AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Victorian Land Use Information System 2014/2015

The Victorian Land Use Information System (VLUIS) dataset has been created by the Spatial Information Sciences Group of the Agriculture Research Division in the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport, and Resources. The method used to create VLUIS is significantly different to traditional methods used to create land use information and has been designed to create regular and consistent data over time. It covers the entire landmass of Victoria and separately describes the land tenure, land use and land cover for each cadastral parcel across the state, biennially for land tenure and use and annually for land cover; for each year from 2006 to 2015. The data can be provided as a spatial dataset or in tabular format. 

To use the VLUIS data correctly it is important to understand the difference between the three components of VLUIS. The Guidelines for land use mapping in Australia: principles, procedures and definitions, Edition 3 published in 2006 by the Commonwealth of Australia, defines them as follows: 
Land tenure is the ownership and leasehold interests in land (VLUIS only reports ownership). Land use means the purpose to which the land cover is committed or the property type. Land cover refers to the physical surface of the earth, including various combinations of vegetation types, soils, exposed rocks and water bodies as well as anthropogenic elements, such as agriculture and built environments. 
The Victorian Land Use Information System (VLUIS) is an ongoing project designed to maintain and manage the Victorian land use mapping dataset.

The methodology is still being refined and as such the dataset is subject to improvements and the release of later versions. It is important you speak to the custodian to be advised of the technical details of the dataset and its utility for your desired use. 

Land Cover 2014: Land cover classification accuracy statements for the entire state may not be representative of land cover classification accuracy levels in the north-west of the state due to a paucity of ground truth data in this area (particularly west of Swan Hill and north of Sea Lake). Users are advised to use this land cover information with discretion and contact the data custodians for further information if required. 

Land cover classification accuracy varies between classes and the overall classification accuracy may be misleading in terms of the accuracy of an individual class. Users are asked to contact the data custodians for detailed class accuracy information if required for their purposes.

The dataset does not replace LandUse100 which is still valid for the time in which it was created (1996 - 2005).

A metadata statement, for the VLUIS 2014/15 product, and ESRI symbology files for the data can be freely downloaded from the VLUIS project page on the Victorian Resources Online website:
http://vro.agriculture.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/vrosite.nsf/pages/vluis

DOI 10.4226/92/58e72ebae5380

Tags: Farming, Society
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Lite - Geographic Feature Point for Labelling - 1:250,000 to 1:5,000,000

This layer is part of Vicmap Lite and contains point features delineating geographic features from which key geographic landmarks can be labelled. Vicmap Lite datasets are suited for use between scales of 1: 250,000 and 1 : 5 million. The point features were sourced from GEO_POINT_LABEL. 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 WAS LAST UPDATED IN AUGUST 2008

Tags: Environment
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Metropolitan Melbourne Heat Vulnerability Index 2014

This dataset contains heat vulnerability index features represented by polygons as at 2014. Each polygon is based on 2016 ABS Statistical Area Level 1s (SA1).

It's part of a collection of data from Plan Melbourne Action 91 initiative also referred to as Cooling &amp; Greening or Vegetation and Urban heat mapping.

https://mapshare.vic.gov.au/coolinggreening/

Tags:  atmosphere,  meteorology, Climatology, Environment, Structure
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Vicmap Index Vic StateView 2021/22 1.5m Mosaic Tiles

Part of Vicmap Index product, this dataset comprises footprints delineating mosaic tiles for Vic StateView 2021/22 1.5m. Each footprint represents the spatial extent of a tile, housing essential metadata such as raw strips ID, satellite used, capture date, off-nadir angle, and tile name. Positioned as a comprehensive metadata layer, this product is designed to enhance the utility of Vic StateView 2021/22 1.5m, offering crucial information for data interpretation and utilisation.

Tags: Boundaries, Environment, Imagery base maps earth cover
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Historical Business Listings from Sands & McDougall directories

The Sands &amp; McDougall dataset is for use on the Victoria Unearthed website and is available for download.

This dataset contains the business listings from selected years of the Sands &amp; McDougall directories, a pre-cursor to the Yellow Pages. 

The dataset was created by digitising the business directories that were published at approximately 10 year intervals between 1896 and 1974. The extracted information includes the business name, address and business type as listed in the Sands &amp; McDougall directories. The extracted address information was subsequently geocoded to provide a point location that can be mapped using GIS software.

Additional information has been provided to allow the accuracy of the results to be evaluated with each record containing the data used at each stage of the data capture process; from the extraction from the directory to the final QA checks.

