AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
The Hills Railway 3D May 2024

Access APIMetadata Portal Metadata InformationContent Title&nbsp;The Hills 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, Railway, The Hills, Transport
Organization: Spatial Services (DCS)
Native Woody Vegetation Mapping of the NSW Wheat-belt VIS_ID 1615

Remnant native woody vegetation of the wheat-belt is mapped and described. Vegetation boundaries delineated from aerial photographs were transferred to 1:100,000 map sheets and digitised to produce vegetation maps for the wheat-belt of NSW. The study area extends from the Western Division boundary to the 300m contour west of the Great Dividing Range and between Latitudes 29� 00' S and 34� 00' S. Stand alone dataset. (VIS_ID 1615; ANZLIC: ANZNS0208000146)

Tags: Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Kosciuszko National Park Resorts Vegetation Mount Selwyn 2003 VIS_ID 4839

Vegetation of Mount Selwyn, Kosciuszko Resorts Vegetation Assessment 2003.
Associated Report:
"Kosciuszcko Resorts Vegetation Assessment", Ecology Australia 2003
Fieldwork was carried out on 19-29 March 2002.  A random sampling strategy was employed using the recent air photographs as a guide to the range of vegetation types present.  Sampling points were chosen to represent variation in the vegetation observed in the field.  Quadrat sizes were as follows:
*    25 m2: bogs, herbfields and grasslands
*  100 m2:  heaths and woodland.
A total of 216 quadrats were sampled.  The following number of quadrats were sampled at the respective resorts:
Thredbo         72
Perisher            54
Charlottes Pass 48
Bullocks Flat       14
Mt Selwyn       28
An additional 40 quadrats, previously surveyed at Thredbo in 2000 (J. Miles unpubl. data), were also analysed with the data set. In each quadrat all vascular plant species observed were recorded and assigned a visually assessed cover/abundance value from the modified Braun-Blanquet scale (Gullan 1978).
Vegetation mapping was based on Air Photo Interpretation (API) of 2002 1:8000 air photos, field checking and interpretation of the quadrat data.
VIS_ID 4839

Tags: Mount Selwyn, kosciuszko, nsw, plant community, vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Environmental Planning Instrument - Urban Release Area

This spatial dataset identifies the land allocated to Urban Release Areas as designated by the relevant NSW environmental planning instrument (EPI). The specific EPI which defines the planning requirement is described in the dataset and this EPI can be investigated on the NSW legislation website 
Contact data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au for a data package (shapefile).

Tags: EPI, HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT-Planning, LAND-Use, LEP, Planning, Urban Release Area, standard instrument
Organization: NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
Environmental Planning Instrument - Drinking Water Catchment

This Spatial dataset shows land that has been identified as the Drinking Water Catchment.  Development in the Drinking water catchment land must adhere to local provisions clause within the LEP or per the State Environmental Planning Policy (Sydney Drinking Water Catchment) 2011 where SEPP applies.
Contact data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au for a data package (shapefile)

Tags: Drinking water catchment, EPI, HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT-Planning, LAND-Use, LEP, Planning, Water, standard instrument
Organization: NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
Soil Landscapes of the Wagga Wagga 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. 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 Australian Soil Classification system.
Related Datasets: The dataset area is also covered by the mapping of the Reconnaissance Soil and Land Resources of the Murray Catchment and Hydrogeological landscapes of NSW.
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: Chen X.Y. and McKane D.J., 1996, Soil Landscapes of the Wagga Wagga 1:100,000 Sheet map, NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation, Sydney.
Chen X.Y. and McKane D.J., 1997, Soil Landscapes of the Wagga Wagga 1:100,000 Sheet map, NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation, Sydney.

Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Grid Garage ArcGIS Toolbox

The Grid Garage Toolbox is designed to help you undertake the Geographic Information System (GIS) tasks required to process GIS data (geodata) into a standard, spatially aligned format.  This format is required by most, grid or raster, spatial modelling tools such as the Multi-criteria Analysis Shell for Spatial Decision Support (MCAS-S). Grid Garage contains 36 tools designed to save you time by batch processing repetitive GIS tasks as well diagnosing problems with data and capturing a record of processing step and any errors encountered.
Grid Garage provides tools that function using a list based approach to batch processing where both inputs and outputs are specified in tables to enable selective batch processing and detailed result reporting. In many cases the tools simply extend the functionality of standard ArcGIS tools, providing some or all of the inputs required by these tools via the input table to enable batch processing on a 'per item' basis. This approach differs slightly from normal batch processing in ArcGIS, instead of manually selecting single items or a folder on which to apply a tool or model you provide a table listing target datasets. In summary the
Grid Garage allows you to:

List, describe and manage very large volumes of geodata.
Batch process repetitive GIS tasks such as managing (renaming, describing etc.) or processing (clipping, resampling, reprojecting etc.) many geodata inputs such as time-series geodata derived from satellite imagery or climate models.
Record any errors when batch processing and diagnose errors by interrogating the input geodata that failed.
Develop your own models in ArcGIS ModelBuilder that allow you to automate any GIS workflow utilising one or more of the Grid Garage tools that can process an unlimited number of inputs.
Automate the process of generating MCAS-S TIP metadata files for any number of input raster datasets.

The Grid Garage is intended for use by anyone with an understanding of GIS principles and an intermediate to advanced level of GIS skills.  Using the Grid Garage tools in ArcGIS ModelBuilder requires skills in the use of the ArcGIS ModelBuilder tool.
Download Instructions: Create a new folder on your computer or network and then download and unzip the zip file from the GitHub Release page for each of the following items in the 'Data and Resources' section below. There is a folder in each zip file that contains all the files. See the Grid Garage User Guide for instructions on how to install and use the Grid Garage Toolbox with the sample data provided. 

Tags: tool
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
High Ecological Value Waterways and Water Dependent Ecosystems - NORTH SYDNEY LGA

A map of the high ecological value waterways and water dependent ecosystems for the North Sydney LGA was prepared by the Science Division of the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, with input layers and support for the map provided by the former NSW Department of Primary Industries-Fisheries and Department of Industry-Crown Lands and Water. The basis for the map arises from Science Division inputs to strategic planning processes. For example, the map has been included in the Land Use and Infrastructure Implementation Plans for the Wilton (Wilton2040, page 22) and Greater Macarthur (interim plan, page 36) Priority Growth Areas. This map was specifically developed for input to Local Government Local Strategic Planning Statements to support Council’s delivery of Strategy 25.1 of the Greater Sydney Region Plan.
The map shows areas where waterways and water dependent ecosystems are defined as high ecological value, based on definitions, guidelines and policies under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016, Fisheries Management Act 1994 and Water Management Act 2000. Water dependent ecosystems are defined as wetlands, and flora and fauna that rely on water sources (including groundwater). The map represents an overlay of 39 indicators being used by the State Government to define high value, however, not all 39 indicators will be present in any one LGA (see Attachment 1 below). For example, there are 11 indicators making up the map for the North Sydney LGA. It should also be noted that the individual indicators have not been ground-truthed and it is recommended that field assessments and/or a comparison to local mapping be undertaken prior to any decisions being made.
The map was created by initially placing a 1 ha (to correspond with a lot size) hexagon grid over the LGA, and attributing the grid with the area, length and/or frequency of occurrence of high value water dependent ecosystems. The purpose of the map is to identify strategic planning priorities for protecting and improving the health of high value waterways and water dependent ecosystems in the LGA. Once identified, the priorities can be used as a basis for identifying aquatic biodiversity refugia, stream rehabilitation efforts and setting management targets and/or land use planning controls that would protect or improve the health of waterways and water dependent ecosystems so they provide the essential services and functions expected of a cool blue-green corridor.

Tags: Coastal Wetlands, Groundwater, HEV_water, Riparian Lands Watercourses
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Forest Ecosystems, South Coast Sub-region  VIS_ID 3787

The extant Forest Ecosystem map for the South Coast sub-region comprises a number of different models and API data. Expert botanists developed the map within extant vegetation, by assigning API polygons to vegetation groups, determined by an ecological classification process using PATN software. The processes used were approved and signed off by a review team of expert botanists including two independents, one NPWS representative and one SFNSW representative. On cleared land, a combination of soils, GAMs modelling, and classified site data was used to assign vegetation groups to distinct topographic and soil patterns. The extant map was derived from masking the pre-1750 map to the extant vegetation. 101 distinct ecosystems have been mapped in the extant map for this sub-region. (VIS_ID 3786; ANZLIC: ANZNS0208000141)

Tags: Vegetation
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Riverina Highlands Southern CRAFTI Mapping Extension. VIS_ID 4162

This project was carried out by the NPWS Southern CRA Unit for the Riverina Highlands Regional Vegetation Management Committee (RVMC). Two areas within the Riverina Highlands Regional Vegetation Management Area were outside the CRA boundary so RVMC requested that the CRAFTI floristics mapping be extended to incorporate those blocks
VIS_ID 4162

Tags: PCT, Riverina Highlands, Vegetation, Vegetation Management Plan
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Imagery-Satellite-SPOT 2008-2009

The NSW SPOT 5 imagery product is a state-wide satellite imagery product provided by the Remote Sensing and Regulatory Mapping team of NSW Government. Capture dates for imagery products for 2008-2009 are; 


2008 - October 2007 through to September 2008


2009 - October 2008 through to August 2009


The imagery scenes used to create the NSW mosaic includes Lord Howe Island. This imagery data sets for have been acquired from SPOT Imaging and processed by GeoImage Pty Ltd.
SPOT imagery products offer high resolution over broad areas using the SPOT 5 satellites. A SPOT satellite acquisition covers large areas in a single pass at resolutions up to 2.5m. Such precise coverage is ideal for applications at national and regional scales from 1:250,000 to 1:15,000. 
Data products supplied for all of NSW are:


State-wide mosaic 


Reflectance scenes


Panchromatic scenes


The statewide mosaic is provided as a Red Green Blue (RGB) band combination; contrast enhanced lossless 8-bit JPEG2000 file.  The reflectance and panchromatic scenes are available to download from JDAP.
The NSW mosaic is available from internal DPE APOLLO Image Webserver for DCCEEW employees.
Contact spatial.imagery@environment.nsw.gov.au for further information
“Includes material © CNES 2008 &amp; 2009, Distribution Astrium Services / Spot Image S.A., France, all rights reserved”
These image products are only available to other NSW Government agencies upon request.

Tags: 2008, 2009, SPOT, Satellite, footprint, imagery, mosaic, multi spectral, panchromatic, remote sensing
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia (IBRA) Version 4.1, NSW Subset

PLEASE NOTE: IBRA 4.1 is a historical dataset and has been superseded by subsequent versions. IBRA Version 4.1 is regarded as the best available GIS representation of the original IBRA Version 4.0 map presented in Thackway and Cresswell (1995). This product is referenced in the Determinations of Threatened Species under the New South Wales (NSW) Threatened Species Conservation Act (1995) made before March 2013.
IBRA regions represent a landscape based approach to classifying the land surface of Australia from a range of continental data on environmental attributes. The dataset is derived from data and information provided from State and Territory Nature Conservation agencies regionalisations and aggregated to 80 biogeographic regions for Australia. These biogeographic regions have been delineated, each reflecting a unifying set of major environmental influences which shape the occurrence of flora and fauna and their interaction with the physical environment.
For more information - http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/nrs/science/bioregion-framework/ibra/index.html

Tags: Environmental, Threatened Species Act
Organization: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Reliable Surface Water in NSW

This map was created by the Department of Primary Industries (Office of Water) in 2013 to identify areas in NSW with a reliable surface water supply. Land with reliable surface water was defined as areas:  

buffering all regulated rivers and creeks by 150 metres,  
buffering unregulated rivers and creeks with a 5th stream order or higher, by 150 metres,   
buffering 3rd and 4th stream order unregulated rivers and creeks, by 150 metres  

Reliable surface water mapping along with two other datasets (rainfall of 350mm for more per annum - 9 out of 10 years and highly productive groundwater) are used to identify land with access to a reliable water supply, forming part of the regional and site level assessment classification of Biophysical Strategic Agricultural Land (BSAL). 
Under the Mining SEPP, all State Significant Development applications require a Site Verification Certificate to determine if their site contains any BSAL and therefore requiring further assessment from the  Mining and Petroleum Gateway Panel. This process is managed by Planning and Assessment, Department of Planning, Industry and Environment and are custodian of the dataset.
A pdf map and GIS shapefile of this dataset is accessible from the resources section of the metadata.

