AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Proceedings of the 5th National Forum on information management in the geosciences: geoscience online. CSIRO Discovery Centre, Canberra 28-29th March 2001

This was the fifth in the series of successful Forums on geoscience information management that have been held in Canberra since 1993. With the growing use of the Internet for access and delivery of data and services, it was timely to address issues relating to the provision of geoscience online.
2001 will see the implementation of the Federal Government's online policy. AGSO along with state geological agencies will present their online data delivery initiatives. The Forum included a range of speakers dealing with the online delivery of spatial geoscience data, from geoscience-related vendors through to the latest developers in web technology.
The geoscience sector is on the cusp of taking full advantage of the potential of online delivery. Over the past 5 years most government agencies have been improving their data management practices and cleaning up their datasets, leading to a situation where the "backend" is in good shape. Some have begun to implement online delivery and eCommerce systems (GIS, image processing and database access) but uptake is uneven across the sector and such systems generally only deliver the lower volume, less commercially sensitive datasets.
In the private sector we have begun to see the emergence of commercial data management consultants who are providing web based access to their clients, and, within the larger companies, some sophisticated intrAnet solutions have been put in place. A small number of players are looking at providing online value-added services for clients like share market investors (mining/petroleum shares).
This Forum provided the opportunity to find out the latest trends and developments in the exciting and growing area of internet and web technologies for the delivery of online information.

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, data standards, information management
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
The Alcoota fauna, Central Australia : an integrated palaeontological and geological study

A rich concentration of fossil vertebrates has been found in middle Tertiary sediments near Alcoota station in the Northern Territory, Australia. The sediments, which are about 70 feet thick, comprise a basal drab lacustrine siltstone overlain by red fluviatile siltstone, sandstone, and conglomerate, capped by chalcedonic limestone. They are generally flatlying and are designated the Waite Formation. The Waite Formation rests unconformably on lateritized Archaean gneiss and quartzite. The geological evidence clearly' indicates that the laterite antedates the Waite Formation and is, therefore, no later than Miocene in age. The vertebrate assemblage recovered from the drab lacustrine siltstones at the base of the Waite Formation is designated the Alcoota fauna. It includes a crocodile seemingly related to C. porosus of New Guinea and a number of large emu-like birds. A new wallabysized macropodid is apparently related to Dorcopsis and Dorcopsulus, which are also currently found in New Guinea. A new genus of large macropodid may represent an early sthenurine, but it also shows some affinity to the Pliocene and Pleistocene genus Protemnodon. The presence of the protemnodont lineage during Alcoota time is firmly established by four isolated upper first incisors, but these teeth probably do not belong to the new genus. The bulk of the animal remains belong to the extinct family Diprotodontidae. One of these is a new species of Palorchestes. The others have been described previously as three new genera and species. Cranial material of these three genera, not available earlier, is described. The geological and palaeontological evidence indicates that the middle Tertiary' climate around Alcoota was at least subtropical. The seasonal precipitation was undoubtedly much more effective than at present. In the dry season, animals were apparently drawn in large numbers to the shores of a lake which had developed in a depression in the old lateritized terrain. Each year some of the animals perished around the shore, and their remains were entombed nearby. In stage of evolution, the members of the Alcoota fauna are younger than those from the Kutjamarpu fauna (middle Miocene) of South Australia and older than those of the Beaumaris (early Pliocene) fauna from the Sandringham Sands of Victoria. The age of the Alcoota fauna, in these terms, is late Miocene or possibly early Pliocene.

Tags: AU-NT, Bulletin, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, geology, palaeontology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Paraminna 1:50 000 topographic map

Product Specifications Coverage: Partial coverage, predominantly in northern Australia, along major transport routes, and other selected areas. About 1000 maps have been published to date. Currency: Ranges from 1968 to 2006. Coordinates: Geographical and UTM. Datum: AGD66, new edition WGS84; AHD. Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator UTM. Medium: Paper, flat copies only.

Tags: AU-SA, Orthophoto Map, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
AUSGeoid98 v.1.0 data files:  (sk52-02)

AUSGeoid98 data files contain a 2 minute grid of AUSGeoid98 data covering the Australian region, which you can use to interpolate geoid-ellipsoid separations for the positions required.You can use your own interpolation software, or you can use Geoscience Australia's Windows Interpolation software (Winter). The data files are text files in a standard format that cover the same area as standard topographic map areas. Files covering both 1:250,000 (approximately 100 x 150 km) and 1:1,000,000 (approximately 400 x 600 km) map areas are available. There is a 4 minute overlap on all sides of each area. Data format: AUSGeoid98 data files have a header record at the start of each file, to distinguish them from the superseded AUSGeoid93 data files. AUSGeoid98 data files show the geoid-ellipsoid separation to 3 decimal places, while the superseded AUSGeoid93 data files showed only 2 decimal places. AUSGeoid98 deflections of the vertical were computed from the geoid-ellipsoid separation surface, while the AUSGeoid93 deflections of the vertical were computed from OSU91A.

Tags: AU, AUSGeoid98, Geodesy, Geodetic Data, Published_External, dataset, geodesy
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Kanandah 1:100 000 unpublished topographic map

At this scale 1cm on the map represents 1km on the ground. Each map covers a minimum area of 0.5 degrees longitude by 0.5 degrees latitude or about 54 kilometres by 54 kilometres. The contour interval is 20 metres.

Tags: 100K unpublished, AU-WA, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
AUSGeoid98 v.1.0 data files:  (sk54-11)

AUSGeoid98 data files contain a 2 minute grid of AUSGeoid98 data covering the Australian region, which you can use to interpolate geoid-ellipsoid separations for the positions required.You can use your own interpolation software, or you can use Geoscience Australia's Windows Interpolation software (Winter). The data files are text files in a standard format that cover the same area as standard topographic map areas. Files covering both 1:250,000 (approximately 100 x 150 km) and 1:1,000,000 (approximately 400 x 600 km) map areas are available. There is a 4 minute overlap on all sides of each area. Data format: AUSGeoid98 data files have a header record at the start of each file, to distinguish them from the superseded AUSGeoid93 data files. AUSGeoid98 data files show the geoid-ellipsoid separation to 3 decimal places, while the superseded AUSGeoid93 data files showed only 2 decimal places. AUSGeoid98 deflections of the vertical were computed from the geoid-ellipsoid separation surface, while the AUSGeoid93 deflections of the vertical were computed from OSU91A.

Tags: AU, AUSGeoid98, Geodesy, Geodetic Data, Published_External, dataset, geodesy
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Addison Channel 1:50 000 topographic map

Product Specifications Coverage: Partial coverage, predominantly in northern Australia, along major transport routes, and other selected areas. About 1000 maps have been published to date. Currency: Ranges from 1968 to 2006. Coordinates: Geographical and UTM. Datum: AGD66, new edition WGS84; AHD. Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator UTM. Medium: Paper, flat copies only.

Tags: 50K scale, AU-NT, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Road vehicles Australia, January 2024

Selected confidentialised extracts of the number of vehicles registered for road use in Australia on 31 January 2024. The statistics have been derived from state and territory motor vehicle registry data. These statistics replace the ABS Motor Vehicle Census, discontinued in 2021.

Disclaimers: https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/disclaimers.

Tags: BITRE, Registrations, australia, postcode, road, states, territories, vehicles
Organization: Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics
The Geology of the Cape Denison Historic Site

The geology of Cape Denison is presented with a brief summary of the geology with reference to the historical aspects of the region. The poster is being released to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition lead by Douglas Mawson in 1911-1914.

