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 report was identified by the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping's Permanent Committee on Topographic Information. It is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Audit national elevation data holdings based on the jurisdictional survey described in the report.
• Plan new topographic data collection projects based on identified data gaps.
• Reference historical elevation data sources for environmental change studies.

Strengths

• Report covers all Australian jurisdictions, providing a national scope.
• Data is identified by the official Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping.

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

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

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

Time Range

2008

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 08:49:26.947274; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia