diff --git a/components/dashboard/Map.vue b/components/dashboard/Map.vue
index 183dec4..a80b681 100644
--- a/components/dashboard/Map.vue
+++ b/components/dashboard/Map.vue
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
           The map preview could not be loaded.
         </div>
         <div v-else>
-          This workspace does not contain map data.
+          This workspace is empty.
         </div>
       </template>
     </div>
diff --git a/components/dashboard/WorkspaceInformation.vue b/components/dashboard/WorkspaceInformation.vue
index 53991d4..52f0a86 100644
--- a/components/dashboard/WorkspaceInformation.vue
+++ b/components/dashboard/WorkspaceInformation.vue
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@
       </div>
     </div>
 
+    <div
+      v-if="!hasDatasetArea"
+      class="workspace-information-area-notice"
+      role="status"
+    >
+      <app-icon
+        variant="info"
+        size="20"
+      />
+      No dataset area has been set for this workspace.
+    </div>
+
     <dl class="workspace-information-grid">
       <div
         v-for="(column, columnIndex) in informationColumns"
@@ -88,6 +100,15 @@ const projectCountNoun = computed(() =>
 );
 const parsedMetadata = computed(() => parseMetadata(props.workspace.tdeiMetadata));
 const datasetVersion = computed(() => getDatasetVersion(parsedMetadata.value));
+const hasDatasetArea = computed(() => {
+  const metadataDetails = parsedMetadata.value?.metadata;
+  if (!isRecord(metadataDetails)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const datasetDetail = metadataDetails.dataset_detail;
+  return isRecord(datasetDetail) && isRecord(datasetDetail.dataset_area);
+});
 
 const roleLabel = computed(() => {
   const labels: string[] = [];
@@ -236,6 +257,15 @@ $workspace-information-meta-size: 0.875rem;
   font-weight: $font-weight-semibold;
 }
 
+.workspace-information-area-notice {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.35rem;
+  margin-bottom: 0.8rem;
+  color: $gray-600;
+  font-size: $workspace-information-meta-size;
+}
+
 .workspace-information-grid {
   margin: 0;
   display: grid;
diff --git a/test/e2e/dashboard.spec.ts b/test/e2e/dashboard.spec.ts
index 4793249..6161154 100644
--- a/test/e2e/dashboard.spec.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/dashboard.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { test, expect, seedAuthenticatedSession, seedProjectGroupSelection } from './fixtures';
 import { recordContract } from './contract';
-import { projectGroups, PROJECT_GROUP_ID, TEST_API_BASE } from '../mocks/fixtures';
+import { aWorkspace, projectGroups, PROJECT_GROUP_ID, TEST_API_BASE } from '../mocks/fixtures';
 
 // Generated from the @test outline in pages/dashboard.vue.
 //
@@ -55,6 +55,21 @@ test.describe('dashboard', () => {
     await expect(page.getByText('No workspaces exist in the selected project group.')).toBeVisible();
   });
 
+  test('shows empty-workspace and missing-dataset-area notices', async ({ page }) => {
+    await seedAuthenticatedSession(page);
+    await seedProjectGroupSelection(page, { id: PROJECT_GROUP_ID, name: 'Puget Sound' });
+    await page.route('**/workspaces/mine', route =>
+      route.fulfill({ json: [{ ...aWorkspace, tdeiMetadata: null }] })
+    );
+    await page.route('**/project-group-roles/**', route => route.fulfill({ json: projectGroups }));
+    await page.route('**/workspaces/1/bbox', route => route.fulfill({ status: 204 }));
+
+    await page.goto('/dashboard');
+
+    await expect(page.getByText('This workspace is empty.')).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(page.getByText('No dataset area has been set for this workspace.')).toBeVisible();
+  });
+
   test('clicking a failed import status loads the latest job and shows its failure response', async ({ page }) => {
     const failedWorkspace = {
       id: 1769,