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Metadata

Metadata Files

(see Metadata Attributes in Section 4.2.4) supplied as per Excel template or alternatively in file formats suitable for reading and loading.

ASCII

  • CSV (Comma separated values)

  • Text (Tab delimited values)

MS Excel

  • Excel 2003 (.xls)

  • Excel 2007 – Excel 365 (.xlsx)

Shape/Geometry

Format:

  1. Shapefile, or one of the following if this is not possible: 

  2. Geography Markup Language (GML) or

  3. GeoJson.

Note: AusSeabed will maintain geometries in a spatial format capable of transformation into multiple 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):

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Field Name

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Format

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Survey Name

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Text

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Survey ID

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Text

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Data_Type

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Text

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Principal Investigator

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Text

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Area_km2[1]

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Float/Double

 See AusSeabed Procedures for Generating Polygons (still under development)

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