Tags: AQ, Earth Sciences, Promotional Material, Published_External, geology, tourism
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Victoria River Downs 1:250 000, R502 historical topographic map

The R502 series of maps has been replaced by the National Topographic Map Series (NTMS). The R502 series consists of 542 map sheets and covers Australia at a scale of 1:250,000. It was compiled from aerial photography, but only about one quarter of the series was contoured. The standard sheet size is 1 degree of latitude by 1.5 degrees of longitude. Transverse Mercator map projection and Clark 1858 datum were used. Coverage of the country was completed in 1968.

Tags: 250K scale, AU_NT, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Australasian mid-Tertiary larger foraminiferal associations and their bearing on the East Indian Letter Classification

Eight larger foraminiferal associations are found in northwest Australia; some can be recognised in other areas of Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Irian Jaya. Correlation with the East Indian Letter Classification can be made for some associations, but there is difficulty with others, owing to the absence of diagnostic forms. Planktic faunas are present in some of the associations, enabling direct correlation with the tropical planktic zonal scheme. In those non-diagnostic associations containing Cycloclypeus or Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina), correlation with the East Indian Letter Classification can be achieved using biometric methods. The Tertiary e stage - Tertiary f stage boundary is placed within the N.6-7 zonal interval.

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Journal, Published_External, WA
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Secure Bay 1:50 000 topographic map

Product Specifications Coverage: Partial coverage, predominantly in northern Australia, along major transport routes, and other selected areas. About 1000 maps have been published to date. Currency: Ranges from 1968 to 2006. Coordinates: Geographical and UTM. Datum: AGD66, new edition WGS84; AHD. Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator UTM. Medium: Paper, flat copies only.

Tags: 50K scale, AU-WA, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Glenormiston 1:250 000 topographic map

This map is part of the series that covers the whole of Australia at a scale of 1:250 000 (1cm on a map represents 2.5 km on the ground) and comprises 513 maps. This is the largest scale at which published topographic maps cover the entire continent. Each standard map covers an area of 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude or about 150 kilometres from east to west and 110 kilometres from north to south. There are about 50 special maps in the series and these maps cover a non-standard area. Typically, where a map produced on standard sheet lines is largely ocean it is combined with its landward neighbour. These maps contain natural and constructed features including road and rail infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, contours (interval 50m), localities and some administrative boundaries. The topographic map and data index shows coverage of the sheets. Product Specifications Coverage: The series covers the whole of Australia with 513 maps. Currency: Ranges from 1995 to 2009. 95% of maps have a reliability date of 1994 or later. Coordinates: Geographical and either AMG or MGA (post-1993) Datum: AGD66, GDA94, AHD. Projection: Universal Traverse Mercator (UTM) Medium: Paper, flat and folded copies.

Tags: 250K scale, AU-QLD, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Gumlu 1:50 000 topographic map

Product Specifications Coverage: Partial coverage, predominantly in northern Australia, along major transport routes, and other selected areas. About 1000 maps have been published to date. Currency: Ranges from 1968 to 2006. Coordinates: Geographical and UTM. Datum: AGD66, new edition WGS84; AHD. Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator UTM. Medium: Paper, flat copies only.

Tags: 50K scale, AU-QLD, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
McKinlay River NT 1:100 000 geol map commentary

Explanatory notes for 1:100 000 geological series maps for the Northern Territory. These were originally published by the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics 1981-1988, and later issued on CD ROM as Northern Territory Geological Survey special publication no. 4 in 2007.

Tags: AU-NT, Earth Sciences, Explanatory Notes, GA Publication, Published_External, geology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
AUSGeoid98 v.1.0 data files: Roper River (sd53-11)

AUSGeoid98 data files contain a 2 minute grid of AUSGeoid98 data covering the Australian region, which you can use to interpolate geoid-ellipsoid separations for the positions required.You can use your own interpolation software, or you can use Geoscience Australia's Windows Interpolation software (Winter). The data files are text files in a standard format that cover the same area as standard topographic map areas. Files covering both 1:250,000 (approximately 100 x 150 km) and 1:1,000,000 (approximately 400 x 600 km) map areas are available. There is a 4 minute overlap on all sides of each area. Data format: AUSGeoid98 data files have a header record at the start of each file, to distinguish them from the superseded AUSGeoid93 data files. AUSGeoid98 data files show the geoid-ellipsoid separation to 3 decimal places, while the superseded AUSGeoid93 data files showed only 2 decimal places. AUSGeoid98 deflections of the vertical were computed from the geoid-ellipsoid separation surface, while the AUSGeoid93 deflections of the vertical were computed from OSU91A.

