AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Victorian Wetlands listed in - A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia

This layer contains Victorian wetlands listed in the 3rd Edition of 'A Directory of Important Wetlands of Australia' (2001). Descriptions for each wetland are available in the directory which is available on the Environment Austalia website at:
http://www.ea.gov.au/water/wetlands/database/index.html 
These wetlands are derived from the WETLAND_1994 CGDL layer, hydrological CGDL layer and other sources such as topographic maps.
The 2017 update of the Victorian Wetland Inventory (Current) resulted in improved accuracy of the boundary of a number of wetlands, based on on-ground mapping. WETLAND_CURRENT provided the source data to improve the WETLANDDIR dataset.

Tags: Biota, Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Aerosol Optical Thickness (AOT)

Entura accumulated Level 3 data over 10 year period and interpolated to 5 km grid. Values of 'Deep Blue Aerosol Optical Depth' (AOT) from the MODIS Aqua data set are used in the analysis. These values are non-dimensional, with a valid range of -0.5 to +5.0 (negative readings are not physically valid but are retained for consistency of the algorithm). Typical values are between 0 and 1, with 0.0 representing clear sky; 0.0 to 0.5 representing moderate levels of aerosols; and 0.5 to 1.0 representing relatively high aerosol concentrations (typical of heavy industrialisation).Values over 1.0 are less common and represent considerable levels of aerosols).

The methodology is contained within the report prepared by Entura which is downloadable here: 
https://gsv.vic.gov.au/downloader/Downloader?ID=documentation/geovic_3/energy_division/E300128-TR01%20Solar%20Atlas%20Victoria%20(public%20release)%20with%20calibration%20certificates.pdf

Tags: Utilities communication
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Property - Parcel Polygon with Proposed Parcel Detail

Proposed Parcel Map Polygons is a polygon layer belonging to Vicmap Property Simplified 2, a modified and simplified model of Vicmap Property, specifically generated for Local Government use.. It consists of polygons representing Victoria's land parcels.
This layer should be used in conjuction with the other layers and aspatial tables that make up Vicmap Property Simplified 2, see metadata for Vicmap Property and Vicmap Property Simplified 2.

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;
 · 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
Aquifer Salinity - Shallow

This dataset contains groundwater salinity information for boreholes which were less than 20m in depth and had terminated at least 30m above bedrock. The bores have been extracted predominantly from the Groundwater Management System (GMS) and the State Observation Bore Network (SOBN). 
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
Vicmap Property - Parcel Polygon with Approved Parcel Detail

Approved Parcel Map Polygons is a polygon layer belonging to Vicmap Property Simplified 2, a modified and simplified model of Vicmap Property, specifically generated for Local Government use.. It consists of polygons representing Victoria's land parcels.
This layer should be used in conjuction with the other layers and aspatial tables that make up Vicmap Property Simplified 2, see metadata for Vicmap Property and Vicmap Property Simplified 2.

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;
 · 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
Vicmap Admin - Emergency Management Region Polygon

Part of the Vicmap Admin dataset series. This dataset contains the Emergency Management Regions as defined by Emergency Management Victoria.

Emergency Management Victoria has recently developed a new set of boundaries for emergency management regions based on new legislation passed in Victoria under the Emergency Management Act 2013. They came into effect on 1/12/2020.

This dataset consists of eight regions which are based on the Victoria government regions with minor variations to show that:

Emergency management regions include a distance of three nautical miles from the respective shores (including any unincorporated areas, with the exception of French Island which is declared as part of the Southern Metro region). 

All Alpine Resort Management Boards are also designated in Hume region, including Mount Baw Baw Alpine Resort (part of the Southern Alpine Resort Management Board) which is geographically within Gippsland region. 

Their main purpose is emergency management use.

Tags: Boundaries, Society
Organization: Emergency Management Victoria
2010 Index of Stream Condition - Bare Ground 100m Section Summary Table

The ISC2010_BARE_GROUND_S table is the Statistical Summary table for the Bare Ground Metric at the 100m Section level.

The ISC2010_BARE_GROUND_S table is designed to JOIN to the ISC2010_RIVER_CENTRELINES_S 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
Water Supply Protection Areas (Groundwater & Surface Water) within Victoria

Surface Water - This dataset displays Victoria's surface-water Water Supply Protection Areas (WSPAs), and has been prepared for the Groundwater and Licensing Branch and the River Health Branch DSE, by LICS (Land Information Cartographic Services) and Melbourne Water. 

As part of the 2002 amendments to the Water Act 1989, surface-water was included to allow WSPAs to be declared for the protection of surface-water resources in a defined area. A legally enforceable Streamflow Management Plan is then developed. The aim of the plan is to manage the surface water resources of the WSPA equitably and to ensure the long-term sustainability of the resource. An extensive consultative process guarantees that surface water users have a major input into the development of the Streamflow Management Plan for their area. A Ministerial appointed Consultative Committee which represents all relevant interests prepares the Plan. In an area where farming predominates, farmers who own or occupy farming land in the area must comprise at least half of the membership of the committee.

Groundwater - This dataset displays Victoria's groundwater Water Supply Protection Areas (WSPAs), and was originally prepared for Groundwater and Licensing Branch DSE, by LICS (Land Information Cartographic Services). Boundaries generaterd by LICS and Melbourne Water. Subsequent revisions have been undertaken by GLiB and the Rural Water Corporations.

WSPAs are areas that have been (or are proposed to be) proclaimed under the Water 
Act 1989 for the purpose of establishing a management plan. The aim of the plan is to manage the groundwater resources of the WSPA equitably and to ensure the long-term sustainability of the resource. An extensive consultative process guarantees that groundwater users have a major input into the development of the Groundwater Management Plan for their area. A Ministerial appointed Consultative Committee, which represents all relevant interests, prepares the Plan. In an area where farming predominates, farmers who own or occupy farming land in the area must comprise at least half of the membership of the committee.

Tags: Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Soil Grids of Victorian - Available Water Holding capacity %

A set of Digital Soil Maps (mean, 5th and 95th percentile prediction values) of available water holding capacity % 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
Victorian Biodiversity Atlas fauna - 10 minute grid summary

This layer summarises VBA fauna 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
Registered Aboriginal Parties (RAP) Appointed Boundaries

This data set contains polygon boundaries for Registered Aboriginal Parties (RAPs) that have been recognised under the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 (the Act) "as the primary guardians, keepers and knowledge holders of Aboriginal cultural heritage". These boundaries have been determined by Aboriginal communities and registered by the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council (VAHC). Initial verbal descriptions and/or hand drawn maps were provided by Aboriginal communities of their RAP boundaries and then digitised by OAAV GIS staff using ArcGIS Desktop. The digitised boundaries were approved by the RAP applicant and the VAHC prior to the RAP applicant being appointed.
The descriptions and/or maps provided by the Aboriginal communities were also transcribed by OAAV GIS staff and a written boundary description produced.

Tags: Boundaries, Society
Organization: Department of Premier and Cabinet
Vicmap Index Vic StateView 2022/23 1.5m Orthorectified Strips

Part of Vicmap Index product, this dataset comprises footprints delineating orthorectified strips used in mosaicking Vic StateView 2022/23 1.5m. Each footprint represents the spatial extent of a strip, housing essential metadata such as raw strips ID and extent. Positioned as a comprehensive metadata layer, this product is designed to enhance the utility of Vic StateView 2022/23 1.5m, offering crucial information for data interpretation and utilisation.

