AMSIS: Australian Marine Spatial Information System

A web-based interactive mapping and decision support system maintained by Geoscience Australia. It integrates curated government, state, and academic data layers on maritime boundaries, petroleum, fisheries, environment, native title, and regulation. The system is updated as of 2026-06-04.

Use Cases

• Visualizing competing marine interests based on integrated data layers
• Supporting marine spatial planning decisions based on themes like petroleum and fisheries
• Enabling multi-sectoral discussion for better marine jurisdiction management
• Mapping Australia's maritime boundaries and environmental features

Strengths

• Integrates curated data from multiple sources including government, state, and academia
• Covers multiple thematic layers including Maritime Boundaries, Petroleum, Fisheries, Environment, Native Title, and Regulation
• Maintained by Geoscience Australia with updates planned through collaboration

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
• Data is not warranted to be correct; users must consult metadata and regulating agencies

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia, aggregating data from Australian Government agencies, Industry, and Academia.

Collection Method

Curated integration of multi-source spatial information.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 10:12:00.803285; freshness should be verified

Geography

Australian Marine Jurisdiction