Aids to Navigation: AMSA's Network of 399 Locations Around Australia

AMSA manages a network of 399 aids to navigation locations around Australia's coastline. The network includes traditional lighthouses, beacons, buoys, racons, DGPS and AIS stations, broadcasting tide gauges, and the REEFREP ship reporting system. This resource is a map of operational navigational aids managed by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.

Use Cases

• Mapping maritime safety infrastructure based on the described network of lighthouses, beacons, and buoys.
• Analyzing spatial distribution of navigational aids for coastal planning based on the 399 locations.
• Integrating AIS and DGPS station data for vessel traffic studies based on the described system components.
• Studying the coverage of the REEFREP ship reporting system mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Defined scope of 399 operational aids to navigation locations.
• Clear institutional responsibility from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA).
• Includes multiple aid types such as lighthouses, beacons, buoys, and electronic systems like AIS and DGPS.

Limitations

• Row count and data scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing only on Commonwealth-managed aids.

Provenance

Source

Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), aggregated by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from operational records of the Commonwealth aids to navigation network.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-22 02:13:47.532261; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia's coastline.