Tags: BSAL, Biophysical Strategic Agricultural Land, WATER-Groundwater, WATER-Quality
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Repealed - State Environmental Planning Policy No 70-Affordable Housing (Revised Schemes)

This is a repealed State Environmental Planning Policy and has been superseded by the State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021 as part of the Department's initiative to consolidate State Environmental Planning Policies to simplify and provide certainty to the planning system.
Click here to go to the State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021 Open Data page: https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/opendata/dataset/state-environmental-planning-policy-housing-2021
Go to the following link to find out more about the new consolidated SEPPs: https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/Policy-and-Legislation/State-Environmental-Planning-Policies/Consolidated-state-environmental-planning-policies
This historical record represents Affordable Housing (Revised Schemes) for State Environmental Planning Policy.

Tags: HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT-Planning, Housing, Repealed SEPP, Revised Schemes, SEPP, SEPP consolidation, State Environmental Planning Policy, planning
Organization: NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
Ecological condition of terrestrial habitat

This Indicator measures the intactness and naturalness of terrestrial vegetation as habitat to support biodiversity, without considering the indirect effects of fragmentation or connections with surrounding suitable habitat. 
This indicator (3.1a) is part of a family of measures on the condition and connectivity of habitat, including its capacity to support the needs of native plants, animals and ecosystems in NSW, as a proportion relative to that in the pre-industrial era. 
Ecological condition and ecological carrying capacity are used to estimate the ‘state of biodiversity including undiscovered species’ and ecological condition is used to estimate ‘expected survival of all known and undiscovered species’ is one of a series of indicators on the status of biodiversity and ecological integrity in NSW developed to contribute to assessing the performance of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016. The overarching indicator framework which outlines how indicators are related and derived is presented in the “method to assess biodiversity and ecological integrity across New South Wales” (OEH, 2018).

Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Vegetation communities of the Macquarie Marshes 1991, 2008, and 2013. VIS_IDs 4890, 4891, 4892

The purpose of this study was: (1) to create maps of the distribution of vegetation communities in the Macquarie Marshes at decadal intervals, (2) to define trends in the condition of key vegetation communities, (3) to establish a series of vegetation plots within key vegetation communities for more detailed floristic survey and as a benchmark for trend analysis, and (4) to interpret the changing extent and condition of vegetation communities. 
Note that there are 3 maps:
MacquarieMarshes_1991_E_4890
MacquarieMarshes_2008_E_4891
MacquarieMarshes_2013_E_4892
The 1991 map (VIS_ID 4890) and 2008 map (VIS_ID 4891) replace earlier versions (VIS_IDs 794 &amp; 3920). These have been updated with the addition of fields (PCTID and PCTName) to align with the Vegetation map data standard Version 1.0 (https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/research-and-publications/publications-search/bionet-vegetation-map-data-standard-version-1). PCTID was populated from the equivalent map fields. PCTName was populated from the Bionet Vegetation Classification Web Service (https://data.bionet.nsw.gov.au/). These fields were also added to the 2013 map, and populated the same way.
Note that no quantitative accuracy assessment was undertaken in preparing the maps. Map creation relied on expert knowledge of vegetation communities in the region. Refer to the mapping report*  for further information on methods and limitations.
VIS_IDs 4890, 4891 &amp; 4892

Tags: Native Vegetation, Native vegetation extent, Plant Community Type, macquarie marshes, wetland map, wetlands nsw
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Soil Landscapes of the Dorrigo 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. 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 Australian Soil Classification and the Great Soil Group 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:  Milford H.B., 1996, Soil Landscapes of the Dorrigo 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