Brief description
The Seamap Australia spatial data layer is a nationally synthesised data product of seafloor marine habitat data. Australian continental shelf benthic habitat layers in GIS format were collected from various stakeholders around the country. Through compiling all of these data sets, we established a controlled vocabulary, reviewed by ANDS and external independent assessors, to produce a national classification of marine habitats. This national marine habitat classification scheme complements work undertaken by the National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub (Theme D).Seamap Australia data can be visualised, analysed and downloaded from the Seamap Australia website. The Seamap Australia website demonstrates how this data can be complemented with existing data from BRUVS (Baited Remote Underwater Video Units), AUVs (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles), Reef Life Survey and other spatial marine data sets. The Seamap Australia data layer, and all component datasets collected from stakeholders for the purposes of this project, is additionally available for download from other external data portals, namely Research Data Australia, and the AODN and IMAS Data Portals.
The Seamap Australia product is of national importance and highlights the diversity of benthic habitats around our marine estate. This is the first edition of a seafloor marine habitat data layer that seamlessly brings together data from each of Australia’s state and territory marine habitat databases. We encourage users to consider this dataset Version 1 in a larger attempt to continuously improve our skills in standardising, collating and sharing marine spatial data. We envisage that this product will be constantly developed and updated as future surveys continue to improve our knowledge of our vast marine estate.
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A full report outlining the methods utilised to create the Seamap Australia spatial data layer is available online at http://seamapaustralia.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Seamap-Australia-Report_18_12_11.pdfNotes
CreditAll marine data providers are listed in the Appendix of the report [see Online Resources section of this record].
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
Australian National Data Service (ANDS)
Seamap Australia would not have been possible without the contribution of source datasets from the following providers [see downloaded data product for specific ownership details]: • CSIRO • Geoscience Australia (GA) • Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) • National Environmental Science Program (NESP) • Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute (TAFI) • UniDive (The University of Queensland Underwater Club) • Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Northern Territory Government • Department of Land Resource Management (DLRM), Northern Territory Government • Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR), South Australian Government • Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing (DNPSR), Queensland Government • Department of Natural Resources and Mines (DNRM), Queensland Government • Department of Primary Industries (DPI), Queensland Government • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Queensland Government • Department of Primary Industries (DPI), New South Wales Government • Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), New South Wales Government • Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP), Victorian Government • Department of Environment Regulation (DER), Western Australian Government • Department of Parks and Wildlife (DPAW), Western Australian Government • Department of Water (DoW), Western Australian Government • Deakin University (DU) • Griffith University (GU) • James Cook University (JCU) • The University of Queensland (UQ) • The University of Western Australia (UWA)
Data time period: 1967-01-01 to 2017-06-30
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(README - instructions for data download [.txt])
uri :
https://data.imas.utas.edu.au/attachments/4739e4b0-4dba-4ec5-b658-02c09f27ab9a/SeamapAus_ReadMe.txt
(INFO - Seamap Australia column descriptions [.docx])
(DATA ACCESS OPTION 1 [recommended] - Shapefile format - Seamap Australia national layer (unsubsetted) [direct download ~270MB])
(DATA ACCESS OPTION 2 - CSV format - Seamap Australia national layer via OGW WFS service)
uri :
https://geoserver.imas.utas.edu.au/geoserver/seamap/wfs
(DATA ACCESS OPTION 3 - Geotiff format [low resolution] - Seamap Australia national layer via OGW WFS service)
uri :
https://geoserver.imas.utas.edu.au/geoserver/seamap/wms
DATA ACCESS OPTION 4 - Shapefile format - Seamap Australia national layer via OGW WFS service [NOTE: MAY BE SLOW TO DOWNLOAD WHOLE LAYER - use access option 1 above for unsubsetted Shapefile] (SHAPE-ZIP)
uri :
https://geoserver.imas.utas.edu.au/geoserver/seamap/wfs
(REPORT - Seamap Australia final report [inc. full methodologies] [pdf direct download])
uri :
http://seamapaustralia.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Seamap-Australia-Report_18_12_11.pdf
MAP - Seamap Australia national habitat layer (seamap:FINALPRODUCT_SeamapAus)
uri :
https://geoserver.imas.utas.edu.au/geoserver/seamap/wms
(View the Seamap Australia National Benthic Habitat Layer in the interactive IMAS Data Portal.)
uri :
https://data.imas.utas.edu.au/portal/search
URI : https://data.imas.utas.edu.au/portal/search?uuid=4739e4b0-4dba-4ec5-b658-02c09f27ab9a
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