AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Public Transport Accessibility Level (PTAL) - Melbourne metro

Public Transport Accessibility Level (PTAL) is a measure used in transport planning to assess how well a specific location is connected to the public transport network. The Car Parking Requirement Maps were developed using the Public Transport Accessibility Level (PTAL) methodology. The PTAL model for Victoria is a modified version of the methodology used interstate and internationally. Developed in the United Kingdom and adapted for Victorian conditions, datasets for both the Melbourne metrpolitan region and Regional Victoria are available.

The Victorian Government’s existing interactive mapping tool VicPlan will be updated to include a ‘Car Parking Requirement Maps’ layer which can be selected to view which Category applies to a site. This tool can be used alongside the CPR maps to determine applicable car parking requirements.

Tags: Transportation
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Terrestrial Groundwater Dependent Ecosystem (GDE) Density

This dataset is based on the Potential Terrestrial Groundwater Dependent Ecosystem (GDE) mapping undertaken by Dresel et al. (2010). Dresel et al. (2010) recognised that the dataset over estimated the occurrence of mapped terrestrial GDEs. For this reason, the GDE dataset was refined to provide information regarding the relative density of GDEs across the State. Areas of very low GDE density were assigned less weighting than an areas with very high GDE density GDE. This provided a suitable solution to the problem of mapped GDE over estimation.

Tags: Biota, Geoscientific information, Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Biologically Important Areas

Biologically Important Area data are spatially defined areas where aggregations of individuals of a regionally significant species are known to display biologically important behaviours such as breeding, foraging, resting or migration. This layer was originally produced by the Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, 2015), and has been cropped to Victoria's state boundaries, and queried for temperate east marine regions (SEMR- south east marine region).

Tags: Oceans, Society
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Victorian Biodiversity Atlas fauna - 1 minute grid summary

This layer summarises VBA fauna records against a standard grid of 1 degree longitude/latitude (GDA94). Any VBA taxa record with its centre in a cell is counted as a record for that cell. The number of times a taxon has been recorded in a cell is collated in the RECORDS column. The first date and last date that a taxon has been recorded in a cell are also summarised. VBA data summarised against 10 and 5 minute grids are also available in related datasets. VBA records with a spatial accuracy worse than +/- 1 km are excluded from this layer.

Tags: Biota
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Elevation - 10-20 Contours & Relief

This dataset series is a product of Vicmap Elevation. It contains topographical relief features represented by lines and points. It is a combination of a number of data sets that were a part of VicMap Digital Topographic.
Datasets in the series are listed below. See their metadata entries for more detailed metadata.
Contour 1:25,000 - Vicmap Elevation (EL_CONTOUR);
Ground Surface Point 1:25,000 - Vicmap Elevation (EL_GRND_SURFACE_POINT);
Ground Type Point 1:25,000 - Vicmap Elevation (EL_GRND_TYPE_POINT);
Ground Type Area (Polygon) 1:25,000 - Vicmap Elevation (EL_GRND_TYPE_AREA_POLYGON);
Morphology Line 1:25,000 - Vicmap Elevation (EL_MORPHOLOGY_LINE) ;
Morphology Point 1:25,000 - Vicmap Elevation (EL_MORPHOLOGY_POINT);
Relief Areas with fuzzy boundaries (EL_RELIEF_AREA_FUZZY);
Relief Areas (EL_RELIEF_AREA)

Tags: Elevation, Environment, Geoscientific information
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Geological polygons (1:250,000)

This dataset contains primary geological data, namely outcropping/sub-cropping geological rock units.

This layer has been superseded by the Seamless Geology layer - SG_GEOLOGICAL_UNIT_250K

The data have been collected by the Geological Survey of Victoria. The dataset is accompanied by other datasets representing structural lines, miscellaneous lines, miscellaneous polygons, metamorphism, and placer deposits.

Tags: Geoscientific information
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Bellarine Peninsula Local Coastal Hazard Assessment Shoreline

The Bellarine-Corio Bay Local Coastal Hazard Assessment (LCHA) was undertaken in stages as part of the DELWP Future Coasts Program. It provides information on the extent of coastal hazards and their physical impacts for the Bellarine-Corio Bay coastal environment.

This data layer depicts the shoreline of the Bellarine Local Coastal Hazard Assessment (LCHA).
Details of the assumptions made in the derivation of this information can be found in project reports on the Our Coast website: http://www.ourcoast.org.au/cb_pages/resources.php.
Users of this information should read these project reports to understand the limitations of the data.

Tags:  atmosphere,  meteorology, Climatology, Environment, Oceans
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Land Administration Themes - Posctode Polygon

Part of the VLAT dataset series. Full topology. Polygon layer. attribution (postcode numbers, unique feature identification, data quality pointer etc) is available. These Boundaries are created by notification from Australia Post as their Post Code boundaries are aligned with Locality.

This dataset s a raw superset of VMADMIN_POSTCODE_POLYGON. It shows the current and retired states of each feature instance. It supports feature versioning (UFI_RETIRED) and enables feature edting chaining (UFI_OLD).

Aligned to Vicmap Property.

Tags: Boundaries
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Fluvially-drained portions of Victorian coastal catchments

Areas of catchments that drain to points on main tributaries immediately upstream of Victorian estuaries. The layer was derived by Deakin University as part of the project: "Linking catchments to the sea: Understanding how human activities impact on Victorian estuaries" funded by the National Heritage Trust and the Department of Sustainability and Environment.

Tags: Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
2016 Bellarine Peninsula 1% AEP Coastal Inundation Dynamic Model with 0.8m Sea Level Rise

The Bellarine-Corio Bay Local Coastal Hazard Assessment (LCHA) provides information on the extent of coastal hazards and their physical impacts for the Bellarine-Corio Bay coastal environment.

Dynamic inundation modelling was carried out to create this data layer for 1% Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP) coastal inundation under the assumption of 0.8 m Sea Level Rise in 2016, for the following study areas along the coast of the Bellarine Peninsula and Greater Geelong area: Barwon Heads / Lake Connewarre; Breamlea; Newcomb; and Queenscliff / Lakers Cutting.

Details of the assumptions made in the derivation of this information can be found in project reports on the Our Coast website: http://www.ourcoast.org.au/cb_pages/resources.php.
Users of this information should read these project reports to understand the limitations of the data.

Attribute Information: 
Max_d - Maximum depth (m); 
max_s - Maximum velocity (m/s); 
max_vxd - Velocity*Depth Criteria; 
max_wse - Maximuum water surface elevation (mAHD).

Tags:  atmosphere,  meteorology, Climatology, Environment, Geoscientific information, Oceans
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Fire History showing the number of times areas have been burnt, based on mapped fire history (scars)

This layer represents the number of times an area has been burnt, based on mapped fire history. This dataset is based on the BLD_FIRE_SCAR dataset, and provides number of (and years of) planned burns and fires (both separated out and combined), plus years since a location has been burnt.This shows both public and private land

The layer includes bushfires and DELWP planned burn information. This dataset only shows the fire scars (boundaries) - to allow a simplified view of fire frequency.
CFA data on fires occurring on private land has also been included since 2009.

This data set was updated in August 2023 and includes fire season 22/23

Tags: Environment
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
2010 Index of Stream Condition - Bank Condition Reach Summary Table

The ISC2010_BANK_CONDITION_R table is the Statistical Summary table for the Bank Condition Metric at the Reach level. The Bank Condition Metric is an assessment of the proportion of the bank face that is eroding above expected rates.

The ISC2010_BANK_CONDITION_R table is designed to JOIN to the ISC2010_RIVER_CENTRELINES_R feature class.

River condition in Victoria is assessed every 5 years using the Index of Stream Condition (ISC). The Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) developed a methodology to assess the Physical Form and Riparian Vegetation components of the ISC using remote sensing data, specifically LIDAR and aerial photography. 

A State Wide mapping project was undertaken in 2010-13 to accurately map the Physical Form and Riparian Vegetation metrics of the ISC . Other ISC metrics were not assessed in the project and were derived from other sources.

The Physical Form and Riparian Vegetation Metric products are a combination of mapped Vector and Raster data as well as Tabular Summary Statistics about the mapped features. In the context of the project, the term Metrics is used to refer to both the mapped features and the summary statistics. 

Remote sensing data used includes 15cm true colour and infra-red aerial photography and four return multi-pulse LiDAR data. This source data was used to derive a variety of Raster data sets including Digital Terrain Models, Slope, Vegetation Height and Vegetation Cover. The Digital Terrain and Slope rasters were used to map Physical Form metrics including Stream Bed, Top of Bank and River Centre Lines while the Vegetation Height and Cover rasters were used to map the Riparian Vegetation metrics.
The Project Report "Aerial Remote Sensing for Physical Channel Form and Riparian Vegetation Mapping" describes the remote sensing and mapping approach used to create this data set.

Tags: Elevation, Imagery base maps earth cover, Inland waters, Transportation
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Victorian Land Cover Mapping 2017

Land cover mapping data is an annual component of the Victorian Land Use Information System, the VLUIS. The land cover information has been created specifically for the VLUIS using time series analysis of the MOD13Q1 or MYD13Q1 products produced by NASA using data collected by the MODIS sensor and freely available on the Reverb | ECHO website.
Ground data is collected annually across Victoria using a stratified random sampling approach for calibration of the annual seasonal curves and validation of the classification output. The ground data is split into three groups with 50% used to develop classification rules, 25% used to produce interim validation results that feed back into the rule development process with the remaining 25% used to independently validate the final classification. Error matrices for each land cover dataset from 2009 have been produced from this final validation.

The TIMESAT GUI is used to create smoothed annual time series for the Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) and the Red and Near Infrared (NIR) MOD13Q1 or MYD13Q1 bands using the Savitsky-Golay algorithm. A time series of 21 images was used and a suite of 11 seasonal parameters created that each numerically describe features of the annual seasonal curves for each band. In addition the standard deviation of the annual seasonal curve is calculated for each band and used in conjunction with the seasonal parameters.
A three-tiered hierarchical classification was developed to assign a dominant land cover class to each pixel. Initially, rules developed using the data mining tool See5 and / or expert knowledge were applied to the seasonal parameters and the annual standard deviation in conjunction with a GIS data-set of water bodies greater than 12.5ha in area to classify each pixel as either Tree, Non-tree or Water based on two data sets from the corporate spatial data library, HY_WATER_AREA_POLY.shp and VM_LITE_HY_WATER_AREA.shp; and are combined to form the water bodies layer. In addition, the primary classes are cross checked using data from preceding and following years to reduce misclassification prior to the secondary classification.
A secondary classification developed using rules based on expert knowledge and / or See5 is applied to split the primary class Tree into the secondary classes Native Woody Cover and Treed Production and the primary class Non-tree into the secondary classes Pasture/ Grassland and Crops.

Finally, a tertiary classification further divides the secondary class Treed Production into the tertiary classes Hardwood Plantation, Softwood Plantation and evergreen or deciduous Woody Horticulture and the secondary class Crops into the tertiary classes Brassicas, Legumes, Cereals and Non-Woody Horticulture based on rules developed using the data mining tool See5 and modified where appropriate by expert knowledge.

Additional information on land cover mapping, including map symbology, can be found on Victorian Resources Online.

DOI 10.26279/5b98601d6b27e

Tags: Farming, Society
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Victorian Flood History October 2022 Event Public

Polygon features representing the observed, derived or estimated inundation extent for floods that have occurred in Victoria. These are not linked to modelled flood data.
Confirmed flood observations are derived from the automated and manual processing of data from the sources listed below. Note that while flood observations have manual oversight and corrections during the event, they are based on a point in time and may not necessarily represent the maximum flood extent.
-   Aerial photography
-   AIG observation
-   Air observation
-   Linescans
-   GPS
-   Ground Observer
-   Satellite imagery interpretations

The derived flood extent is from automated and manual processing of satellite data. This data is usually used to fill in gaps outside of areas covered by confirmed flood observations.
Note that this flood extent data was prepared by the SCC Mapping Team for operational use only. It may have missing or incomplete data that could lead to gaps in analysis or visualisations. The dataset does not capture the peak flood extent in all areas. The dataset does not capture the extent of flash flooding.
Past and future layers may be added as the data becomes available. List of events included in Supplemental Information

Tags: Environment, Inland waters
Organization: Emergency Management Victoria
VAF_EXTENT_101UTB

This dataset relates to the Victorian Aquifer Framework (VAF) 3D Surface for the Upper Tertiary Basalt Aquifer. It represents the mapped extent of the aquifer.

Please refer to the master metadata record VAF 'Victorian Aquifer Framework (VAF) 3D Surfaces' for detailed information.

Tags: Geoscientific information, Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
2010 Index of Stream Condition - Top of Bank line features

The ISC2010_TOP_OF_BANK line features represent the leveled left and right banks of the river channel. The bank lines have been leveled to the height of lower bank. This data set represents full River Reaches.

River condition in Victoria is assessed every 5 years using the Index of Stream Condition (ISC). The Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) developed a methodology to assess the Physical Form and Riparian Vegetation components of the ISC using remote sensing data, specifically LIDAR and aerial photography. 

A State Wide mapping project was undertaken in 2010-13 to accurately map the Physical Form and Riparian Vegetation metrics of the ISC . Other ISC metrics were not assessed in the project and were derived from other sources.

The Physical Form and Riparian Vegetation Metric products are a combination of mapped Vector and Raster data as well as Tabular Summary Statistics about the mapped features. In the context of the project, the term Metrics is used to refer to both the mapped features and the summary statistics. 

Remote sensing data used includes 15cm true colour and infra-red aerial photography and four return multi-pulse LiDAR data. This source data was used to derive a variety of Raster data sets including Digital Terrain Models, Slope, Vegetation Height and Vegetation Cover. The Digital Terrain and Slope rasters were used to map Physical Form metrics including Stream Bed, Top of Bank and River Centre Lines while the Vegetation Height and Cover rasters were used to map the Riparian Vegetation metrics.
The Project Report "Aerial Remote Sensing for Physical Channel Form and Riparian Vegetation Mapping" describes the remote sensing and mapping approach used to create this data set.

Tags: Elevation, Imagery base maps earth cover, Inland waters, Transportation
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Planned Burns 2024/26 - 2026/27 now called Joint Fuel management program JFMP includes burns and non burn fuel treatments (NBFT)

Last updated: October 2024

This dataset represents the spatial extent of prescribed burns planned for ignition and associated mechanical and vegetation works on Public Land in Victoria and some CFA burns. This data is prepared annually for prescribed burns planned for the immediate three-year period. This dataset is now the joint fuel management plan and now includes the CFA burns as well as Forestry coupe burns.

Tags: Biota, Environment, Farming
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Elevation - Relief Polygon

The table contains polygons depicting relief features including islands and island groups. 
These features may be named or unnamed and names linked to VICNAMES. 
Inland islands are derived from HY_WATER_AREA_POLYGON and will continue to be maintained as voids and vertically aligned with islands in EL_RELIEF_AREA Coastal islands, are derived from FR_FRAMEWORK_AREA_POLYGON and will continue to be maintained and vertically aligned with islands in EL_RELIEF_AREA Island groups are also held.
These polygons contain intelligent information including name, parent feature name, feature type &amp; scale use codes enabling flexible, intelligent and cartographic labelling which is both multi scale and non scale dependent.

