MH370 Search Area Bathymetry Data Visualizations and Story Maps

Multimedia products and visualizations depict sea floor terrain in the area searched for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The collection includes video flythroughs, images, and public communications developed from a sample of Phase 1 bathymetric data. It also contains translated versions of the associated ESRIOnline Story Map into Malay and Chinese.

Use Cases

• Create educational presentations about seafloor mapping based on the provided video flythroughs and images.
• Analyze public communication strategies for major search operations based on the included communications materials.
• Study bathymetric data visualization techniques based on the sample products from the MH370 search.

Strengths

• Includes multimedia formats such as videos and images for data visualization.
• Contains translated public communications, broadening accessibility to Malay and Chinese speakers.
• Data is associated with a specific, well-documented historical event (the MH370 search).

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.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Developed from a sample of bathymetric data collected during Phase 1 of the MH370 search.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 13:56:39.989297; freshness should be verified.

Geography

MH370 search area