Tags: Structure
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Address

Vicmap Address is Victoria's authoritative geocoded database of property address points. The data includes predominately, but not exclusively, locational property address identifiers assigned by Local Government, considered to be the primary creator and custodian of property address. If accessible, other 'real life' property addresses created and used by the community, but not recognized by Local Government including retirement villages, assisted care facilities, industrial and public housing estates etc. are included. The 2011/2012 audit against Local Government addressing revealed a 97.41% match rate, increased from 92.43% in 2008/2009 following the 2009 Address Completion Initiative. Key validation fields are 'source' and 'source_verified', respectively indicating the address source and date last validated against that source. The minimum address attributes required for a property address to be included in Vicmap Address are road name and locality. However, the principal address details include the unit/house number(s), road name (including any type or suffix) and locality (town/suburb/rural district). Vicmap Address is jointly maintained with Vicmap Property (VMPROP), with every address relating to a VMPROP record, joined through a property_pfi link. Many additional attributes are included, where available, to facilitate use and relevance to the user community.
N.B. Specifically excluded are non-property related, and electronic address details such as email, post office (PO) boxes, roadside delivery points (RSD's), roadside mail boxes (RMB's) and the like.
Current data model: Version 6.1 (Oct 2016)

Tags: Environment, Planning cadastre
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Coal Seam and Overburden Thickness

Coal seam isopach. contoured at 10 m.

<a href="&#09;http://er-info.dpi.vic.gov.au/publications/documentation/geovic_3/earth_resources/coal_model_modelled_seam_descriptions_2011.html&#09;">Link to Further Coal Seam model Information</a>

<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
Victorian Aquifer Framework (VAF) Salinity Distribution - QA_TDS

This dataset is the Victorian Aquifer Framework (VAF) Salinity Distribution. It refers to the salinity distribution for Aquifer Number of 100 (Quaternary Aquifer). 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
Vicmap Elevation - Contour Line (1 to 5 metres) covering Metropolitan Melbourne

This layer is part of Vicmap Elevation 1-5 Contours &amp; Relief, a subset of Vicmap Elevation. It contains relief features represented by lines at 1 metre intervals with some areas at 5 metres intervals. Data has been derived from Melbourne Water base maps and converted to Microstation .DGN format.
Data is incomplete ie. there are "holes" in the data where for example there are quarries, or large building sites.

Tags: Elevation, Environment, Geoscientific information
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Victorian Coastal Cliff Assessment - Instability Areas (ASCCIE) - 2040 - 0.2m SLR

The Victorian Coastal Cliff Assessment - Instability Areas (ASCCIE) is a digital dataset consisting of multiple spatial layer outputs from modelled erosion scenarios. The dataset is recommended for use at the statewide / regional scale along the Victorian coastline. Application of the data should be guided by the accompanying Victorian Coastal Cliff Assessment technical reports and expert advice. The product is not suitable for individual property scale assessments. 

Consolidated shorelines, which include soil and rock cliffs, are not able to rebuild following periods of erosion but rather are subject to a one-way process of degradation. ASCCIEs typically have two components:

• Toe Erosion
A gradual retreat of the cliff toe caused by weathering, marine and bio-erosion processes. This retreat will be affected by global process such as sea level rise and potentially increased soil moisture. Future cliff toe position based on historical erosion rates with a factor applied to allow for the effect of future sea level rise.

• Cliff Instability
Episodic instability events are predominately due to a change in loading or material properties of the cliff or yielding along a geological structure. In soft cliffs, instability causes the cliff slope to flatten to a slope under which it is “stable” (geo-mechanically). Soil cliff slope instabilities are influenced by processes that erode and destabilise the cliff toe, including marine processes, weathering and biological erosion or change the stress within the cliff slope. Most of the hard cliffs are stable at very steep angles. Instability events may range from small-scale instabilities (block or rock falls) or discontinuities, to cliff slope instability cause by large-scale and deep-seated mass movement. The latter mode of failure in hard cliffs is rare.

The product is an update to the Victorian Coastal Cliff Assessment, Stage 1. Included datasets for Stage 2a supersede the Stage 1 outputs. The Stage 2a project report should be read in conjunction with the Stage 1 report. Application of the data should be guided by the accompanying "Victorian Coastal Cliff Assessment, Stage 2a technical report" (Tonkin &amp; Taylor 2025) read in conjunction with the Stage 1 technical report, combined with appropriate expert advice.