Tags: AU, AUSGeoid98, Geodesy, Geodetic Data, Published_External, dataset, geodesy
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
GSV Casterton Vic magnetic grid geodetic

Total magnetic intensity (TMI) data measures variations in the intensity of the Earth's magnetic field caused by the contrasting content of rock-forming minerals in the Earth crust. Magnetic anomalies can be either positive (field stronger than normal) or negative (field weaker) depending on the susceptibility of the rock. The data are processed via standard methods to ensure the response recorded is that due only to the rocks in the ground. The results produce datasets that can be interpreted to reveal the geological structure of the sub-surface. The processed data is checked for quality by GA geophysicists to ensure that the final data released by GA are fit-for-purpose.
This GSV Casterton Vic magnetic grid geodetic has a cell size of 0.0005 degrees (approximately 49m). The units are in nanoTesla (or nT). The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 1983 by the VIC Government, and consisted of 4548 line-kilometres of data at 250m line spacing and 80m terrain clearance.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NCI, Published_External, TMI, VIC, airborne digital data, geophysical survey, geophysics, grid, mag, magnetics, magnetism, palaeomagnetism, raster, survey 1514, total magnetic intensity
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Determination of GDA94 coordinates for three stations of Position Partners using the November 2011 GPS data set

An application dated 12 December 2011 for verification of a reference standard of measurement under Regulation 12 of the National Measurement Regulations 1999 was received from the Position Partners PTY LTD for verification of GDA94 position on their owned or managed station monuments. This report documents the processing and analysis of GPS data observed by the Position Partners PTY LTD during a 7-day period from 20 to 26 November 2011 (day of year 324 to 330) for three stations (5KAD, 5LON and 5REG) to satisfy the position verification requirements.

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, geodesy
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Streaky Bay - dose rate grid (AWAGS)

The radiometric, or gamma-ray spectrometric method, measures the natural variations in the gamma-rays detected near the Earth's surface as the result of the natural radioactive decay of potassium (K), uranium (U) and thorium (Th). The data collected are processed via standard methods to ensure the response recorded is that due only to the rocks in the ground. The results produce datasets that can be interpreted to reveal the geological structure of the sub-surface. The processed data is checked for quality by GA geophysicists to ensure that the final data released by GA are fit-for-purpose. The total dose rate is due to natural sources of radiation and is computed by adding estimates of cosmic dose at ground level to the terrestrial dose. The terrestrial dose rate grid is derived as a linear combination of the filtered K, U and Th grids. A low pass filter is applied to this grid to generate the filtered total dose rate grid.
This Streaky Bay - dose rate grid (AWAGS) has a cell size of 0.0004 degrees (approximately 41m) and shows the total dose rate of the Streaky Bay Airborne Magnetic Radiometric and DEM survey, SA, 2018 survey. The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 2018 by the SA Government, and consisted of 90670 line-kilometres of data at 200m line spacing and 60m terrain clearance.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, K, NASVD, NCI, Published_External, SA, Th, U, airborne digital data, dose rate, gamma-ray, geophysical survey, geophysics, grid, potassium, rad, radiometrics, raster, rate, spectrometry, survey 1308, thorium, total dose, uranium
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Rescue Well 1:100 000 topographic map

At this scale 1cm on the map represents 1km on the ground. Each map covers a minimum area of 0.5 degrees longitude by 0.5 degrees latitude or about 54 kilometres by 54 kilometres. The contour interval is 20 metres. Many maps are supplemented by hill shading. These maps contain natural and constructed features including road and rail infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, contours, localities and some administrative boundaries. Product Specifications Coverage: Australia is covered by more than 3000 x 1:100 000 scale maps, of which 1600 have been published as printed maps. Unpublished maps are available as compilations. Currency: Ranges from 1961 to 2009. Average 1997. Coordinates: Geographical and either AMG or MGA coordinates. Datum: AGD66, GDA94; AHD Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator UTM. Medium: Printed maps: Paper, flat and folded copies. Compilations: Paper or film, flat copies only.

