AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Ross Arnett - Malua Farm Macadamias

Access APIMetadata Portal Metadata InformationContent TitleRoss Arnett - Malua Farm MacadamiasContent TypeOtherDescriptionMeet Ross on their macadamia nut farm near Lindendale NSW and how they are adapting to a changing climate.Initial Publication Date24/06/2024Data Currency24/06/2024Data Update FrequencyOtherContent SourceOtherFile TypeDocumentAttributionData Theme, Classification or Relationship to other DatasetsAccuracySpatial Reference System (dataset)OtherSpatial Reference System (web service)OtherWGS84 Equivalent ToOtherSpatial ExtentContent LineageData ClassificationUnclassifiedData Access PolicyOpenData QualityTerms and ConditionsCreative CommonStandard and SpecificationData CustodianDuo HePoint of Contactduo.he@customerservice.nsw.gov.auData AggregatorData DistributorAdditional Supporting InformationTRIM Number

Tags: Environment, Farming and Agriculture
Organization: Spatial Services (DCS)
Soil Landscapes of the Newcastle 1:100,000 Sheet

This map is one of a series of soil landscape maps that are intended for all of central and eastern NSW, based on standard 1:100,000 and 1:250,000 topographic sheets. Soil Landscapes of the Newcastle 1:100 000 Sheet covers the greater Newcastle area, the northern extent of Lake Macquarie and the urban centres of Maitland and Raymond Terrace; the broad Hunter Floodplain and the rural townships of Paterson and Clarencetown occur in the northern and central areas of the sheet.;
The map provides an inventory of soil and landscape properties of the area and identifies major soil and landscape qualities and constraints. It integrates soil and topographic features into single units with relatively uniform land management requirements. Soils are described in terms of soil materials in addition to the Great Soil Group and Northcote classification systems.
Related Datasets: The dataset area is also covered by the mapping of Acid Sulphate Soil Risk Mapping.
Online Maps: This and related datasets can be viewed using eSPADE (NSW’s soil spatial viewer), which contains a suite of soil and landscape information including soil profile data. Many of these datasets have hot-linked soil reports. An alternative viewer is the SEED Map; an ideal way to see what other natural resources datasets (e.g. vegetation) are available for this map area.
Reference: Matthei L.E., 1995, Soil Landscapes of the Newcastle 1:100,000 Sheet map and report, NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation, Sydney.

Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Donnybrook Nature Reserve Vegetation 2012 VIS_ID 4726

Donnybrook Nature Reserve vegetation mapping was undertaken by Dr John T. Hunter in 2012 by contract for the NPWS Northern Tableland Region.  Donnybrook Nature Reserve is located approximately 20 km north west of Tenterfield.
The vegetation of the Donnybrook Nature Reserves is described and mapped (scale 1:25 000). Four communities and three sub-associations are defined based on classification (Kulczynski association). These four communities were mapped based on ground truthing, air photo interpretation and landform.
VIS_ID 4726

Tags: Native Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
General Purpose Water Accounting Reports - Macquarie Catchment

NSW is the leading state in implementing standardised water resource accounting. The General Purpose Water Accounting Reports (GPWAR) adopt the Australian Water Accounting Standard 1 (AWAS 1).  The annual GPWAR is prepared for all major regulated NSW inland valleys. The reports are published following the closure of the water year. 
The annual reports provide stakeholders with consistent and transparent water resource accounting information.
Included in the GPWAR are:
•   a contextual statement summarising the climatic conditions, water resources, environmental holdings, water trading market and water resource management in the water source for the reporting period
•   a physical flow diagram illustrating changes in storage volumes and the associated inflows and outflows
•   water accounting statements presenting the opening and closing balances, and itemised changes to these balances for available water resources (water assets), licenced allocation accounts (water liabilities) and planned environmental water accounts (water liabilities)
•   disclosure notes (linked to the figures within the water accounting statements) providing detailed information of accounting components including:
      (i)   access licence account balances planned and held environmental, 
      (ii)  water account balance, 
      (iii) detailed available water determination report,
      (iv)  temporary trading by licence category,
      (v)   supplementary announcements and usage by river reach,
      (vi)  physical inflows and outflows to the system for the water year.

•   while groundwater has not been directly included in this GPWAR (aside from those processes that directly affect the regulated river), annual groundwater summary reports by water source are published separately and accessible via the department’s website.

Tags: AWD, DCCEEW - Water, DCCEEW - Water Analytics, GPWAR, accounting, allocation, allocation assignments, available water determination, environmental water, general purpose water accounting reports, inflows, inter-valley trade, intra-valley trade, regulated river, share component, storage, supplementary water, surface water, water, water accounting
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Native Vegetation Management Benefits - Improve Benefits

Identifies areas across NSW where the greatest benefit to NSW plant biodiversity is achieved by improving the condition of extant native vegetation.
This layer is one of four approaches to vegetation management, comprising:

Manage benefits highlights remaining examples of highly cleared vegetation types
Improve benefits highlights where remaining examples of highly cleared vegetation types can be improved in condition
Restore benefits highlights where to restore highly cleared vegetation types in cleared landscapes
Landscape benefits highlights areas that contribute to the connectivity between extant native vegetation. Includes existing vegetation and locations to restore lost linkages

Version 1.0 (2012)
produced for the Draft NSW Biodiversity Strategy (see this report). Data is relevant to 2012
Further updates
Improve benefits are not routinely provided as a time series. For latter versions see NVMB Series 2
More information
For more detail see NSW Native Vegetation Management Benefits Analyses
Technical report (2012), this technical report (2020), and this scientific paper on the method (2014). Climate-informed versions of the manage benefits and restore benefits (v.1) can be found here.

Tags: Biodiversity, landscape conservation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Biolandscapes, South Western Slopes, Murrumbidgee Extant. VIS_ID 4126

The dataset shows the extant native vegetation as vegetation communities in relation to soil parent material, for an adjusted area of the NSW South Western Slopes (NSS) IBRA bioregion within the Murray, Murrumbidgee and Lachlan CMAs. VIS_ID 4126

Tags: PCT, Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Environmental Planning Instrument - Terrestrial Biodiversity

This spatial dataset identifies the land where development implications exist due to the presence of terrestrial biodiversity as designated by the relevant NSW environmental planning instrument.  The data identifies areas of biodiversity in NSW.
Contact data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au for a data package (shapefile)

Tags: Biodiveristy, Biodiversity, EPI, HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT-Planning, LEP, Planning, SEPP, Standard Instrument
Organization: NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
Wyong LGA Endangered Ecological Communities EECs Map 2009 VIS ID 3904

Endangered Ecological Communities (EECs) for Wyong LGA mapped by Stephen Bell in 2009.  This data originates from the vegetation map of 2008 which included a "EEC Equivalent" field in the attribute table.  Subsequent work was done on the EEC subset exported from the vegetation map by Council in 2009.  The category names were changed, some areas removed and boundaries possibly modified.  No documentation exists for this additional work. VIS_ID 3904
Map footprint supplied only. Contact Central Coast Council for access to the vegetation map.

Tags: TEC, Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Moree Plains Railway 3D May 2024

Access APIMetadata Portal Metadata InformationContent TitleMoree Plains Railway 3D May 2024Content TypeScene Layer/Scene Layer PackageDescriptionNSW Transport Theme Railway represents a permanent way of having one or more rail lines which provide tracks for vehicles. A railway can be heavy rails, light rail, monorail and heavy rail siding, for example a railway, tramway or monorail.Initial Publication Date01/05/2024Data Currency01/05/2024Data Update FrequencyOtherContent SourceData provider filesFile TypeScene Layer Package (*.slpk)AttributionData Theme, Classification or Relationship to other DatasetsTransport Theme of the NSW Foundation Spatial Data FrameworkAccuracyThe dataset maintains a positional relationship to, and alignment with, the Lot and Property digital datasets. The Lot and Property data was captured by digitising the best available cadastral mapping at a variety of scales and accuracies, ranging from 1:500 to 1:250 000 according to the National Mapping Council of Australia, Standards of Map Accuracy (1975). Therefore, the position of the feature instance will be within 0.5mm at the map scale for 90% of the well-defined points. That is 1:500 = 0.25m, 1:2000 = 1m, 1:4000 = 2m, 1:25000 = 12.5m, 1:50000 = 25m and 1:00000 = 50m. A program of positional upgrade (accuracy improvement) is currently underway. Feature heights have been derived from LiDAR elevation sources including 1m and 2m DEMS. The data used to create the DEMs have an accuracy of 0.3m (95% Confidence Interval) vertical and 0.8m (95% Confidence Interval) horizontal. The features vertical accuracy is also a function of its horizon.Spatial Reference System (dataset)WGS84Spatial Reference System (web service)EPSG:4326WGS84 Equivalent ToGDA2020Spatial ExtentContent LineageData ClassificationUnclassifiedData Access PolicyOpenData QualityTerms and ConditionsCreative CommonStandard and SpecificationData CustodianSpatial Services | Department of Customer ServicesPoint of ContactSS-SDS@customerservice.nsw.gov.auData AggregatorSpatial Services | Department of Customer ServicesData DistributorSpatial Services | Department of Customer ServicesAdditional Supporting InformationOpen Geospatial Consortium (OGC) implemented and compatible for the consumption by common GIS platforms. Available as either cache or non-cache, depending on client use or requirement.TRIM Number

Tags: 3D, Moree Plains, Railway, Transport
Organization: Spatial Services (DCS)
Cumberland Subregion BIO Map Core Areas

The Biodiversity Investment Opportunities Map (BIO Map) is a key deliverable of the NSW Government’s $40 million Green Corridors program, a Government priority action identified in NSW 2021: A Plan to make NSW number one. The map was prepared with funding provided by the NSW Environmental Trust.
BIO Map has been prepared for the Cumberland subregion, a 275 693-hectare area containing the Cumberland Plain, a broad shale basin in Western Sydney. The areas identified for investment are termed priority investment areas, and include core areas (this layer) and biodiversity corridors of regional significance.
Mapping criteria were used to identify and map priority investment areas, and targeted stakeholder consultation was conducted to inform the outputs of the project. Stakeholders consulted included the Commonwealth Department of the Environment, six state government authorities, 16 local councils and eight non-government organisations.
The final Cumberland subregion BIO Map identifies a network of 87 core areas and 27 regional biodiversity corridors within the Cumberland subregion. The 87 core areas include all of the Priority Conservation Lands identified by the Cumberland Plain Recovery Plan. The total area represented within the mapped priority investment areas is 42,124 hectares. Mapped core areas make up 24,197 hectares.
The BIO Map project aims to achieve better biodiversity outcomes by directing biodiversity investment funding to the strategic locations of greatest benefit. A landholder’s right to carry out agricultural and developmental activities on their land are not altered by their property being identified as a priority investment area on the BIO Map. The BIO Map identifies areas where landowners have more opportunities to receive funding to protect their bushland. Any involvement by a landowner in such programs is entirely voluntary.

Tags: BIO MAP, CUMBERLAND, INVESTMENT, PIAs
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Greater Sydney Region Tree Canopy 2022

The Greater Sydney Region 2022 canopy dataset provides information on tree canopy cover, vegetation health, land surface temperature, and individual trees for the metropolitan urban area and metropolitan rural area of Greater Sydney. This data can be analysed from the individual tree point to regional scale. Having current and accurate estimates of tree canopy supports councils and government to reliably identify areas of tree canopy and confidently develop urban greening and heat island mitigation strategies and actions. This dataset provides the user with information at a known spatial accuracy. The dataset is based off aerial imagery with a resolution of 0.16cm to 0.48m (dependent on spectral band) captured by ArborCarbon Pty Ltd.
This dataset can be accessed by Greater Sydney councils, NSW Government employees, and external organisations contracted to councils or NSW Government (subject to department assessment and approval).
Please fill out this form to access the dataset. Users will be required to sign a Digital Data Deed Poll to access the data.
NSW Department of Planning staff can access the dataset via the Information Asset Register.
A version of the 2022 canopy dataset, summarised to Modified Mesh Block, is publicly available on the SEED portal here.
In the dataset, “tree canopy” is classified as all vegetation greater than 3m. “All vegetation” includes all vegetation, including tree canopy, greater than 0m. Note: due to data limitations, not all grass areas have been identified in their entirety.
More information on the 2022 Greater Sydney canopy dataset can be found here. 

