Marine Seismic Survey Navigation Tracks for Australia

Geoscience Australia provides an updated collection of navigation data for marine seismic surveys in Australia. The data includes original navigation files, 2003 SNIP navigation files, and digitised survey track maps, cleansed and made available in KML and Shape file formats. Users should note the data is not final and may contain errors.

Use Cases

• Visualizing seismic survey tracks based on the provided KML and Shape files.
• Integrating historical navigation data based on the updated collection of original and SNIP format files.
• Conducting spatial analysis of marine survey coverage based on the geospatial track data.

Strengths

• Data follows the UKOOA standard P190 SNIP format, an industry standard.
• Collection includes multiple data sources: original navigation, 2003 SNIP files, and digitised track maps.
• Data is available in two widely-used geospatial formats: KML and Shape files.

Limitations

• The description explicitly states the navigation data is not final and may contain errors.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Collection and cleansing of original navigation files, 2003 SNIP navigation files, and digitised survey track maps.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 02:52:32.648634; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia