Marine Seismic Survey Navigation Data for Australia, 2014 Version

Geoscience Australia's 2014 release of marine seismic survey navigation data, updated to include recent openfile surveys. The collection includes all marine surveys undertaken by the agency for exploration or investigative purposes, categorized into 3D exploration, 2D exploration, and 2D investigative seismic files. Data is derived from cleansed P190 navigation files following the UKOOA standard and is available in both KML and Shapefile formats.

Use Cases

• Mapping offshore seismic survey locations based on the categorized 3D and 2D exploration data.
• Analyzing historical marine survey coverage for resource assessment based on the updated navigation collection.
• Visualizing survey tracks in earth browsers like Google Earth using the provided KML files.

Strengths

• Data is categorized into 3D exploration, 2D exploration, and 2D investigative seismic files.
• Extensive industry standard metadata is preserved in the attribute tables.
• Collection is based on P190 navigation files following the UKOOA standard.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia

Collection Method

Created from a cleansed, updated collection of P190 navigation files, incorporating data from regulatory submissions, older files, and digitized track maps.

Time Range

2014 version, includes recent openfile surveys.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 19:00:05.831366; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia (marine surveys)