MH370 Search Area Bathymetry Data Visualisations and Multimedia

Australian Ocean Data Network provides a collection of multimedia products visualising sea floor terrain from the MH370 search area. This includes video flythroughs, images, and public communications developed from a sample of Phase 1 bathymetric data. The collection also contains translated versions of the associated ESRIOnline Story Map into Malay and Chinese.

Use Cases

• Create educational content about oceanography and search operations based on the provided video flythroughs and visualisations.
• Analyse sea floor terrain features in the search area based on the bathymetric data visualisations.
• Study public communications and data release strategies for major incidents based on the included story map and translated materials.

Strengths

• Includes multimedia visualisations such as video flythroughs and images.
• Contains translated public communications (Malay and Chinese) for broader accessibility.
• Data originates from the official MH370 search operation Phase 1.

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 during Phase 1 of the MH370 search.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-16 20:42:16.786596; freshness should be verified.

Geography

MH370 search area