Tags: Elevation, Environment, Geoscientific information
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Victorian Soil type mapping

A spatial map layer of soil type (Australian Soil Classification) for Victoria. The harmonised map consists of 3,300 land units (totaling about 225,000 polygons) derived from around 100 soil and land surveys carried out in Victoria over the past 70 years. The land units have been attributed according to the Australian Soil Classification (Order and Suborder levels of the classification scheme) based on their likely dominant soil type. Particular attention was given to harmonising land units across survey boundaries. A reliability index has been assigned to each land unit based on the quality and relevance of the originating survey, providing a qualitative reliability measure to support interpretation and data use.

Soil site data contained in the Victorian Soil Information System (VSIS), and information on the Victorian Resources Online (VRO) website and original study reports have been combined with landscape knowledge to develop the new maps. Data from approximately 10,000 existing sites recorded, mostly recorded in the VSIS have been used.

The soil type is based on land mapping conducted at different times, at variable scale, and for different purposes. Land units are therefore of variable scale and quality in relation to the soil they are representing. Many units will be comprised of multiple soil types and a range of soil properties, and local variability (e.g. at paddock scale level) can also sometimes be high. The mapping, therefore, is intended to represent the dominant, or most prevalent, broad soil type within the map unit. It is therefore adequate for regional or state-wide overviews but may not often be accurate enough for localised or within-farm assessments. For more detailed soil and land information, users are advised to refer to the original land study for any given map unit (e.g. via Victorian Resources Online website).

Tags: Farming, Geoscientific information
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Planning scheme ordinance links - Vicmap Planning

Product version containing the following 2 datasets:- For detailed metadata, see individual records.
PLAN_ORDINANCE_LPP_URL (ANZVI0803005951)
PLAN_ORDINANCE_VPP_URL (ANZVI0803005954) 

Note: The VPP table was updated 14/7/2022 to accommodate changes to the the new format Planning Scheme webpages.The field LGA_CODE was added and a unique url for each zone and overlay for every scheme now exists. Hence, the number of records n the table has significantly increased.

Tags: Boundaries, Economy, Environment, Society, Structure, Transportation
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Victorian Biodiversity Atlas flora records (unrestricted) for sites with moderate to low spatial accuracy

This layer contains a snapshot of flora taxa records from the Victorian Biodiversity Atlas (VBA) (including most threatened taxa). The main attributes in this layer are survey id, survey location, date, time, locational accuracy, taxa recorded, counts, observation type, survey type, collector, and reliability of the record. The VERS_DATE column identifies the currency of the data.

Although this is a point layer, the actual accuracy of the site can range from +/- 500m to +/- 10 km.

The FFG field has been updated to reflect the 2021 FFG Act amendments, and the Victorian Advisory List (VICADV) is now obsolete.

This layer excludes restricted taxa records. These records are contained in the related (but restricted) dataset VBA_FLORA_RESTRICTED. Public users wishing to view the general location of these records should refer to the related dataset VBA_RESTRICTED_1M,

Tags: Biota
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Property - Parcel Crown Approved Polygon

This layer contains a view of the Crown land Parcels. A parcel is defined as the smallest area of land capable of sale without further approval to subdivide. It may consist of more than one piece. Parcels are described by a parcel description (either lot/plan or allotment/section/parish).

It includes:
- Parcel Identifiers, both freehold and crown;
- Registered and proposed status;
- Crown land differentiation - this is defined as CROWN_STATUS of "C" for Crown land, "V" for Vested land or "G" for Government Roads,
- LGA code;
- Unique Feature Identifiers, date stamps and data quality information.

The layer replaces the "CROWNLAND.VM_CROWNSIMPLE" layer that was created for Mapshare sites as a quick way of drawing Crown land rather than all the Parcels. The Crownsimple layer has had issues with keeping in sync with the Parcel layer, whereas this layer will be re-created each time the Parcel layer is updated (every week).

MetaX records this dataset as VMPROP.PARCEL_CROWN_APPROVED

Tags: Boundaries, Environment, Planning cadastre
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning