AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
2010 Index of Stream Condition - Vegetation Overhang polygon features

The ISC2010_VEGETATION_OVERHANG polygon features represent areas of vegetation that partially or wholly overhang the Stream Bed. The data set contains the whole vegetation polygon, not only the overhanging part of the polygon. Candidate vegetation is defined as vegetation cover greater than 20%. Vegetation Overhang has been mapped within a 200m buffer of the ISC2010_STREAMBED_WIDTH feature. This data set is derived from source Fractional Cover raster data. The data set also contains additional polygon divisions created by the introduction of Side and 200m buffer boundaries. Small polygons (&lt;10m2) that were created by the introduction of these boundaries have been removed.

River condition in Victoria is assessed every 5 years using the Index of Stream Condition (ISC). The Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) developed a methodology to assess the Physical Form and Riparian Vegetation components of the ISC using remote sensing data, specifically LIDAR and aerial photography. 

A State Wide mapping project was undertaken in 2010-13 to accurately map the Physical Form and Riparian Vegetation metrics of the ISC . Other ISC metrics were not assessed in the project and were derived from other sources.

The Physical Form and Riparian Vegetation Metric products are a combination of mapped Vector and Raster data as well as Tabular Summary Statistics about the mapped features. In the context of the project, the term Metrics is used to refer to both the mapped features and the summary statistics. 

Remote sensing data used includes 15cm true colour and infra-red aerial photography and four return multi-pulse LiDAR data. This source data was used to derive a variety of Raster data sets including Digital Terrain Models, Slope, Vegetation Height and Vegetation Cover. The Digital Terrain and Slope rasters were used to map Physical Form metrics including Stream Bed, Top of Bank and River Centre Lines while the Vegetation Height and Cover rasters were used to map the Riparian Vegetation metrics.
The Project Report "Aerial Remote Sensing for Physical Channel Form and Riparian Vegetation Mapping" describes the remote sensing and mapping approach used to create this data set.

Tags: Elevation, Imagery base maps earth cover, Inland waters, Transportation
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Land Admininstration Themes - Cadastral Point

Cadastral Point is a point layer belonging to Vicmap Property and consists of data representing Victoria's land parcels, properties and road casements. It is used extensively in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) by the public and private sectors.

This dataset s a raw superset of Vicmap Property - CAD_POINT. It shows the current and retired state of each feature instance. It supports feature versioning (UFI_RETIRED) and enables feature editing chaining (UFI_OLD).

This point layer should be used in conjunction with the other layers and aspatial tables that make up Vicmap Property. 

It provides information about horizontal positional uncertainty, facilitates the identification of objects built on survey adjusted data and provides a spatial linkage to Vicmap Survey

Tags: Boundaries, Environment, Planning cadastre
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Regolith Detail type polygons (1:50,000)

The data contains primary geological data, namely regolith-landform units and boundary types separating regolith-landform units.

The dataset is part of the geological mapping dataset, which includes datasets representing geological rock units and boundaries, regolith-landform units and boundaries, structural lines, miscellaneous lines and points, miscellaneous polygons, metamorphism and placer deposits.

The data have been collected by the Geological Survey of Victoria. Data have been captured in projects covering special interest areas, and have been recorded in the field by hand at scales between 1:10,000 and 1:25,000 then prepared for hard copy printing at a range of scales.

Tags: Geoscientific information
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Land Administration Themes - Crown Land Tenure Line

Part of the VLAT dataset series. This is a statewide dataset that plays a key role in the management of Victoria's Crown land. It has been created (June 2003 - Feb 2004) from migrating LCMP layers into the Vicmap structure.

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

VLAT_CL_CAD_LINE contains line features whose attributes are described by VLAT_CL_TENURE

Tags: Environment, Society
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Marginal Mile

This dataset records where the Marginal Mile has been identified across Eastern Victoria. The data was created from a review across all government gazettes in 2019/20. This is a subset of the Fire Protected Area.
The marginal mile layer consists of private land within 1.5km of national park, State forest or protected public land in the east of the state. DELWP is responsible for fire prevention within the marginal mile and declares the prohibited period across 14 local government areas (LGAs) in the east annually for this tenure. Information included is LGAs, PLM 25, town and major road names.

