Marine Seismic Survey Navigation Tracks for Australia

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

Use Cases

• Visualizing historical seismic survey tracks in mapping software based on the provided KML and Shapefile formats.
• Integrating legacy navigation data with modern seismic datasets based on the updated and cleansed collection.
• 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 files, 2003 SNIP files, and digitized track maps.
• Available in two widely supported geospatial formats: KML and Shapefile.

Limitations

• The description explicitly states the data is not final and may contain errors.
• Row count and specific temporal coverage are unknown.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Updated collection based on original navigation files, 2003 SNIP navigation files, and digitized survey track maps.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 13:47:17.514055; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia