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Rapid Mobile Data Collection (RMDC) is an innovative technique that enables a large amount of data to be collected over extensive areas in near-real time. These data have a wide range of applications: (a) independent assessment of rangeland condition; (b) calibration and validation of remote sensing indices of woody vegetation and ground cover; (c) parameterization, calibration and validation of biophysical models, e.g. AussieGRASS; (d) interpretation of both remote sensing and model outputs; and (e) attribution of management and climate impacts on resource condition. Repeat visits provide an indication of trends in condition. This method is flexible and is easily modified and adapted to record additional attributes of interest. It may be applied or integrated at a range of scales from moderate resolution satellite imagery such as MODIS to property, shire, catchment or bioregion scale assessment.