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Derived data product DEA Land Cover

  • See changes in land cover since 1988 

  • Get insights into land, vegetation, and waterbodies

  • Data for every 25-metre square of Australia 

DEA Land Cover. 
Updated
Annually
Satellite data from
Landsat
Data since
1988
Released
2021

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Learn about our ever-changing land

Digital Earth Australia (DEA) Land Cover translates over 30 years of satellite imagery into evidence of how Australia's land, vegetation and waterbodies have changed over time 

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See how the Murray River and its surrounds vary over three decades at the intersection of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia

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Land cover data can support sustainable farming practices, water resource management, soil erosion prevention, forest management, and more

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With over 80 descriptive classes available, see Australia's land cover from the past three decades in extraordinary detail

Why map land cover?

  • Provide insights into the relationships between land, vegetation and waterbodies  

  • Evaluate the impacts of natural phenomena and human development 

  • Enable resource managers, scientists and policymakers to make more informed decisions 

  • Assess changes in urban and farmland growth, or bushland regeneration 

Take a walk through DEA Land Cover

Learn about our ever-changing land with DEA Land Cover, which translates over 30 years of satellite imagery into evidence of Australia's land, vegetation and waterbodies have changed over time. Visit DEA Maps

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Journal Article

'Land Cover Mapping using Digital Earth Australia' 

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