2008 National Elevation Data Audit for Australia's Landform and Seabed

National Elevation Data Audit is a report outlining all elevation data available across all Australian jurisdictions. The audit was identified by the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping's (ICSM) Permanent Committee on Topographic Information (PCTI). The dataset is provided by Geoscience Australia Data and was last updated on 2026-04-20.

Use Cases

• Identify available elevation data sources for a specific Australian jurisdiction based on the national audit.
• Plan new topographic data collection projects by understanding existing coverage gaps mentioned in the report.
• Support intergovernmental coordination on surveying and mapping by referencing the consolidated data inventory.

Strengths

• Report provides a national-scale audit covering all Australian jurisdictions.
• Data is sourced from the authoritative Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping (ICSM).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

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

Time Range

2008

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 03:23:32.310338; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia