What maps are needed now?

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

A panel discussion was held during the Sixth BMR Symposium in Canberra in May 1977, on what earth-science maps are needed now in Australia. This account gives background information from the panel (Chairman, D. Denham), and presents the ensuing comments and discussion.

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Field Value
Title What maps are needed now?
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/9351fa36-89c0-41c7-9be6-cd56b850035b
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 20/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      ],
      [
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        -44.0
      ],
      [
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      ],
      [
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      ],
      [
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      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "What maps are needed now?". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/what-maps-are-needed-now