Metadata
(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:
Shapefile, or one of the following if this is not possible:
Geography Markup Language (GML) or
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):
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)
[1] Calculated by projecting to the Australian Lambert Equal Area projection
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