Consortium members:

• Australian National University National Computation Infrastructure (ACT)
• Geoscience Australia (ACT)
• Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing Ltd (VIC)
• Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information 

Project contact:

Mr Jody Salzke
Email: jody.salzke@lmal.com.au

This fact sheet is avaliable to download [PDF 90KB]

The project will build on Earth observation infrastructure to enable ongoing processing of the national LANDSAT archive. It will develop and demonstrate Australia’s unique role and capability in satellite data processing and release information from space sensors previously not available to the science and policy making communities. These communities will use this information to study many aspects of our planet and to evaluate the dynamic changes caused by both natural processes and human practices.

There have been six functional LANDSAT satellites spaning from 1972 to the current LANDSAT 5 & 7 missions, constituting the longest running enterprise for acquisition of satellite imagery of Earth. These images are a unique resource for global change research and applications in agriculture, cartography, geology, forestry, regional planning, surveillance, education and national security.

The project will result in international standard infrastructure for the management of the huge amount of data produced under these missions. It will produce Australian Earth observation data and satellite imagery based environment data in a form usable by researchers, policy makers and the private sector.

The project is building Australian capacity in the important area of Earth observation and is an excellent example of how Australia can contribute its niche capabilities for the benefit of Australia and the international community.