Product catalogue
Australian Marine Video and Imagery
Unlike land based environments, relatively little is known about what the seafloor around Australia looks like or has living on it. Geoscience Australia undertakes a range of marine surveys to improve the understanding and the management of Australia's marine environments. One component of the research involves the use a towed video system to directly observe coastal and deep sea environments and identify what habitats occur there and the organisms that live there. In some regions these surveys build on existing knowledge, but in many areas, particularly in deep offshore sites, these devices provide the first images of the seafloor.
This data package includes towed video and still images acquired on GA surveys from 2007 onwards. Between 2007 and 2013, this included 21 marine surveys (including Antarctic waters).
Using a winch on the ship, the video system is lowered to 1-2 metres above the seafloor and then towed along at 1-2 knots. This speed and altitude allows the video camera to record sharp images of the seafloor while covering distances of up to 1-2 km. Video footage is sent up a cable to the ship so it can be viewed in real time. The hours of footage collected on the seafloor provide a wealth of information about the geological features, habitats and life forms occurring throughout Australia's marine jurisdiction.
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Identification info
- Date (Publication)
- 2014-01-01T00:00:00
- Date (Revision)
- 2018-01-18T04:16:58
- Citation identifier
- Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/81948
- Citation identifier
- Digital Object Identifier/http://dx.doi.org/10.4225/25/5a601f314fe4e
- Cited responsible party
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Author Przeslawski, R.
1 Author Nichol, S.
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- Point of contact
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Point of contact Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Voice Point of contact Carroll, A.
Place and Communities Internal Contact
- Topic category
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- Environment
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- Maintenance and update frequency
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Data Package
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- Theme
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marine biodiversity
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marine environmental baselines
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marine survey
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CERF
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NERP
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marine
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- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)
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Earth Sciences
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Published_External
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HVC_144640
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Resource constraints
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
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CC-BY
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4.0
- Access constraints
- License
- Use constraints
- License
Resource constraints
- Title
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Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem
- Edition date
- 2018-11-01T00:00:00
- Classification
- Unclassified
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
- Distributor contact
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Distributor Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
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- OnLine resource
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Link to the NCI data service
Link to the NCI data service
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html
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Resource lineage
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Unknown
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- Dataset
- Description
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Data source not available as yet
Metadata constraints
- Title
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Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem
- Edition date
- 2018-11-01T00:00:00
- Classification
- Unclassified
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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urn:uuid/fefbbf1a-b74e-3825-e044-00144fdd4fa6
- Title
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GeoNetwork UUID
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Contact
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Point of contact Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Voice Point of contact Carroll, A.
Place and Communities Internal Contact
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Name
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dataset
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
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Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with uuid
- Citation identifier
- eCatId/81948
- Date info (Creation)
- 2025-06-19T23:24:28.783Z
- Date info (Revision)
- 2025-06-19T23:25:34.257Z
- Date info (Creation)
- 2014-07-25T00:00:00
Metadata standard
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AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014
Metadata standard
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ISO 19115-1:2014
Metadata standard
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ISO 19115-3
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Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014
- Edition
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Version 2.0, September 2018
- Citation identifier
- https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551