For developers Introduction to the DEA Sandbox
The Sandbox is a space for experimentation with DEA data and the Open Data Cube.
Page last updated:15 October 2025
The Digital Earth Australia (DEA) Sandbox is an Earth observation (EO) learning and analysis environment supporting Australian government and education users to get started with DEA Data Products. The Sandbox includes sample data and Jupyter notebooks that allow you to experiment with DEA’s EO datasets and explore proof-of-concept applications.
The Sandbox is available to eligible users, is free to use, and provides you with a managed environment with 2 cores with 16GB of RAM and10GB of storage. It has regularly-used Python packages pre-installed. The Sandbox also includes the DEA Notebooks Jupyter notebook user guides to help you get started.
Please read the Sandbox disclaimer prior to creating an account
Find out about our eligibility criteria
Create a DEA Sandbox account or log in here
Get the docs and system updates
Updates on data currently available for the Sandbox can be seen through the Digital Earth Australia Sandbox Explorer tool.
You can view the current system status. If you are experiencing an issue with the Sandbox that is not identified on its status page, you can submit this issue to earth.observation@ga.gov.au.
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