Where can I find information about AMDI Data access? 

The Australian Marine Debris Initiative (AMDI) Database repository holds various data types, including spatial data, itemised data structures, and personal and organisational information, each with unique identifiers in a secure relational database on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Users and data contributors submit data electronically using AMDI Mobile and Web applications, optimised to ensure data is captured in line with AMDI classifications and methodologies. 

AMDI uses a range of data to publicly visualise real-time spatial statistics and analysis that can be filtered to a local government level to generate awareness and identify types of litter and marine debris. These include graphics, item counts, aggregated ranked item listings, material details, and mapping, as well as acknowledgment of contributing organisations. Acknowledgment of the use of this data is required. Please see the Terms and Conditions of Use.

AMDI partner organisations with access to the AMDI administration console (amdi.tangaroablue.org) can export approved data belonging to the organisation. Using a simple filtering tool, users can select date ranges, sites, and projects.

Third-party access to data sets may be granted through our data use agreement processes, which detail the purpose of use and approvals for the release of data sets from data owners. 

Researchers, entities, and government organisations may request third-party access to data not owned or contributed by them individually and custom data sets by completing a custom data request for assessment. It may not be possible to service all data requests. Some data sets may attract a fee for specialist services such as SQL data extraction into custom table structures, analysis and reports, or the construction of APIs for bulk data importing for analysis.

When data is published publicly for any purpose, the Australian Marine Debris Initiative and data contributors must be acknowledged as listed in the Data Use Agreement.