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Geological Field Sites, Samples and Observations WMS

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

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This web service delivers geological observations and sample descriptions from field sites associated with GA's geological mapping surveys in Australia and Antarctica. Descriptions include information on lithology, stratigraphic units, alteration, structural measurements, and many other geological attributes. Where possible this service conforms to the GeoSciML version 4.1 data standard.

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Field Value
Title Geological Field Sites, Samples and Observations WMS
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/ed20865a-684a-4e7b-9284-85dd6256f849
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 04/05/2016
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        -50.0,
        -79.0
      ],
      [
        176.0,
        -79.0
      ],
      [
        176.0,
        -1.0
      ],
      [
        -50.0,
        -1.0
      ],
      [
        -50.0,
        -79.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Geological Field Sites, Samples and Observations WMS". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/geological-field-sites-samples-and-observations-wms