Offshore Acreage Release 2007: Interactive 3D VRML Models of Australian Petroleum Areas

Six interactive 3D VRML models visualize the 2007 offshore acreage release areas for petroleum exploration. Geoscience Australia created this product for distribution at the 2007 APPEA conference and later via the web. The data represents a key part of the Australian Government's strategy to encourage investment in offshore resource exploration.

Use Cases

• Visualizing potential petroleum exploration zones based on the 2007 acreage release areas.
• Creating educational or presentation materials for the energy sector based on the 3D VRML models.
• Analyzing the spatial distribution of government-offered exploration leases based on the described geospatial models.

Strengths

• Contains six distinct 3D VRML models for interactive visualization.
• Created by Geoscience Australia, a national geological survey organization.
• Specifically designed for professional dissemination at the 2007 APPEA conference.

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

Created as a CD product for conference distribution, later made available via the web.

Time Range

2007

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 13:24:55.254608; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australian offshore areas