Procedures for Describing Maritime Boundaries for Australia's Offshore Jurisdiction

Geoscience Australia provides a policy document titled 'Procedures for Describing Maritime Boundaries' to establish a consistent framework for government departments and agencies. The document offers technical advice for geospatial professionals and aims to create legally defensible boundaries for Australia's offshore jurisdiction. It was last updated on 2026-04-20.

Use Cases

• Drafting legally defensible maritime boundary descriptions based on the provided technical framework.
• Advising policy negotiations based on the described geospatial issues and considerations.
• Creating unambiguous maritime boundary maps using the technical advice for geospatial professionals.

Strengths

• Document is provided by the authoritative national geoscience organization, Geoscience Australia.
• Explicitly aims to provide unambiguous descriptions and a consistent legal framework.
• Includes direct contact information for obtaining legal and technical assistance related to its content.

Limitations

• The dataset is a policy/guidance document (PDF/HTML), not a structured data file with rows and columns.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for data-driven analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Policy and technical guidance document creation.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 01:58:35.894570; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia's offshore jurisdiction