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

Surficial cover facies maps for the Hope and Boulder reefs within Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The dataset is published by the Australian Ocean Data Network on the data.gov.au platform. Its last recorded update is scheduled for June 27, 2026.

Use Cases

• Training image segmentation models on reef facies classification (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Analyzing spatial patterns of coral cover for conservation planning (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Validating remote sensing products against high-resolution ground maps (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published on the authoritative data_gov_au platform.
• Associated with the Australian Ocean Data Network, a recognized marine data organization.
• Last updated date is explicitly recorded as 2026-06-27 21:24:42.382504.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset's size, row count, and specific file formats beyond HTML are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 21:24:42.382504; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Great Barrier Reef, specifically Hope and Boulder reefs