Great Barrier Reef Surficial Cover Facies Maps at 1:10,000 Scale

Geospatial maps depicting surficial cover facies for the Hope and Boulder reefs within the Great Barrier Reef. The dataset is published by the Australian Ocean Data Network on data.gov.au and was last updated on 2026-06-16. The specific data format and column structure are not detailed in the available metadata.

Use Cases

• Train a model to classify benthic habitat types from geospatial data (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Analyze spatial patterns of coral reef cover for conservation planning (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Validate remote sensing products against high-resolution facies maps (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published on data_gov_au, a government open data platform.
• Last updated on 2026-06-16 20:44:09.430405.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-16 20:44:09.430405; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Great Barrier Reef, Hope and Boulder reefs