The Survey Coordination Tool (SCT) allows you to create 3 distinct record types. These are:
A survey plan
A priority area
A request for survey
Each record type serves a different purpose for you as the user, and for the community that utilises this information. The table below provides the details of each:
Record Type | Intended Purpose | Audience |
|---|---|---|
Survey Plan | The purpose of the survey plan record type is to allow any organisations that are going out on survey to socialise this information with the community. | Published survey plans appear on the AusSeabed data portal under the upcoming surveys layer. |
Priority Area | The purpose of the priority area record is for organisations to communicate their surveying priorities to the community. The priority area record type allows the user to define multiple areas of interest, and provide indicators relating to how urgent the mapping priority is to the organisation. | Published priority areas appear on the AusSeabed data portal under the priority area layer. |
Request | The purpose of the request record is to allow the user to submit a request to the Australian Hydrographic Office for an area to be surveyed. The request may contain multiple polygons/areas of interest, however each request is treated as a single submission and all data held within must be applicable to all areas outlined. | The request record is packaged and passed directly to the Australian Hydrographic office for further assessment. |