Furneaux Group Bathymetry Survey: 30m Resolution GeoTIFF

Furneaux Group, Bass Strait bathymetry data acquired for the Australian Hydrographic Office between 11 April and 20 November 2022. The survey was conducted by Fugro Australia using airborne LIDAR systems and processed to a 30-meter resolution, 32-bit floating point GeoTIFF grid. This dataset is explicitly not for navigational purposes.

Use Cases

• Modeling seabed terrain and slope based on the 30m resolution bathymetry grid.
• Analyzing underwater features in the Furneaux Group region based on the described survey area.
• Integrating bathymetric data with other marine datasets for environmental research.
• Visualizing underwater topography for educational or planning purposes based on the GeoTIFF format.

Strengths

• Data has a defined spatial resolution of 30 meters.
• Survey period is precisely documented as 11 Apr 2022 – 20 Nov 2022.
• Processing software (RIEGL RiProcess, CARIS HIPS and SIPS) and acquisition systems (LADS HD+, RIEGL VQ-820-G) are specified.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is explicitly not for navigational purposes, limiting its application scope.

Provenance

Source

Fugro Australia for the Australian Hydrographic Office.

Collection Method

Airborne bathymetric LIDAR survey using a Cessna 441 aircraft.

Time Range

11 Apr 2022 – 20 Nov 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 03:12:45.587682; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Furneaux Group, Bass Strait, Australia