Tags: land surface temperature, tree, tree canopy, tree cover, tree inventory, urban heat, vegetation, vegetation health
Organization: NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
Dapper Nature Reserve vegetation map, 2013. VIS_Id 4354

A compilation of the vegetation data stored in the source feature dataset. Each estate has best available veg mapping as determined by PaCs Botanist, with Keith Formations and fire thresholds added. Estate includes NPWS acquired lands. To recieve further updates contact individual NPWS Region STOs. All information is best available at time of production. Fields are Description: Vegetation type as described in feature class Code: code as described in feature class PCT: added where available (If ends in * more than one community may have been listed in report, only first community was added) NSW_Class: added where available (If ends in * more than one community may have been listed in report, only first community was added) NSW_Formation: added for all polygons FormationSourceID: links to FormationSourceLUT, oultines how formation was assigned and history of changes. Veg - long integer links Fire_Veg_Type_LUT which contains Min: minimum years btw burns Max: Maximum years between burns, Adv: 1= fire advantage and Regime Source. This code is dependent on region 1000-FWR 2000 - NPR 3000 -NTR 4000 - WRR, 9000 - Standardised classes Keith classes linking to regimes defined by Bradstock. Original_id: object id in source feature class source_id: Code relating to Vegetation sourceLUTdetailing origin of vegetation feature class, any changes made PWGRegion:domain with NPWG region PWGArea:domain with NPWG area EstateName: domain with NPWG estate name, also includes offpark Hectares - calculated useing calculate geometry, GDA94 z55 Last updated August 2013, Version 5. VIS_Id 4354

Tags: PCT, Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Repealed - State Environmental Planning Policy no. 14 - Coastal Wetlands

This is a repealed State Environmental Planning Policy and has been superseded by the State Environmental Planning Policy (Coastal Management) 2018. Please use this data accordingly.
Boundary data on more than 1500 coastal wetlands of State significance and covered by State Environmental Planning Policy No. 14 (SEPP 14) as defined in The Coastal Wetlands Survey Report, prepared by Dr P Adam, Mr N Urwin, Mr P Weiner and Mr I Sim for the Coastal Council of New South Wales, 1985. SEPP 14 places planning and development controls under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979 over the wetlands, which are illustrated on 82 hard copy printed maps that have been gazetted. These hard copy maps are the definitive source of the wetland boundaries although digital representation is also available. Coverage extends along the NSW coastline (and up to 30 kms inland) from the Queensland border to the Hawkesbury River and from Wollongong to the Victorian Border. Note: SEPP 14 excludes the Sydney metropolitan region, that is, the Hawkesbury River to Wollongong.

Tags: Coastal Wetlands, EPI, FLORA-Native, MARINE-Coasts, NVR, NVR MAP, Planning, SEPP, SEPP 14, Standard Instrument, WATER-Wetlands
Organization: NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
Floodplain Management Plans

Export DataPrevious SEED service moved from 10.7 to 11. 1 Portal. Waiting for Metadata from DPIE.Access APIMetadata Portal Metadata InformationContent TitleFloodplain Management PlansContent TypeHosted Feature LayerDescriptionFloodplain Management PlansInitial Publication Date28/08/2024Data Currency28/08/2024Data Update Frequency&nbsp;APIContent Source&nbsp;APIFile TypeWeb Feature ServiceAttributionData Theme, Classification or Relationship to other DatasetsAccuracySpatial Reference System (dataset)GDA94Spatial Reference System (web service)OtherWGS84 Equivalent ToGDA94Spatial ExtentContent LineageData ClassificationUnclassifiedData Access PolicyOpenData QualityTerms and ConditionsCreative CommonStandard and SpecificationData CustodianNSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and WaterPoint of ContactNSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and WaterData AggregatorData DistributorAdditional Supporting InformationTRIM Number

Tags: Water
Organization: Spatial Services (DCS)
NSW Vegetation Integrity Modelling - v2 (Eastern NSW)

Located within this asset are the outputs of NSW Vegetation Integrity Modelling version 2 (December 2024). This is currently the most up-to-date version of the modelling. To access previous versions, navigate back to the NSW Vegetation Integrity landing page - NSW Vegetation Integrity. 
Spatial breakdowns:
The model outputs are aggregated into regional snapshots by Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) V7.0 bioregions for eastern NSW as follows:


North Regional Snapshot: South Eastern Queensland, NSW North Coast, New England Tablelands


South Regional Snapshot: Sydney Basin, South Eastern Highlands, South East Corner, Australian Alps.


Data details:


Data type: raster, GeoTIFF, 32bit floating point


CRS: EPSG: 3308 - GDA94 / NSW Lambert


Pixel size: 90m


Pixel values: 0 (low VI) to 100 (high VI) - (values rounded to two decimal places and all negative values rounded to zero)


NoData value: -9999.


Data structure:
Each zip folder includes:


A README document containing filename conventions and relevant metadata.


The 50th percentile (median) model for Vegetation Integrity and partial Vegetation Integrity models in three different input data time periods: All data, Period 1 (2016 - 2024) and Period 2 (2000 - 2024). Note that the All data period also contains 2.5th, 10th, 90th and 97.5th percentile models.



Tags: Conservation management, Vegetation integrity, composition, function, remote sensing, structure, vegetation condition
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Girralang Nature Reserve Vegetation 2000. VIS_ID 893

Girralang Nature Reserve vegetation mapping conducted in 1999-2000.  This mapping was part of the vegetation survey of Mullion Range State Recreation Area, Wambool Nature Reserve, Freemantle Nature Reserve, Girralang Nature Reserve and Eugowra Nature Reserve undertaken for the Central West District of NSW by Marianne F. Portners in 2000. Report for the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. 
The composition and extent of the present vegetation within Wambool, Freemantle, Girralang and Eugowra Nature Reserves and Mullion Range State Recreation Area (SRA), in the Central West region of NSW, is described and mapped at 1:25 000 scale (1:50 000 scale for Eugowra) from intensive quadrat samples, field traverses and aerial photograph interpretation. Eleven vegetation communities are described and 302 species (308 taxa) of vascular plants recorded from 70 families, several of which are at their geographical limits or regionally restricted. A significantly high proportion of species (19%) are exotic. 
VIS_ID 893

Tags: Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Bathurst Urban Hydrogeological Landscapes: June 2011 (First Edition)

The Hydrogeological Landscape (HGL) concept provides a structure for the understanding of how salinity manifests itself in the landscape and how differences in salinity are expressed across the landscape. A HGL spatially defines areas of similar salt stores and pathways for salt mobilisation. The process of HGL determination relies on the integration of a number of factors: geology, soils, slope, regolith depth, and climate; an understanding of the differences in salinity development; and the impacts (land salinity/salt load/water electrical conductivity) in landscapes. Information sources such as soils maps, site characterisation, salinity site mapping, hydrogeological conditions and surface and groundwater data are combined to develop standard templates for each HGL. The focus of this package is the Bathurst urban area managed by the Bathurst Regional Council (BRC). This metadata relates to the maps and digital spatial data developed for the project, including derivative maps to assist in land management decision making. This includes information on salinity management from the perspectives of land use design, scales and types of management, landscape function, management strategies, actions and outcomes, as well as land use to be avoided.
Spatial resolution for this product is 1:10 000.

Tags: Land Degradation, Land Management, Salinity, Urban Planning, Urban Salinity
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water