AMSIS: Australian Marine Spatial Information System

Geoscience Australia maintains the Australian Marine Spatial Information System (AMSIS), a web-based interactive mapping and decision support tool. AMSIS integrates curated data from government, state, and academic sources to visualize competing interests in Australia's marine jurisdiction. The system contains many layers of information displayed in themes including Maritime Boundaries, Petroleum, Fisheries, Environment, Native Title, and Regulation.

Use Cases

• Visualizing competing marine resource use based on integrated data layers
• Supporting maritime boundary planning and management decisions based on curated government data
• Analyzing spatial overlaps between environmental, fisheries, and petroleum themes
• Facilitating multi-sectoral discussion for marine spatial planning based on competing use data

Strengths

• Data is curated from multiple authoritative sources including government, state, and academia
• Information is described as the best available at the time of publication
• Covers multiple thematic areas including Maritime Boundaries, Petroleum, Fisheries, Environment, Native Title, and Regulation

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
• Information is not warranted to be correct, and users must consult metadata and regulating agencies

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Integrated from government, state, and academic sources

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 05:14:43.524338; freshness should be verified

Geography

Australian Marine Jurisdiction