Geoscience Australia's National Geoscientific Collections and Maps

Geoscience Australia's internal catalogues hold metadata for national collections of satellite imagery, geological and topographical maps, and boundary datasets. The metadata from two independent catalogues was mapped to the ISO19115 standard and exposed via a GeoNetwork instance. This work was conducted in collaboration with the Australian Ocean Data Network and ANDS.

Use Cases

• Identify resources for exploitation based on geological and topographical map collections.
• Monitor environmental changes based on national satellite image datasets.
• Assess critical infrastructure safety using thematic geoscientific maps and boundary data.
• Support marine research by identifying relevant data feeds from the mapped catalogues.

Strengths

• Metadata is mapped to the ISO19115 international standard, facilitating interoperability.
• Aggregates data from two significant internal catalogues into a single standards-compliant view.
• Includes diverse data types such as satellite imagery, maps, and boundary datasets.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing on Australia.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia, Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Metadata from two internal catalogues was analyzed, mapped to ISO19115, and exposed via a GeoNetwork instance.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 09:48:18.275273; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia