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Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata

Node type

Commonwealth government

Node description

The RAN Hydrographic Office is the Commonwealth Government Agency responsible for the publication of nautical charts and other information required for the safety of ships navigating Australian Waters. The AHOSDD-source is a compilation of the metadata describing all source data used to compile nautical charts, bathymetric and topographic maps and tidal predictions for standard ports produced by the AHO.

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• Server hostname: www.hydro.gov.au
• Server port: 5550
• Repository name: source

Bounding coordinates

The outer geographic extent of the whole document collection ...

• North bounding coordinate: 30.9494
• South bounding coordinate: -70.635
• East bounding coordinate: 180
• West bounding coordinate: 24.8333

Top search terms

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bathymetry, coasts, estuaries, hydrography, marine facilities, reef, sealevel, shipping, tides, topography

References

• Home: http://www.hydro.gov.au/
• Local metadata browse: http://www.hydro.gov.au/asdd/

Description of the organisation/jurisdiction

The Australian Hydrographic Office has its origins in the British Admiralty Hydrographic Office, which was established in 1795. The Admiralty carried out surveys and published charts of the Australian coast throughout the 19th century in support of the defence and commercial development of the colonies. The RAN assumed responsibility for hydrographic surveys in 1920, and for the publication of charts in 1942. In 1946 the Federal Cabinet made the Commonwealth Naval Board responsible for the surveying and charting of Australian waters. This responsibility was confirmed in 1988 after a review of Commonwealth mapping activities.

Contact details

• Contact organisation: Australian Hydrographic Service - (AHS)
• Postal address: Locked Bag 8801, South Coast Mail Centre
• City: Wollongong
• State: NSW
• Postal code: 2521
• Electronic mail: hydro.licensing@defence.gov.au
• Telephone: 02 - 4221 8500
• Facsimile: 02 - 4221 8599

Metadata date

2006-06-20