential to unlock new insights into our coasts

Ocean and Coastal Monitoring Tools - Seafloor

Ocean and Coastal Monitoring Tools – Turbidity

Ocean and Coastal Monitoring Tools – Bleaching?

Alexander Cooke

Department of Industry,

Innovation and Science

Further Information

Web: www.ga.gov.au/dea

Email: Earth.Observation@ga.gov.au

Address: Cnr Jerrabomberra Avenue and Hindmarsh Drive, Symonston ACT 2609