National Seafloor Geomorphology (NSGM): Workshop Summary and Draft Mapping Scheme

Geoscience Australia is leading the development of a National Seafloor Geomorphology (NSGM) mapping scheme. A workshop was held on October 29, 2018, with representatives from government, industry, and universities to gather feedback on the draft standard. The dataset is a summary PDF of the workshop discussions and feedback on the proposed classification vocabulary.

Use Cases

• Reviewing stakeholder feedback on a national seafloor classification standard based on the workshop summary.
• Understanding the process of developing a consistent seabed morphology vocabulary for multi-scale mapping.
• Analyzing interdisciplinary approaches to connecting coastal and deep-sea geomorphology mapping schemes.

Strengths

• Draft standard developed by Geoscience Australia, a national geological survey.
• Feedback gathered from a multi-stakeholder workshop held on a specific date (October 29, 2018).

Limitations

• Dataset is a workshop summary PDF, not a primary geospatial data product.
• 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

Summary of a workshop held at Geoscience Australia.

Time Range

Workshop held on 2018-10-29.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-05 07:32:03.254678; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia