A 2019 map depicts Australia's maritime jurisdiction, including its Search and Rescue Region. The map was produced for the Australian Customs Service (Border Protection) and updated to reflect the 2018 Australia Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty. It includes a simplified legend showing confirmed and unconfirmed areas from 2012.
Use Cases
- Visualizing maritime boundaries for border protection operations based on the jurisdictional map.
- Planning search and rescue missions within the defined Search and Rescue Region.
- Analyzing changes in maritime jurisdiction following international treaties, such as the 2018 Australia Timor-Leste treaty.
- Studying the extent of confirmed and unconfirmed maritime areas as depicted in the 2012 legend.
Strengths
- The map was updated in 2019 to incorporate a recent international treaty.
- It was produced for an official government agency, the Australian Customs Service (Border Protection).
- The description references a specific related catalog entry (eCat 132906) for additional context.
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.
- The primary file formats are PDF and HTML, which may not be readily usable for quantitative geospatial analysis.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Time Range
- The map reflects a 2019 update and includes information from 2012 and 2018.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-04 07:32:18.465663; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia's maritime jurisdiction, including the Search and Rescue Region.