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RETIRED Landcover 25 - Water (Water Observations from Space - WOfS)

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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This record was retired 01/04/2022 with approval from M.Wilson as it has been superseded by eCat 146091 Geoscience Australia Landsat Water Observation Statistics Collection 3 WOfS is a gridded dataset indicating areas where surface water has been observed using the Geoscience Australia (GA) Earth observation satellite data holdings. The WOfS product version 1.5 includes observations taken between 1987 to November 2014 from the Landsat 5 and 7 satellites. WOfS version 1.5 includes observations from 1987 to March 2014. Future versions of the product will extend the temporal range and diversify the data sources. WOfS covers all of mainland Australia and Tasmania but excludes off-shore Territories.

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Title RETIRED Landcover 25 - Water (Water Observations from Space - WOfS)
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/97e478a3-b4f7-4295-be5b-2c85ad498cb0
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 22/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        111.0,
        -45.0
      ],
      [
        155.0,
        -45.0
      ],
      [
        155.0,
        -10.0
      ],
      [
        111.0,
        -10.0
      ],
      [
        111.0,
        -45.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "RETIRED Landcover 25 - Water (Water Observations from Space - WOfS)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/retired-landcover-25-water-water-observations-from-space-wofs