Metadata
(see Metadata Attributes in Section 4.2.4) supplied as per Excel template or alternatively in file formats suitable for reading and loading.
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Excel 2003 (.xls)
Excel 2007 – Excel 365 (.xlsx)
Shape/Geometry
Format:
Shapefile, or one of the following if this is not possible:
Geography Markup Language (GML) or
GeoJson.
AusSeabed will maintain geometries in a spatial format capable of transformation into any of these formats.
Coordinate Reference System: EPSG:4326 (based on WGS84)
Geometry Type: Line & Polygon (Extent of the Survey from Port to Port)
Purpose/s:
To provide a visual extent of the survey area in a mapping portal and
To allow the calculation a total area (sq. km) of the Survey.
Shape Attributes (Minimum Requirements):
Field Name | Format |
Survey Name | Text |
Survey ID | Text |
Data_Type | Text |
Principal Investigator | Text |
Area_km2[1] | Float/Double |
See AusSeabed Procedures for Generating Polygons (still under development)
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[1] Calculated by projecting to the Australian Lambert Equal Area projection