Tags: 100K scale, AU-WA, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Yardea 1:250 000 GIS Dataset

This data is part of the series of maps that covers the whole of Australia at a scale of 1:250 000 (1cm on a map represents 2.5km on the ground) and comprises 513 maps. This is the largest scale at which published topographic maps cover the entire continent. 
Data is downloadable in various distribution formats.

Tags: 250K scale, AU-SA, Earth Sciences, GIS Dataset, Published_External, dataset, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
AUSGeoid98 v.1.0 data files: Chinchilla (sg56-09)

AUSGeoid98 data files contain a 2 minute grid of AUSGeoid98 data covering the Australian region, which you can use to interpolate geoid-ellipsoid separations for the positions required.You can use your own interpolation software, or you can use Geoscience Australia's Windows Interpolation software (Winter). The data files are text files in a standard format that cover the same area as standard topographic map areas. Files covering both 1:250,000 (approximately 100 x 150 km) and 1:1,000,000 (approximately 400 x 600 km) map areas are available. There is a 4 minute overlap on all sides of each area. Data format: AUSGeoid98 data files have a header record at the start of each file, to distinguish them from the superseded AUSGeoid93 data files. AUSGeoid98 data files show the geoid-ellipsoid separation to 3 decimal places, while the superseded AUSGeoid93 data files showed only 2 decimal places. AUSGeoid98 deflections of the vertical were computed from the geoid-ellipsoid separation surface, while the AUSGeoid93 deflections of the vertical were computed from OSU91A.

Tags: AU, AUSGeoid98, Geodesy, Geodetic Data, Published_External, dataset, geodesy
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Reetzs 1:100 000 unpublished topographic map

At this scale 1cm on the map represents 1km on the ground. Each map covers a minimum area of 0.5 degrees longitude by 0.5 degrees latitude or about 54 kilometres by 54 kilometres. The contour interval is 20 metres.

Tags: 100K unpublished, AU-WA, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
AUSGeoid98 v.1.0 data files:  (sc53-08)

AUSGeoid98 data files contain a 2 minute grid of AUSGeoid98 data covering the Australian region, which you can use to interpolate geoid-ellipsoid separations for the positions required.You can use your own interpolation software, or you can use Geoscience Australia's Windows Interpolation software (Winter). The data files are text files in a standard format that cover the same area as standard topographic map areas. Files covering both 1:250,000 (approximately 100 x 150 km) and 1:1,000,000 (approximately 400 x 600 km) map areas are available. There is a 4 minute overlap on all sides of each area. Data format: AUSGeoid98 data files have a header record at the start of each file, to distinguish them from the superseded AUSGeoid93 data files. AUSGeoid98 data files show the geoid-ellipsoid separation to 3 decimal places, while the superseded AUSGeoid93 data files showed only 2 decimal places. AUSGeoid98 deflections of the vertical were computed from the geoid-ellipsoid separation surface, while the AUSGeoid93 deflections of the vertical were computed from OSU91A.

Tags: AU, AUSGeoid98, Geodesy, Geodetic Data, Published_External, dataset, geodesy
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Auld 1:100 000 unpublished topographic map

At this scale 1cm on the map represents 1km on the ground. Each map covers a minimum area of 0.5 degrees longitude by 0.5 degrees latitude or about 54 kilometres by 54 kilometres. The contour interval is 20 metres.

Tags: 100K unpublished, AU-WA, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data