East Gippsland Marine Habitats Mapped from Satellite and Aerial Imagery

A polygon layer represents marine habitats in the East Gippsland region. The mapping was funded by the Natural Heritage Trust and created by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, with data last updated in April 2026. It was developed from satellite imagery and aerial photography, with ground-truthing from underwater video.

Use Cases

• Asset identification for nearshore marine habitats based on mapped habitat polygons.
• Risk assessment for coastal ecosystems based on the spatial distribution of marine habitats.
• Setting management action targets based on the detailed habitat mapping for the East Gippsland region.
• Ground-truthing remote sensing data based on the underwater video verification mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Data is ground-truthed with underwater video, suggesting field validation.
• Multiple geospatial file formats are available (TAB, MIF, GDB, SHP, DWG, DXF).
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Collection Method

Mapped from satellite imagery and aerial photography with underwater video ground-truthing.

Time Range

November 2009

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 03:17:36.689212; freshness should be verified.

Geography

East Gippsland region, Australia