Port Phillip Aids to Navigation for Shipping Channel Safety

Victorian Ports Corporation provides a geospatial point layer of Aids to Navigation within Port Phillip. The dataset marks shipping channel center lines and extremities to assist safe navigation, though it is not for operational navigational use. It was last updated on 2026-04-09 and is published under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Mapping maritime safety infrastructure based on the described point locations of navigation aids.
• Analyzing shipping channel layouts based on the described marking of channel center lines and extremities.
• Supporting port planning and management studies based on the described dataset of aids managed by the Port of Melbourne.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly provided in multiple geospatial formats (TAB, MIF, SHP, WFS, etc.) for interoperability.
• The dataset has a clear institutional source (Victorian Ports Corporation) and a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• A specific last update timestamp (2026-04-09 00:27:55.402185) is provided.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The description explicitly states the points are NOT to be relied upon for navigational purposes.

Provenance

Source

Victorian Ports Corporation

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 00:27:55.402185; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia