IMAS Metadata Catalogue
Antarctic Seafloor Annotated Imagery Database - Image annotations
This dataset contains image annotations for 21 Antarctic research campaigns between 1985 and 2019, recorded as part of the Antarctic Seafloor Annotated Imagery Database (AS-AID). This snapshot of the AS-AID annotations comprises of a total of 632,252 expert annotations. Annotations are based on the Collaborative and Automated Tools for Analysis of Marine Imagery (CATAMI) classification scheme and have been reviewed by experts. Three annotation sets exist for each campaign: point grid annotations of 108 points per image, bounding box annotations for mobile fauna, and bounding box annotations for select benthic species which are classified as Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem species.
All annotations are also accessible through Squidle+ by following this persistent link: https://squidle.org/geodata/explore/map?filters=%7B%22platform_ids%22%3A%5B%2222%22%5D%7D
This dataset can be used to investigate species distributions, community patterns, provide a reference to assess change through time, and can be used to train algorithms to automatically detect and annotate marine fauna.
Simple
Identification info
- Date (Publication)
- 2026-04-14T00:00:00
Identifier
- Title
- Information and documentation - Digital object identifier system
- Citation identifier
- ISO 26324:2012
- Code
- 10.25959/2R0E-PB18
- Codespace
- doi.org
- Description
- Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Resource provider
Author
Author
Author
- Status
- Completed
Author
- Topic category
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- Biota
Extent
))
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 1985-02-02 2019-04-04
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
- Global Change Master Directory Earth Science Keywords, Version 8.5
Resource constraints
- Other constraints
- This dataset is the intellectual property of the University of Tasmania (UTAS) through the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS).
Resource constraints
- Linkage
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License Graphic
- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
- Alternate title
- CC-BY-NC
- Edition
- 4.0
- Website
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
License Text
- Other constraints
- Cite data as: Jansen, J., Shelamoff, V., & Gros, C. (2026). Antarctic Seafloor Annotated Imagery Database - Image annotations [Data set]. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies. https://doi.org/10.25959/2R0E-PB18
Associated resource
- Association Type
- Cross reference
- Title
- Antarctic Seafloor Annotated Imagery Database - Classification Catalog
Identifier
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Content Information
- Content type
- Physical measurement
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- CSV
- OnLine resource
- ASAID imagery annotations [zipped .csv]
- OnLine resource
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Alternate access for ASAID imagery annotations through Squidle+
Flexible download formats and semantic translations.
- OnLine resource
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Associated Publication (preprint)
Jansen J, Shelamoff V, Gros C, et al. The Antarctic Seafloor Annotated Imagery Database. bioRxiv; 2023. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.16.528770
- OnLine resource
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Access to imagery
Organised by Campaign > Deployment
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Annotations are points on a 9x12 regular grid, or are part of an exhaustive search for mobile organisms where individual organisms are located and marked using a circle that encloses the entire organism. The preprint of the manuscript that describes the database in full and how annotations are created can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.16.528770
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- urn:uuid/f0a597c0-a354-4ee3-abfe-b3367cfdc4bd
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Name
- IMAS Dataset level record
- Metadata linkage
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https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/f0a597c0-a354-4ee3-abfe-b3367cfdc4bd
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2026-04-14T00:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2026-04-14T16:48:33
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018
Overviews
Spatial extent
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