Earth Observation: Data, Processing and Applications is an Australian Earth Observation (EO) community undertaking to describe EO data, processing and applications in an Australian context and includes a wide range of local case studies to demonstrate Australia’s increasing usage of EO data.

This series will be published across three volumes and aims to consolidate EO teaching resources in Australia and encourage a greater number of tertiary courses involving EO in Australia.

• Volume 1: Data

• Volume 2: Processing

• Volume 3: Applications

The publication of this work has been jointly sponsored by the following organisations:

• Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRCSI)

• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

• Geoscience Australia (GA)

• Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre (BNHCRC)

• FrontierSI.

Volume 1 introduces sources, characteristics, uses and limitations of EO data. Several introductory sections also provide an overview of relevant information from physics, geography and ecology.

Volume 1X - Appendices collates relevant data sources and provide further information on photographic products and reflectance measurement (updated April 2018).

• Low resolution [2.5 MB]

• High resolution [10 MB]

Volume 2 describes various processing options involved with image representation, analysis, transformation, integration, classification and modelling, including details of relevant algorithms, with emphasis on their underlying mathematical and statistical principles.

Volume 2E - Image Classification and Analysis provides extensive background information for classifying EO images (available later in 2023).

Volume 3 introduces the Australian environment in terms of geography, climate, biota, and resource management, then covers a broad range of application areas reliant on EO data. Specific case studies are included to demonstrate individual applications. Volume 3 comprises two initial sub-volumes: