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Vicmap Transport

Vicmap Transport represents the transport network of the state of Victoria and is made up of point, line and polygon area features in a seamless and topologically structured data set. It is comprised of a basic framework of linear features supplemented by related point and node and polygon features providing the supplementary data supporting the transport network over the topographic and demographic landscape. Further classification and description of real world features is provided by attribute tables, which add specific description and definition to each feature supported by code lists that can be used for analysis and individual identification.
The following transport features are fundamental to this data set series:
- Road network - freeway, highway, arterial, 2wd, 4wd, bicycle and walking tracks.
- Road related structures - including fords, bridges, tunnels, gates, intersections, roundabouts, barriers, rail crossings;
- Ferry routes;
- Rail network, railway yard, tramway, railway bridge, railway tunnel;
- Rail related structures - including railway sidings, stations, railway bridges, railway tunnels;
- Tramway network;
- Air related structures - including (major) airport extents, runways, landing strips, helipads

Vicmap Transport is a combination of a number of data sets that are a part of the Vicmap suite of products.
Datasets in the series are listed below. See their metadata entries for more detailed metadata.
- Airport Area (polygon) - Vicmap Transport (TR_AIRPORT_AREA_POLYGON);
- Airport Infrastructure - Vicmap Transport (TR_AIRPORT_INFRASTRUCTURE);
- Airport Infrastucture Area (polygon) - Vicmap Transport (TR_AIR_INFRA_AREA_POLYGON);
- Airport Infrastucture Point - Vicmap Transport (TR_AIR_INFRA_POINT); 
- Rail Network - Vicmap Transport (TR_RAIL); 
- Rail Infrastructure - Vicmap Transport (TR_RAIL_INFRASTRUCTURE); 
- Road Network - Vicmap Transport (TR_ROAD); 
- Road Infrastructure - Vicmap Transport (TR_ROAD_INFRASTRUCTURE);
- Road Locality (grouped by road name, road type,road suffix and locality) (TR_ROAD_REGISTER)

Tags: Transportation
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Map Grid of Australia (MGA) Graticule - 1 km interval

This dataset is designed to be used as a "graticule layer", allowing a graticule to be drawn on maps when using software packages that don't support their generation in other ways. It consists of lines spaced at 1km intervals, running north-south (attributed with Easting) and east-west (attributed with Northing). It is applicable for use where an MGA graticule is required. Can be projected to provide AMG graticules over non-MGA data (eg Geographic or AMG).

This dataset forms part of a series of graticule layers, one for each common projection.

Tags: Boundaries
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Beneficial Use - Middle Tertiary

This layer is part of a set that defines the beneficial use of Victoria's groundwater resources.
According to the Victorian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), a beneficial use is a use to the environment, or a segment of the environment which is conductive to public benefit, welfare, safety, health or aesthetic enjoyment and which requires protection from the effects of waste discharges, emissions or deposits. A beneficial use may be an existing or potential use. A resource may have more than one beneficial use.
The State's groundwater resources have a number of beneficial uses. These uses primarily depend on groundwater quality and aquifer yield and can be assigned to broad water quality classes.

Tags: Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Victorian Coastal Hindcast Wave Hydrodynamic Model (1951-2020), June 2025

The project delivers an extended and refined high resolution coastal hindcast wave hydrodynamic model for the entire Victorian coastline, incorporating four sea level rise (SLR) scenarios: 0.5 m, 0.8 m, 1.0 m, and 1.4 m. The baseline scenario (SLR=0 m) includes a 70-year hindcast (1951–2020), while the four SLR scenarios were simulated over a 31-year period (1990–2020).

Tags: Environment, Oceans
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Victorian Aquifer Framework (VAF) Salinity Distribution - BSE_TDS

This dataset is the Victorian Aquifer Framework (VAF) Salinity Distribution. It refers to the salinity distribution for Aquifer Number of 114 (Mesozoic and Palaeozoic Bedrock). The salinity distributions reflect the beneficial use segments prescribed in the State Environment Protection Policy (Waters) (2018)
Please refer to the master metadata record VAF 'Victorian Aquifer Framework (VAF) Salinity Distribution for detailed information.

Tags: Geoscientific information, Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Wetland landscape profiles

Wetland landscape profiles represent a regionalisation of wetlands at the landscape scale. They are based on variation in regional wetland vegetation as described in Appendix 3 of Department of Sustainability and Environment (2012) Index of Wetland Condition assessment of wetland vegetation update - December 2012. Department of Sustainability and Environment, East Melbourne, Victoria.

Tags: Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Victorian Biodiversity Atlas flora records (unrestricted) for sites with high 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 +/- 1m to +/- 500m.

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
Mines and Mineral Occurrence Sites

Sites where earth resources have been demonstrated. This includes metallics, industrial minerals and construction materials, but excludes oil, gas and groundwater resources which are recorded in OILGAS and BORES datasets. OILGAS will be available for external users within Petroleum Mapshare. It is thought that groundwater resources will be available to external users within a CLPR (Catchment and Land Protection) Mapshare View. 

The data is derived from Minerals and Petroleums RDBMS, which is known as VICMINE.
Information on each site has been compiled mostly from historical literature, with only selected major sites visited in the field.

NOTES CONCERNING GEOVIC "Mines and Mineral Occurrence" DISPLAY

The type of mine/mineral occurrence displayed varies with the scale of the map view.
Major and Intermediate size mines are displayed at all scales.
Minor and Unknown size Mines are displayed at scales ranging from 1:1 to 1:500,000
MAJOR is for mine_size greater than= 85000000
MINOR is for mine_size less than 8500000
INTERMEDIATE is for mine_size between the two
UNKNOWN is when the mine_size is unknown

MINE_SIZE (better name would be MINE_VALUE) is a calculated dollar amount based on the total production and resource for each commodity multiplied by the commodity price (NOTE: these commodity prices have not been updated in some time eg: as of 13/1/2013 the gold price per ounce used was $526.70 - April 1985 prices) 

NOTES CONCERNING GEOVIC "Deposit Styles" DISPLAY

A number of deposit style layers exist in GeoVic.
The layers are based on particular values of the dep_style attribute - within this dataset.
The dep_style attribute contains the results of classifying the mineral deposits of Victoria east of approximately 142°30' and west of 145°30', but excluding the Willaura (7422) 1:100 000 map sheet area. The classification is described in detail in Moore, D.H., 2007. "Classifying gold deposits in central and western Victoria, Australia. GeoScience Victoria Gold Undercover Report". 

GENERAL NOTES CONCERNING GEOVIC

Refer to Mineral Regions 1M (MINERAL) for extent of brown and black coal fields, Heavy Mineral Sands 1M (MINSAND1M) for extent of strandline mineral sand deposits, and Heavy Minerals Sands WIM 1M (MINSAND1M) for extent of WIM style mineral sand deposits.

Tags: Economy, Geoscientific information, Society
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Average Coal Seam Quality

The average coal seam quality distributions were generated across the 2011 Coal model area for the :
Yallournseam and splits;
Morwell 1a seam and splits;
Morwell 1b seam and splits;
Morwell 2a seam;
Morwell 2b seam;
Traralgon seam and splits.

For each area the following measures were taken:
Total Iron % Dry Basis (iron)
Acid Extractible Sodium % Dry Basis (sodium)
Moisture % In situ (moisture)
Net Wet Specific Energy MJ per kg In situ (nwse)
Total Ash % Dry Basis (ash)
Sulphur % Dry Basis (sulphur)

<a href="&#09;http://geology.data.vic.gov.au/CoalResource/&#09;">Link to Coal Model Data (works in firefox , but not internet explorer)</a>

Tags: Economy, Geoscientific information, Structure, Utilities communication
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Potential Impact of Geological Structures on Groundwater Flow Systems

This dataset comprises a number of areas across Victoria which have been identified from the synthesis of geophysical data, topography, groundwater and other datasets to improve the understanding of how geological structures may control groundwater flow. Types of either Major or Other have been assigned to thirteen impact areas occurring predominantly in the north and west of the state. Major areas have been studied in detail as part of a report for the Secure Allocations Future Entitlements (SAFE) project called Potential Influences of Geological Structures on Groundwater Flow Systems (2012). Areas defined as Other contain geological structures of suspected impact and require detailed analysis.

Tags: Geoscientific information, Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Groundwater Management Areas

This dataset representst Victoria’s Groundwater Management Areas (GMAs)

Where groundwater has been intensively developed in Victoria, or has the potential to be developed, Groundwater Management Areas (GMAs) are established and the Permissible Consumptive Volume (PCV) is progressively set. Monitoring of the groundwater resource in these areas is undertaken by the Department of Sustainability and Environment through the State Groundwater Monitoring Network. Water levels and the amount of water allocated to groundwater users in the areas are closely monitored.

Tags: Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Geological polygons based on geological interpretation of geophysical data (1:1,000,000)

This dataset contains primary geological data, namely Pre-Permian geological rock units and boundary types separating rock units. The linear features in this dataset are only comprised of geological boundaries and faults.

The data has been collected by the Geological Survey of Victoria. This dataset is accompanied by another dataset representing metamorphism.

The pre-Permian geology data from Simons and Moore (1999) shows the interpreted geology of Victoria, with the Permian and younger units stripped off. It was compiled from the surface geology map and interpretation of the extensive new magnetic, radiometric and gravity data along with seismic profiles where available. It attempts to reconcile the mapped geology with the geophysical data sets, to produce a map that is both geologically and geophysically reasonable. The data should be used in combination with the state magnetic image as this image gives extra information that could not be adequately presented on the map, such as sedimentary or contact-metamorphic changes in the magnetic properties of rock packages, dyke swarms, and thick basalt cover. 

The legend subdivides the rocks by time and palaeoenvironment or geochemistry, which gives a complementary view of the geology to that of the surface Australian crust during Phanerozoic orogenic events.

Granites were subdivided using White and Chappell's (1983) S, I and A classification, as this is a subdivision that is both generally understood and works well with the magnetic data. The time subdivisions are at the natural breaks in the Victorian geological record, usually the ends of orogenies. This has meant that all the intrusions associated with a particular event are grouped in the same time slice, even when some could perhaps be allocated to a younger time slice.

SIMONS, B.A.., AND MOORE, D.H. 1999. Victoria 1:1 000 000 Pre-Permian Geology. Geological Survey of Victoria.

WHITE, A.J.R. &amp; CHAPPELL, B.W., 1983. Granitoid types and their distribution in the Lachlan Fold Belt, southeastern Australia. In Roddick, J.A. (ed.) Circum-Pacific Terranes, Geological Society of America Memoir 159, pp. 21-34.

Tags: Geoscientific information
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Land units of Goulburn Broken region of Victoria

This dataset is the primary data output from the Goulburn Broken Dryland Regional Development Project conducted from 1998 to 2000. It contains soil and land information at a scale of 1:100 000 for all land in the region.

At the map scale of this dataset soil-landform units are not homogeneous. For each defined soil-landform unit, the number and proportion of landforms and soil types will vary. A group or groups of soils have been associated with each unit. Representative sites and their associated profile properties are recorded in the study report.

Importantly it should be noted that soil attributes (for example texture, sodicity, pH) are expected to vary between acquired soil sites. As the variability of soil attributes within a map unit is difficult to predict, it is important to note that representative soils should be used as a guide only.

Tags: Farming, Geoscientific information
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
2010 Index of Stream Condition - River Centre Lines at the Reach Level

The ISC2010_RIVER_CENTRELINE_R line features represent the set of river reaches that are assessed in the 2010 ISC. The line features represents the middle of the river channel and have been defined as the midpoint of the ISC2010_STREAMBED_WIDTH polygon feature. This data set represents a re-alignment of the ISC2004 River Reaches. River centre lines have been connected at Reach ends and flow direction has been enforced. Each Reach has Metric Statistics assessed and recorded in Reach Summary (_R) Tabes. 

The ISC2010_RIVER_CENTRELINE_R is designed to JOIN to all ISC2010__R tables.

The ISC2010_RIVER_CENTRELINE_REACH acts as the spatial key to which all other Physical Form and Riparian Vegetation reach metric statistics can be linked.

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
Vicmap Land Administration Themes - Property Table

This layer contains aspatial details for all properties in Victoria. A property is defined as land, usually contiguous, under one ownership, and of a common class and tenure. It is used for land under common occupation particularly for the purpose of rating, billing or habitation. Properties are typically described by street address allocated by an authority such as local government.

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

It includes:
- Property numbers as allocated by local governement authority;
- Registered and proposed status;
- Type of property, ie, single or multi-assessment;
- LGA code;
- Unique Feature Identifiers, date stamps and data quality information.
- Address

Tags: Boundaries
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Basins (1:500,000), Geological Interpretation of Geophysical Features Polygon

This dataset contains interpreted geological data, both units underlying the basins and magnetic (mostly volcanic) units enclosed by the basin sediments. The linear features in the data set are geological boundaries, major faults, lesser faults and dykes.

The onshore magnetic, radiometric, topographic and gravity data have been collected by the Geological Survey of Victoria. This has been supplemented by offshore magnetic and bathymetric data collected by the Australian Geological Survey Organisation and deep seismic data collected by the Australian Geological Survey Organisation and company sources.

The map attempts to reconcile the onshore geology interpreted in Simons &amp; Moore (1999) with the geophysical responses in a way that is geologically reasonable, and to carry this interpretation offshore at least as far as the Tasmanian sea boundary (generally 39 degrees 12 minutes South). The legend broadly uses the same time breaks as that of the Pre-Permian geological map, but includes younger packages that lie beneath the basin. No attempt has been made to subdivide granitic rocks of a particular age.

The dataset is accompanied by other datasets representing lava flows and the basin edges. Lava flows have been interpreted either from intersections in drill holes or from magnetic responses.

References:

MOORE, D.H., 2002. Eastern and central Gippsland Basin, southeast Australia: basement interpretation and basin links. Victorian Initiative for Minerals and Petroleum Report 69, Department of Natural Resources and Environment. 

MOORE, D.H., 2002. Basement-basin relationships in the Otway Basin, Victoria, Australia. Victorian Initiative for Minerals and Petroleum Report 78, Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

SIMONS B.A., &amp; MOORE, D.H., 1999. Victoria 1:1 000 000 Pre-Permian Geology. Geological Survey of Victoria.

Tags: Geoscientific information
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Lite - Airport Point - 1:250,000 to 1:5,000,000

This layer is part of Vicmap Lite and contains point features delineating airport areas. Vicmap Lite datasets are suited for use between scales of 1: 250,000 and 1 : 5 million. The point features were sourced from Vicmap Transport. The level of attribute information and the number of features has been simplified to suit the 1: 250,000 - 1 : 5 million scale range. The concept of a Scale Use Code has been introduced to help control the level of detail displayed. This dataset includes the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) 3 tier classification.

THIS DATASET WAS LAST UPDATED IN SEPTEMBER 2021

Tags: Transportation
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Urban Development Program - Greenfield Residential Land 2022

Urban Development Program (UDP) - Greenfield Residential Land 2022 identifies undeveloped land for residential development generally on the fringe of the metropolitan area. Each record in the database details the subdivision and planning status of the land, the area of the site in hectares and the potential lot yield.

This information maps land areas for both the supply and recent subdivision

<em>Unzoned englobo land requiring a Precinct Structure Plan - Land that has been identified for future residential development through the growth corridor plans and other strategic planning processes.
</em>Zoned englobo land - Land that has undergone the PSP process and is zoned and available for subdivision into residential lots.
<em>Proposed - Lots that are part of a proposed subdivision plan but have not yet been titled.
</em>Approved - Lots that been subdivided and titled in the relevant/previous calendar year.

Tags: Planning cadastre, Structure
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Other Coastal Plans

Dataset containing an indication of the geographic extent covered by other Coastal Plans (non-CAPS) identified in 'Section 8.1 Other Coastal Plans', of the Victorian Coastal Council’s 2010-11 Annual Report. The dataset contains attributes identifying the report title, year of the report, Coastal Board region, unique identifier assigned to report, link that allows the report to be directly referenced, and link to source website page used to locate and obtain document.
To support the capture of a suitable geographic extent covered by Coastal Plans each plan was reviewed and categorised in terms of the area it covered. For plans covering a local government area, Catchment Management Authority, Coastal Management Board area, or township, a nominal buffer was applied around the spatial extent of these administrative units. For reports containing a clear study area, this boundary was captured and used to depict the geographical area covered by the report.

Tags: Oceans
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Property Simplified 2

Vicmap Property Simplified 2 is a modified data model of Vicmap Property specifically generated for Local Government use. It consists of data representing Victoria's land parcels, properties and road polygons and separates out alignments and easment information.
Vicmap Property Simplified 2 Content includes
 · Parcel and Property Polygons;
 · Parcel and Property Identifiers - parcel descriptors (including Standard Parcel Identifiers (SPI)), 
 Council reference numbers;
 · Registered and proposed parcels;
 · Crown and Freehold land differentiation;
 · Cadastral Road Casements;
 · Easements (Note: all new easements are being captured for the whole State. Previously, only 
 easements in the metropolitan area were captured. There is no current program to review and 
 capture missing easements);
 · Unique Feature Identifiers, date stamps and data quality information.

Tags: Boundaries, Environment, Planning cadastre
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Regional Metamorphism Zones as interpreted by geophysical interpretation from Pre-Permian geology (1:1,000,000)

Regional Metamorphism Zones as interpreted by geophysical interpretation from Pre-Permian geology (1:1,000,000)

The data has been collected by the Geological Survey of Victoria. This dataset is accompanied by another dataset representing geological polygons.

Tags: Geoscientific information
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action