Tags: Environment, Oceans
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Hydro - Water Poygon Fuzzy

This table will hold polygons depicting indicative extents of the area of the hydro feature. Each of these features has some type of non specific but best derived boundary. These geographic hydro areas depict features such as bays, beach, bend, entrance, inlet, passage, reach and seas. The polygons contain intelligent information including name, feature type and a Scale Use Code to enable labelling which is both multi scale and non scale dependent.

Tags: Inland waters
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Vicmap Admin - Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) Region Polygon

This dataset will be replaced by the dataset VMADMIN_DELWP_REGION on 15 May 2015.

This dataset contains the Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) Regional Boundaries as defined by DEPI. 

The regions are based on the Victorian Government Regional Boundaries. The main difference is that the three metropolitan regions have been aggregated to form the Port Phillip region, there are six regions.

Aligned to Road Network - Vicmap Transport.

Tags: Boundaries, Society
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Watertable Depth to Groundwater

This dataset is a model of watertable depth at 100m resolution containing interval values of &lt;5m, 5-10m, 10-20m, 20-50m and &gt;50m.The model was compiled as the difference between Digital Terrain Model (DTM) and watertable elevation in mAHD. Both models are at a raster resolution of 100m.

Tags: Geoscientific information, Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Aquifer Salinity - Bedrock

This dataset contains groundwater salinity information for boreholes which had penetrated at least 5m into bedrock. The bores have been extracted predominantly from the Groundwater Management System (GMS) and the State Observation Bore Network (SOBN) databases. It should be noted that the analysis undertaken with the salinity data was only of a preliminary nature and should be treated with a critical approach. Local validation of the data (e.g. screen depths) needs to be undertaken in detail.

The dataset was compiled by GHD to inform the report 'Potential Influences of Geological Structures on Groundwater Flow Systems' for DEPI's Secure Allocation Future Entitlements (SAFE) Project.

Tags: Geoscientific information, Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
All Basement Bores

This dataset comprises boreholes used as an input to bore controlled residual gravity to map bedrock depth, basement structure and as indicator of basal aquifer thickness variation in Victoria. These boreholes have been used to give better control for analysing Free Air (FA) gravity data.

The dataset was compiled by GHD to inform the report 'Potential Influences of Geological Structures on Groundwater Flow Systems' for DEPI's Secure Allocation Future Entitlements (SAFE) Project.

Tags: Geoscientific information, Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Office of Aboriginal Affairs Victoria Cultural Heritage Management Regions

This dataset contains the Office of Aboriginal Affairs Victoria (OAAV) cultural heritage management regional boundaries. OAAV is a branch of the Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPC). 
Victoria has been divided into 5 regions, largely based on the Victorian government regional boundaries. The main difference is that the three metropolitan regions, plus Bass Coast Shire, have been aggregated to form the Metropolitan OAAV region. Also the Grampians and Barwon South-West regions have been aggregated to form the OAAV Barwon South West/Grampians region. Aligned to VicMap Property.

Tags: Boundaries, Society
Organization: Department of Premier and Cabinet
Biodiversity Conservation Strategy Extent

This dataset provides the spatial extent in which the Biodiversity Conservation Strategy, as part of the Melbourne Strategic Assessment, applies.

The Program, as defined in the Program Report, means the Urban Growth Boundary Review for Melbourne for the development of land, including associated transport infrastructure, within the following areas:
- investigation areas for the expansion of the 2005 Urban Growth Boundary
- areas inside the 2005 Urban Growth Boundary for which a planning scheme amendment to introduce a Precinct Structure Plan had not commenced as at 26 May 2009 (the existing 28 precincts)
- areas in the outer Metropolitan Ring Transport Corridor/E6 Road Reservation and the Regional Rail Link corridor between west of Werribee and Deer Park

This Strategy does not apply to the Regional Rail Link corridor between west of Werribee and Deer Park, nor does it apply to any of the 28 precincts for which a planning scheme amendment to introduce a Precinct Structure Plan has been approved prior to 1 March 2012.

Tags: Boundaries
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Lite - Place (Built Up Area) Polygon - 1:250,000 to 1:5,000,000

This layer is part of Vicmap Lite and contains polygon features delineating built up areas. Vicmap Lite datasets are suited for use between scales of 1: 250,000 and 1 : 5 million. The polygons were sourced from Vicmap Features. The level of attribute information, the number of features and the number of vertices 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 WAS LAST UPDATED IN MAY 2017

Tags: Structure
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Vicmap Admin - State Assembly Polygon 2013

Statewide data showing Lower House boundaries and names. These are the Legislative Assembly Electoral boundaries referred to as the Lower House Boundaries. 
These boundaries are the result of the 2012-2013 State Redivision conducted under requirements of the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982. These boundaries will apply at the Victorian State Election in 2014.