Tags: Boundaries, Environment
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Terrestrial Groundwater Dependent Ecosystem (GDE) Density and Biodiversity Value

This dataset is based on two primary inputs: (1) the Potential Terrestrial Groundwater Dependent Ecosystem (GDE) mapping undertaken by Dresel et al. (2010). See separate metadata record for GDE_TERR_DENSITY, and: (2) Natureprint V2.0 (DSE, 2011). NPv2 is a ranked surface of biodiversity values across Victoria implemented within the reserve design and spatial conservation prioritisation software package 'Zonation'. NPv2 attempts to efficiently rank places within Victoria in terms of their capacity to support multiple conservation assets while considering complementarity, landscape context and ecosystem integrity. NPv2 ranks birodiversity value on the following scale:
0 - Low Biodiversity Value --&gt; 7 - High Biodiversity Value. Values of 55 &amp; 66 relate to artificial impoundment and wetland habitat and were considere to equal 0 for the purpose of ranking terrestrial biodiversity value.

Tags: Biota, Geoscientific information, Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Lineaments interpreted from Gravity Data

This dataset comprises lineaments interpreted from 250m gridded gravity data. The data is presented as Bouguer gravity using an industry standard reduction (continental crust) density of 2.67 T/m3 for the density of bedrock . Analysis has focussed on interpreting structural trends not addressed closely by the work completed by the former Department of Primary Industries (DPI) - specifically NNE-SSW, ENE-WSW and WNW-ESE trends. 

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
Vicmap Position - Survey Control - GDA94 to GDA2020 Transformation Sample Point

This dataset includes GDA94 and GDA2020 coordinates derived in different ways:
- GDA94 coordinates from the Victorian Survey Control Network Adjustment
- GDA2020 coordinates from the National Adjustment 
- GDA2020 coordinates derived by applying the conformal grid to the GDA94 coordinates
- GDA2020 coordinates derived by applying the distortion + conformal grid to the GDA94 coordinates
- GDA2020 coordinates derived by applying the 7 parameter transformation to the GDA94 coordinates

Tags: Environment, Geoscientific information
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Modelled old-growth forest boundaries.

This layer contains identified areas of modelled old-growth forest derived from both vector and grid based analysis. Areas delineated as old growth forest are identified to meet the Victorian definition of old-growth forest based on a set of modelling criteria, rules and input datasets. The data is not reliable at scales less than 1:100,000 (ie 1:25,000), not all old-growth polygons have been confirmed by field checking and the reliability of the modelled linework has not been verified.

Tags: Biota
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
landcare boundaries

This data is out of date, and a new dataset is currently being developed (in progress, with 3 CMAs still to supply current information). 
Landcare boundaries as a statewide coverage. This layer will be changing over time depending on new groups and amalgamations. The view is to update the dataset in a 2 year cycle.

This is the 2015 update.

The boundaries were created using the best available information
They may overlap and are an approximate area of interest only.
Please contact your Regional Landcare Co-ordinator to update or add your group boundary:
Corangamite (03) 5232 9100
East Gippsland (03) 5152 0600
Glenelg Hopkins (03) 5771 2526
Goulburn Broken (03) 5736 0100
Mallee (03) 5051 4377
North Central (03) 5448 7124
North East (02) 6043 7600
Port Phillip and Western Port (03) 8781 7900
West Gippsland 1300 094 262

Tags: Boundaries, Environment
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
BPC - Building Practitioner Register

The Building and Plumbing Commission (BPC) regulates the building industry in Victoria and registers building practitioners in seven categories.

Each category and class has specific requirements for when a practitioner must register with the BPC, and the work that registered building practitioners can lawfully undertake.

For more information:

Building practitioner registration:

https://www.vba.vic.gov.au/registration-and-licensing/building-practitioner-registration

Find a practitioner:

https://www.vba.vic.gov.au/tools/find-practitioner

Tags: BPC, Builders, Building Practitioners, Building Surveyors, Building and Plumbing Commission, Surveyors, VBA, Victorian Building Authority
Organization: Building and Plumbing Commission
Victorian Coastal Nearshore Bathymetry 20m resolution DEM 5m Contours

20m resolution bathymetry and 5m contour intervals derived from 20m resolution bathymetry for nearshore Victorian Coast, LiDAR-derived bathymetry plus small area of multibeam-derived bathymetry on Westernport Bay.

