A live database of polygon extents for bathymetry data acquisitions, compiled from multiple organizations and systems. The dataset, managed by the Australian Ocean Data Network and updated regularly, identifies data spanning coastal, continental shelf, and deep sea locations intersecting Australia's marine jurisdiction, including the Australian Antarctic Territory. Each polygon contains metadata describing compilation details.
Use Cases
- Map bathymetric data availability for marine research planning based on polygon extents.
- Identify data sources and contacts for specific seabed areas based on the provided attributes.
- Analyze spatial coverage of seabed surveys across coastal and deep-sea regions.
- Support marine spatial planning and environmental management based on compiled data locations.
Strengths
- Live and regularly updated database, with a last update timestamp of 2026-04-28.
- Covers a wide geographic scope including Australia's marine jurisdiction and the Australian Antarctic Territory.
- Compiled from a wide range of organizations and countries, both inside and outside Australia's jurisdiction.
- Includes metadata and contact details for data not held by the primary institution.
Limitations
- Polygons may not be representative of the true survey extent due to the data gridding process.
- Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network, via contributions from AusSeabed collaborators.
- Collection Method
- Compilations generated from one or more survey/data acquisitions by various organizations.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Updated regularly; last updated 2026-04-28 12:42:15.627674.
- Geography
- Australia's marine jurisdiction, including coastal, continental shelf, deep sea, and Australian Antarctic Territory.