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National Areas of Interest Layer for Seabed Mapping and Biodiversity Characterisation WMS

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

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The National Areas of Interest Layer for Seabed Mapping and Biodiversity Characterisation is an active WMS sustained by the Areas of Interest functionality of the AusSeabed Survey Coordination Tool (ASB SCT). The redevelopment of the functionality and tool were supported by in-kind investments from AusSeabed, FrontierSI, and the National Environmental Science Program Marine and Coastal Hub (MaC Hub) under a scoping project agreement. Objective: The Areas of Interest functionality allows organisations and communities to publish their seabed data needs through the AusSeabed portal as part of the Areas of Interest layer. When different organisations identify the same regions as Areas of Interest, it helps generate understanding of the regions where there is the greatest cumulative need for data. This will help prioritise the highest value areas for data acquisition or legacy data release. It will also allow different groups to see where they have common priorities and increase opportunities for collaboration.

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Title National Areas of Interest Layer for Seabed Mapping and Biodiversity Characterisation WMS
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/d9291a15-ca80-4556-a811-792648119455
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 17/06/2022
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        66.9915,
        -77.4271
      ],
      [
        158.1931,
        -77.4271
      ],
      [
        158.1931,
        -9.8896
      ],
      [
        66.9915,
        -9.8896
      ],
      [
        66.9915,
        -77.4271
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "National Areas of Interest Layer for Seabed Mapping and Biodiversity Characterisation WMS". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/national-areas-of-interest-layer-for-seabed-mapping-and-biodiversity-characterisation-wms