MH370 Search Area Bathymetry Visualizations and Story Maps

A collection of multimedia products visualizes sea floor terrain from Phase 1 bathymetric data collected during the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. It includes video flythroughs, images, and public communications from the 'Data behind the search for MH370' Story Map. The collection also contains translated versions of the Story Map into Malay and Chinese.

Use Cases

• Visualizing deep-sea bathymetry based on the described video flythroughs and data visualizations
• Studying the data communication strategy of a major search operation based on the included public communications
• Creating educational materials about oceanography and search operations based on the multilingual Story Map content
• Analyzing geospatial data presentation techniques based on the collection of multimedia products

Strengths

• Includes multimedia visualizations (videos and images) derived from real bathymetric survey data
• Contains multilingual content with Story Map translations into Malay and Chinese
• Focuses on a specific, well-documented geographic area of interest

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

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 03:01:28.107557; freshness should be verified

Geography

MH370 search area