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Seagrass meadows extents derived from field to spaceborne earth observation at Midge Point, Great Barrier Reef, September/October 2017

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Seagrass meadow extent and meadow-scape was mapped using three alternative approaches at Midge Point, a coastal turbid water habitat, in the central section of the Great Barrier Reef, in September/October 2017. Approach 1 included mapping meadow boundaries and meadow-scape during low spring tides on foot using a handheld Garmin GPS. Approach 2 was where the meadows were surveyed at low tide with observations from a helicopter, with observational spot-checks conducted at a number haphazardly scattered points. Approach 3 used PlanetScope Dove imagery captured on 09 October 2017 coinciding as close as possible to the field-surveys, with 3.7 m x 3.7 m pixels (nadir viewing) acquired from the PlanetScope archive. This record describes meadow extent data collected using Approach 3 (PlanetScope imagery). View the original metadata record at https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.946606 for the full data collection.

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Title Seagrass meadows extents derived from field to spaceborne earth observation at Midge Point, Great Barrier Reef, September/October 2017
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/043649c0-cbb4-4aaf-a6f4-d7749a78e000
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
lucas.langlois@jcu.edu.au
Reference Period 17/09/2017 - 17/10/2017
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
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        148.688,
        -20.644
      ],
      [
        148.725,
        -20.644
      ],
      [
        148.725,
        -20.625
      ],
      [
        148.688,
        -20.625
      ],
      [
        148.688,
        -20.644
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Seagrass meadows extents derived from field to spaceborne earth observation at Midge Point, Great Barrier Reef, September/October 2017". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/seagrass-meadows-extents-derived-from-field-to-spaceborne-earth-observation-at-midge-point-2017