2008 National Elevation Data Audit: Australia's Landform and Seabed Representation

The 2008 National Elevation Data Audit is a report outlining all elevation data available across Australian jurisdictions. It was identified by the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping's Permanent Committee on Topographic Information. The dataset is provided by Geoscience Australia Data and was last updated on the platform in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Identify available elevation data sources for a specific Australian region based on the jurisdictional audit.
• Plan new topographic data collection projects by understanding existing coverage gaps mentioned in the report.
• Support policy decisions on national geospatial data infrastructure based on the audit's findings.

Strengths

• Report provides a national-scale audit covering all Australian jurisdictions.
• Dataset is associated with Geoscience Australia Data, a national geoscience agency.

Limitations

• Dataset is a report (PDF/HTML), not a structured data file; analysis requires manual extraction.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for automated processing.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Audit conducted by the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping's Permanent Committee on Topographic Information.

Time Range

2008

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 13:19:46.024130; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia