eAtlas World Baselayer: A Multi-Resolution Map for the Great Barrier Reef

A 260 MB collection of styled geospatial datasets designed as a worldwide basemap for web mapping applications. The baselayer combines global Natural Earth 2 data with high-resolution coastlines for Australia and Queensland, focusing on the Great Barrier Reef. It was created under the NERP TE 13.1 project and is filed in the eAtlas enduring data repository.

Use Cases

• Deploy a pre-configured web map service based on the GeoServer configuration files mentioned in the description.
• Visualize the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park boundaries based on the included reef outlines.
• Create maps with nested detail levels based on the described layer structure for world, Australia, and Queensland views.

Strengths

• The dataset provides three nested levels of detail, from global to high-resolution Queensland coastline.
• It includes a specific focus on the Great Barrier Reef, with detailed reef outlines for the marine park.
• The collection is packaged for easy deployment on GeoServer versions 2.1-2.3, as tested.

Limitations

• The dataset has been superseded by a higher-resolution version, as noted in the description.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Combination and styling of third-party datasets including Natural Earth 2.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-13 14:29:26.736769; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Worldwide, with a focus on Australia, Queensland, and the Great Barrier Reef.