About Digital Atlas of Australia
Page last updated:4 November 2026
Connecting data for smarter place-based decisions
The Digital Atlas of Australia is a user-friendly, online platform where you can explore, analyse and visualise data by location.
It brings together trusted national datasets on Australia’s geography, people, economy, and the environment, seamlessly connecting and integrating data across borders, systems, portals and technologies.
What you can do with the Digital Atlas
- Find, view and explore trusted national data.
- Explore data by theme, such as transport, land use and water.
- Create maps tailored to your needs and questions.
- Analyse and compare datasets to reveal patterns and relationships.
- Upload and investigate your own data alongside Digital Atlas datasets.
- Discover real-world applications through interactive stories.
Turning connected data into insights
The Digital Atlas equips governments, industry, researchers and communities with trusted information for policy and planning, emergency management, research and evidence-based decisions.
By bringing information together through a shared geographic foundation, it helps users see relationships across places, datasets and jurisdictions that may otherwise be difficult to identify.
Digital Atlas for government users
The Digital Atlas provides a separate, secure environment for authenticated government users.
Government users can use data in the Digital Atlas alongside their own data. They can also access a range of advanced geospatial analytical tools and can collaborate in near-real time with other government users.
Made possible by Geoscience Australia
The Digital Atlas is made possible by Geoscience Australia's expertise in national location information, its stewardship of foundational datasets and its work with data custodians across Australia.
Geoscience Australia provides the expertise and integrated geospatial infrastructure that enables information from different sources to be connected and used at a national scale — supporting greater transparency and better decision-making.
Learn more about our National Location Information Branch
Growing a shared national capability
Collaboration across government and Australia’s wider geospatial community is central to the Digital Atlas of Australia. We work with data suppliers to ensure datasets are high quality, reliable and up to date.
As Australia's information needs evolve, the Digital Atlas continues to develop, making trusted location information easier to find, connect and use.
Featured maps and apps
Service Accessibility Explorer
Visualise road distance and driving times from Australian homes to essential services, including childcare, schools, GPs and hospitals.
DEA Land Cover Explorer
Explore annual land cover across Australia, from trees and grasses to crops, water and built areas, and see how it changes over time.
From Earth to innovation
Learn about rare earth elements, the strategically important resources used in technologies such as satellites, medical devices, wind turbines and powerful magnets.
Historical Aerial Photography Explorer
Search our collection of more than 1.3 million digitised historical aerial photographs across Australia to uncover insights into a changing nation, with imagery from 1928 to 1996.