From Geoscience Australia
JSON format icon JSON RDF format icon RDF ISO19115-3 XML

Magnetic survey of compass swinging site, R.A.A.F. airfield, Laverton, Victoria

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

JSON format icon JSON RDF format icon RDF ISO19115-3 XML

A declinometer survey was made over three sites at the R.A.A.F. Airfield at Laverton, Victoria, in January 1952, to determine their suitability as compass-swinging bases. The results show that at all three sites there are local magnetic disturbances which cause deviations in excess of the permissible maximum of one quarter of a degree. None of the sites is suitable.

Files and APIs

Tags

Additional Info

Field Value
Title Magnetic survey of compass swinging site, R.A.A.F. airfield, Laverton, Victoria
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/7001db7e-318e-4391-b1f2-59a2e0cd85fe
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 22/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        144.7,
        -37.9
      ],
      [
        144.8,
        -37.9
      ],
      [
        144.8,
        -37.8
      ],
      [
        144.7,
        -37.8
      ],
      [
        144.7,
        -37.9
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Magnetic survey of compass swinging site, R.A.A.F. airfield, Laverton, Victoria". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/magnetic-survey-of-compass-swinging-site-r-a-a-f-airfield-laverton-victoria