MH370 Search Area Bathymetry Data Visualizations and Story Maps

A collection of multimedia products visualizes sea floor terrain from bathymetric data collected during Phase 1 of the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The Australian Ocean Data Network published video flythroughs, images, and public communications related to the search. This includes translated versions of the ESRIOnline Story Map 'the Data behind the search for MH370' into Malay and Chinese.

Use Cases

• Visualizing underwater terrain based on bathymetric data visualizations
• Studying search operation communications based on public communications materials
• Creating educational content based on translated Story Maps

Strengths

• Includes multimedia visualizations (images and videos) of bathymetric data
• Contains translated Story Map content into Malay and Chinese

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Developed from a sample of bathymetric data collected as part of the MH370 search.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 00:54:51.018489; freshness should be verified

Geography

MH370 search area