This dataset covers the Victorian coast, generally extending to the 20m depth contour.
This dataset is based on information acquired between November 2008 and April 2009 to support the Victorian Governments Future Coasts Project.

Tags: Oceans
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Watertable Elevation Surface

This dataset was compiled for the purposes of the Secure Allocations Future Entitlements (SAFE) project. The SAFE project was funded by the Commonwealth Government under the Nartional Groundwater Action Plan to progress the managment of groundwater in Victoria.

A number of datasets were used to produce the Watertable Elevation Surface included bore readings of watertable depth and a digital terrain model for the state. Existing models of watertable geometry from a number of projects were also incoroporated into the mapping process.

At the conclusion of the project, a model based on watertable elevation in mAHD was produced at a 100m resolution.

Tags: Geoscientific information, Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Victorian Coastal Inundation Sea Level Rise Storm Tide 2070

The Victorian Coastal Inundation Dataset (the product) is a digital dataset consisting of eight spatial layers modelling the extent of land subject to coastal inundation due to projected sea level rise and storm tide from 2009 to 2100.
This product is recommended for use at a scale of approximately 1:75,000 or less detail to reflect the limitations in the modelling and the recommended catchment to regional scale of inundation assessments with this product. The product is NOT suitable for assessments of potential risks at property level.

The datasets available are:
Sea Level Rise:
- SLR00CM_2009 - Current (2009) sea level 
- SLR20CM_2040 - Projected 20cm sea level rise by 2040 
- SLR47CM_2070 - Projected 47cm sea level rise by 2070 
- SLR82CM_2100 - Projected 82cm sea level rise by 2100 

Storm tide (1-in-100 year) with added wind forcing plus sea level rise
- SLR00CM_ST_2009 - Current (2009) inundation to 1-in-100 year storm tide level 
- SLR20CM_ST_2040 - Inundation to 1-in-100 year storm tide level with storm surge increased by 6% plus 20 cm sea level rise 
- SLR47CM_ST_2070 - Inundation to 1-in-100 year storm tide level with storm surge increased by 13% plus 47 cm sea level rise 
- SLR82CM_ST_2100 - Inundation to 1-in-100 year storm tide level with storm surge increased by 19% plus 82 cm sea level rise

Interactive Map:- Hydra site decommissioned on 25/10/2022 as requested by the site owner.
http://mapshare.maps.vic.gov.au/gvh270hydra/
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This data has been computed to support the Victorian Governments Future Coasts Project.

Tags:  atmosphere,  meteorology, Climatology
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Geophysical metamorphism (1:100,000), Geophysical Interpretation of Contact and Regional Metamorphism Arc

This dataset displays areas of contact and regional metamorphism, and the style of metamorphism, mapped using using combined interpretations of airborne magnetic, radiometric and gravity survey data at 1:100,000.

At scales larger than 1:120,000 the display is a combination of both 1:100,000 and 1:250,000 geophysical mapping. Recent 1:250,000 geophysical mapping has been of such quality and detail it has been used to supersede older coincident 1:100,000 mapping. This occurs in the following areas: St Arnaud 7524, Dunolly 7624, Charlton 7525, Wedderburn 7625 and part of Ararat 7423 are superseded by St Arnaud SJ54-4. Bendigo 7724, Heathcote 7824 and Nagambie 7924 are superseded by Bendigo SJ55-1. 

Balmoral 7223, Ararat 7423, Horsham SJ54-3 and St Arnaud SJ54-4 supersede Grampians 7323 where there is overlap.

This data has been collected by the Geological Survey of Victoria. This dataset is accompanied by other datasets representing geological polygons and boundaries, sub-surface geological polygons, structural lines and miscellaneous lines.

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