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The Australian Government is committed to creating a policy framework to expand Australia's resource base, increase the international competitiveness of our resources sector and improve the regulatory regime, consistent with the principles of environmental responsibility and sustainable development.
Interactive GeoPDFs

To view an interactive GeoPDF for a release area, click on one of the links below.

Interactive GeoPDF information

This page provides links to interactive GeoPDFs of the 2009 offshore release areas. When opening these PDF documents a pop-up will advise you that a plug-in is required to access the full geospatial functionality of these documents. You do not need to download the MAP2PDF plug-in to view these maps.

Select No when the pop-up occurs (see image below).

GeoPDF plug-in pop-up

Instructions on use

Using these interactive PDFs allows you to create maps that display the acreage release areas, existing permits, maritime boundaries, bathymetry and well information.

You can toggle which layers are displayed by selecting the Display Icon Display Icon for a given dataset under the Layers tab (see image below). By default all layers are turned on when you open the document.

Image of a GeoPDF with the Layers tab displayed

Some objects in the PDF documents have additional data associated with them (e.g. Permit name, Type, Area). These can be queried using the Object Data Tool Object Data Tool icon located in the top tool bar.

Note: Depending on the settings of your web browser the Object Data Tool may not be displayed. If the Object Data Tool does not display then it is recommended you open the GeoPDFs using Adobe Acrobat via your file manager/windows explorer.

Page Last Updated: 1/06/2009 1:21 AM