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Making Satellite Data Accessible for Every Nation

Born at Geoscience Australia, Open Data Cube now empowers governments and researchers across 20+ countries to harness Earth Observation data.

Our Mission

Democratising Earth Observation

The Open Data Cube initiative provides an open and freely accessible framework for managing and analysing Earth Observation satellite data. Our mission is to lower the technical barriers so that every country can benefit from satellite imagery — regardless of their technical capacity.

Originally developed as the Australian Geoscience Data Cube to manage Australia's Landsat archive, it was open-sourced in 2017 to enable global adoption. Today, ODC is supported by CEOS and deployed worldwide.

Earth from satellite
History

Key Milestones

2014

Australian Geoscience Data Cube

Geoscience Australia builds the AGDC to manage and analyse Australia's 30-year Landsat archive of satellite imagery.

2017

Open Sourced Under Apache 2.0

The platform is released as open source. CEOS adopts it to support developing nations in building their own satellite data capabilities.

2018

Digital Earth Africa

One of the most ambitious ODC deployments launches — providing free satellite data for the entire African continent.

2020

Cloud-Native Architecture

ODC evolves to support Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFFs, STAC catalogues, and cloud-based analytical workflows.

2024

20+ Country Deployments

National data cube programs operate across Africa, Asia-Pacific, South America, and Europe for environmental monitoring and sustainable development.

Governance

Open, Transparent, Collaborative

ODC is governed by an open steering council with representation from partner organisations worldwide.

Steering Council

Major decisions are made by a steering council including Geoscience Australia, CSIRO, CEOS, and other key stakeholders in the global Earth Observation community.

Open Development

All code and discussion happens openly on GitHub. Anyone can contribute code, report issues, improve documentation, or propose features.

Key Partners

Supported by Leading Institutions

Geoscience Australia

Original creators of the Data Cube. Provides ongoing development support and hosts Digital Earth Australia.

CEOS

Committee on Earth Observation Satellites. Coordinates international adoption and capacity building.

CSIRO

Australia's national science agency. Contributing research and advanced analytical capabilities.

Join the Global Effort

Help us make Earth Observation data accessible and actionable for every nation on Earth.

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