Tags: Boundaries
Organization: Victorian Electoral Commission
Victorian Aquifer Framework (VAF) 3D Surfaces

This is the master metadata record for the Victorian Aquifer Framework (VAF) 3D Surfaces dataset. For information on each aquifer surface, please refer to the separate metadata record.

DEPI originally engaged GHD to develop seamless 3D aquifer surfaces for the Victorian Aquifer Framework (VAF). The seamless mapping of aquifers across the state provides the fundamental framework for groundwater resource management, underpins development of a revised management structure for Victoria (the Secure Allocation Future Entitlement project funded by the National Water Commission) and contributes to the data needs of the Bureau of Meteorology National Groundwater Information System (NGIS). 

The original dataset was produced by GHD in 2012 using (in part) data provided by Southern Rural Water Corporation and Goulburn-Murray Water Corporation. It has been subsequently amended by Hocking et al and SKM in 2013.

Tags: Geoscientific information, Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Victorian Bioregions - Mapped at 1:100,000 (version 3.0 - May2004)

This dataset delineates Victorian biogeographic regions (Victorian bioregions) that capture the patterns of ecological characteristics in the landscape, providing a natural framework for recognising and responding to biodiversity values. Victorian bioregions form part of the national framework for the terrestrial environment, the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA). The boundaries are aligned with pre-1750 ecological vegetation class boundaries mapped at 1:100,000. The dataset upgrades the VBIOREGION250 dataset which was primarily based in 1:250,000 landsystem boundaries.

Tags: Biota, Boundaries
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Land Conservation Council Study Areas

This layer contains the line and polygon features depicting the Land Conservation Council Study Area boundaries according to the Statewide Assessment Report of 1989, with additional information showing historic studies.

There are no boundaries for Special Investigations included in this dataset. An additional layer has been created showing later Environment Conservation Council Boundaries and the boundaries of some of the special investigations. Refer to ECC500

Tags: Environment
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Bushfire Risk Engagement Areas (BREA)

This layer represents polygon coverage Bushfire Risk Engagement Areas (BREA) across the entire State of Victoria, generally on both public and private land. BREA is broad land categorisation which provides a prioritisation framework for fuel management engagement and delivery where fire is suitable for managing risk.

Generalised boundary layer aligned to areas of bushfire risk and may not correlate to natural, manmade or administrative features.

Dataset was created 18 September with from the statewide strategic bushfire management planning process 2017-2019 

Dataset last updated 20 April 2017 with changes from WCBRL (per A Boak). 
Dataset updated 30 Jan 2017 with changes from ECBRL (per F Wilson). 
Dataset updated 19 August 2016 with changes from MMGBRL (per D Prior).

Tags: Environment
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Victorian Biodiversity Atlas flora - 10 minute grid summary

This layer summarises VBA flora records against a standard grid of 10 degrees 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 5 and 1 minute grids are also available in related datasets. VBA records with a spatial accuracy worse than +/- 9 km are excluded from this layer.

Tags: Biota
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Soil Grids of Victorian - Soil pH (water)

A set of Digital Soil Maps (mean, 5th and 95th percentile prediction values) of soil pH (of a 1:5 soil water solution) across Victoria in geotiff format. 

Grids of key soil properties have been produced for Victoria. These grids, in raster format, provide prediction and confidence interval values for key soil properties at a 90 m grid resolution for six set depths; 0 to 5 cm, 5 to 15 cm, 15 to 30 cm, 30 to 60 cm, 60 to 100 cm and 100 to 200 cm, across Victoria.

The grids have been designed to meet the specifications created by GlobalSoilMap (www.globalsoilmap.net) to develop and deliver detailed soil information in a consistent form.

The grids are a spatial interpolation of key soil properties to support modelling and decision making in resource management, agricultural production, land use policy and planning, and in further research such as ecosystem modelling.

The methodology used to develop the Soil Grids of Victoria has been based on that refined by the Australian Soil and Landscape Grid. Data and knowledge embedded into existing soil related datasets, e.g. soil profile and land mapping collections, have been key inputs. 

Whilst the new maps show an immense amount of fine scale detail, and are our best spatially continuous and exhaustive estimates of soil attributes across all of Victoria, they are most appropriately used for assessments of regional to state-wide trends of soil properties and their relationship with their environment and pedogenesis. Care should be taken when using the grids for local assessments and it is recommended that the confidence intervals are included at this scale.

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