Seamap Australia - national seafloor habitat V1.0

The Seamap Australia spatial data layer is a nationally synthesised data product of seafloor marine habitat data. Australian continental shelf benthic habitat layers in GIS format were collected from various stakeholders around the country. Through compiling all of these data sets, we established a controlled vocabulary, reviewed by ANDS and external independent assessors, to produce a national classification of marine habitats. This national marine habitat classification scheme complements work undertaken by the National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub (Theme D).

The Seamap Australia product is of national importance and highlights the diversity of benthic habitats around our marine estate. This is the first edition of a seafloor marine habitat data layer that seamlessly brings together data from each of Australia’s state and territory marine habitat databases. Seamap Australia is a constantly evolving product as we continuously improve our skills in standardising, collating and sharing marine spatial data.

This record describes a static version of the Seamap Australia national data layer as of 28/11/2018. The most current version of the data is available from the Seamap Australia website [http://seamapaustralia.org/map]. We envisage that the 'live' product will be constantly developed and updated as future surveys continue to improve our knowledge of our vast marine estate.

澳大利亚海图（Seamap Australia）空间数据图层是一套全国整合的海底海洋生境数据产品。我们从澳大利亚全国各相关方收集了格式为地理信息系统（GIS, Geographic Information System）的澳大利亚大陆架底栖生境图层数据。通过整合所有此类数据集，我们构建了一套受控词汇表，并由澳大利亚国家数据服务（ANDS）及外部独立评审专家审核，以此制定了全国统一的海洋生境分类标准。这套全国海洋生境分类方案与国家环境科学项目（NESP）海洋生物多样性中心（主题D）的相关工作形成互补。

澳大利亚海图（Seamap Australia）产品具有全国层面的重要价值，全面展现了澳大利亚管辖海域内多样的底栖生境类型。这是首版海底海洋生境空间数据图层，实现了澳大利亚各州及领地海洋生境数据库数据的无缝整合。澳大利亚海图（Seamap Australia）是一项持续迭代的产品，我们将不断精进标准化、整合与共享海洋空间数据的能力。

本记录描述的是截至2018年11月28日的澳大利亚海图（Seamap Australia）全国数据图层静态版本。该数据的最新版本可通过澳大利亚海图（Seamap Australia）官网[http://seamapaustralia.org/map]获取。我们预计，随着未来的勘测工作不断深化对广袤管辖海域的认知，这套“动态在线”产品也将持续得到开发与更新。