Welcome to the DEA Sandbox

The Digital Earth Australia (DEA) Sandbox is an Earth observation learning and analysis environment supporting Australian government and education users to get started with DEA Data Products.

Eligibility

The DEA Sandbox service is available to Australian government and education users who have recognised Australian government or education institute email addresses (.gov.au or .edu.au or equivalent).

Industry who are working directly with Australian government on government-directed outcomes will be able to put forward their use-case application for consideration. In these cases, a government sponsor needs to be provided.

Account sponsorship

All users requesting an account will need to provide the details of a sponsor for the account. The sponsor information is collected to verify identity, and as a secondary point of contact for the account. The sponsor will be asked to acknowledge the DEA Sandbox disclaimer alongside the user.

The sponsor:

For details of the registration process, head to the DEA Knowledge Hub.

Back up regularly: Always back up your Sandbox files to avoid data loss. You can use Git, or right-click a file and select 'Download'.

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Read the guide: How to use the DEA Sandbox

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