AusSeabed: Coordinated National Seabed Mapping Data for Australia

Australia's marine jurisdiction covers over 10 million square kilometres, with an estimated 25% of its seafloor mapped to adequate resolution. The AusSeabed program is a three-year-old cross-sector initiative coordinating ocean mapping efforts to improve data acquisition, quality, and delivery. The program is developing a federated, cloud-based, open-source platform to integrate seabed data with other marine datasets.

Use Cases

• Plan sustainable marine development projects based on coordinated seabed mapping data.
• Conduct ocean science research based on integrated marine data types.
• Improve data quality and consistency for seabed mapping across different sectors.
• Analyze gaps in seabed coverage for Australia's 10 million square kilometre marine jurisdiction.

Strengths

• Data covers Australia's marine jurisdiction of over 10 million square kilometres.
• Program aims to integrate data from previously isolated and inaccessible holdings.
• The AusSeabed program is a cross-sector collaborative national effort.

Limitations

• This record was superseded on 13/09/2024; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and specific file formats beyond HTML are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Coordinated national program for seabed mapping data acquisition and integration.

Time Range

Program founded three years prior to the presentation date.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 19:15:31.120044; record was superseded in 2024.

Geography

Australia's marine jurisdiction.