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. It integrates curated government, state, and academic data across themes like Maritime Boundaries, Petroleum, Fisheries, Environment, Native Title, and Regulation. The system visualizes competing marine interests to facilitate multi-sectoral planning and management discussions.

Use Cases

• Visualizing competing marine resource use based on integrated data layers.
• Planning maritime activities by referencing themes like petroleum leases and fisheries zones.
• Supporting regulatory decisions with information on native title and environmental factors.
• Facilitating stakeholder discussions for marine spatial management using curated multi-sectoral data.

Strengths

• Integrates curated data from multiple authoritative sources including government, state, and academia.
• Covers multiple thematic layers relevant to marine management, such as boundaries, petroleum, fisheries, and environment.
• Maintained by Geoscience Australia, a national scientific agency, indicating institutional support.

Limitations

• Metadata completeness is low: specific column names, row counts, file sizes, and license information are not provided.
• Data accuracy is not warranted; users must consult metadata and regulating agencies for decision-making.
• The listed last updated date of 2026-04-30 appears to be a future date, which may indicate a metadata error.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia, with contributions from other Australian Government agencies, Industry, and Academia.

Collection Method

Curated integration of data from across government, state, and academic sources.

Freshness

2026-04-30 12:40:50.619755 (Note: This is a future date and may be incorrect)

Geography

Australian Marine Jurisdiction