Tags: Environment, Society
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Features - Geomark Point

Point location of named or could be named Victorian topographic features. Inclusions are rivers, water bodies, transport (excluding roads), geographic features and most of the Vicmap Features of Interest point content. These features all reside within the Vicmap Framework Products. 
Features are combined to create one piece of geometry based on name and type. 
Points represent relatively small area features which have been generalised or larger features where the spatial source is a coordinate or an address and hence that entity point represents that feature

Tags: Geoscientific information, Inland waters, Location, Utilities communication
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Admin - Local Government Area (LGA) Polygon Aligned to Property

Part of the Vicmap Admin dataset series. This dataset contains the polygons for the authoritative LGA boundary dataset.

This dataset contains. Local Government Boundaries (LGA's). LGA's are as defined by Local Government Victoria, Dept. for Victorian Communities (DVC).

Aligned to Vicmap Property.

Tags: Boundaries, Environment, Planning cadastre
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Vicmap Transport - Airport Polygon

This layer is part of Vicmap Transport and exists is a dataset containing polygon features delineating airport areas.
Includes; Airports
When capturing the Airport data for the state, some data was captured in polygon form some was captured in line form. To get a more complete portrayal of Airport data, this dataset should be used with the "Airport Infrastucture Area (polygon) - Vicmap Transport" dataset.

Tags: Transportation
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Regolith Regional Duricrust Lines (1:100,000)

The data contains areas of duricrust; ie regolith material indurated by a cement, or the cement only, occurring at or near the surface, or as a layer in the upper part of the regolith. The cement may be, e.g., siliceous, ferruginous, aluminous, gypseous, manganiferous, calcareous, dolomitic, salty or a combination of these.

The dataset is part of the geological mapping dataset, which includes datasets representing geological rock units and boundaries, structural lines, miscellaneous lines and points, miscellaneous polygons, metamorphism, and placer deposits.

The data have been collected by the Geological Survey of Victoria. Data have typically been captured in projects covering 1:100,000 mapsheets, and have typically been recorded in the field by hand at 1:25,000 then prepared for hard copy printing at 1:50,000.

Tags: Geoscientific information
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Statewide Land Use 1996 to 2005

This land use map has been prepared under contract with Bureau of Rural Sciences (BRS) for Murray-Darling Basin Commission (MDBC). The classification scheme followed here was the Australia Land Use Mapping (ALUM) classification version 4 (BRS, 2001). ALUM version 4 was developed by BRS as a modification of Baxter - Russell Classification, in coordination with State agencies.

This product is based on information from a number of sources: Corporate Geospatial Data Library (CGDL), former DNRE regional data sets, satellite imagery from ACRES, the planning maps from Infrastructure Department, and the newly acquired field survey information. Data was sourced from 1996 to 2005.

Product was independently validated. Overall accuracy is 89.27%.

Tags: Society
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Victorian Land Use Information System 2021/22

The Victorian Land Use Information System (VLUIS) dataset has been created by the Spatial Information Sciences Group of the Agriculture Victoria Research Division in the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA). 
Land use plays a critical role in global cycle of greenhouse gases. Accurate and current land use information is vitally important to properly account land-based emissions, and to develop effective mitigation strategies for climate targets. VLUIS datasets are available for access through https://www.data.vic.gov.au/, and have previously been published for 2006/07, 2008/09, 2010/11, 2012/13, 2014/15 and 2016/17. VLUIS has been revised to provide contemporary and spatially detailed information to support ‘Agriculture Climate Spatial Tool’ (ACST) under Victoria’s ‘Agriculture Sector Pledge’ towards emission reduction targets.

Tags: Environment, Farming, Planning cadastre
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Urban Development Program - Major Residential Redevelopments Sites 2025

The Urban Development Program (UDP) monitors and reports on major residential redevelopment projects across metropolitan Melbourne. Major redevelopment projects are those comprising ten or more dwellings. Data is collected from administrative and commercial data sources and through analysis of aerial imagery.
These include projects which may have an existing planning permit, or are in the planning processes, those that are current under construction, as well as potential longer term projects on sites that local councils have identified for residential purposes.
A timing classification is attributed to each project based on commercial data sources, consultation with local councils, and the stage the project has reached in the planning process. The Urban Development Program reports on major redevelopment projects using the following categories:

<em>Completed - Projects completed from Jan 2024 to Jan 2024
</em>Under Construction - Projects under construction at Jan 2025
<em>Firm - Projects that have been approved and/or taking sales enquires and registrations. 
</em>Likely - Projects that are within the planning process, projects with recently lapsed planning permits, projects that have been sold with a recent planning permit
*Possible - Early indicator of the location of future major redevelopment projects or projects that have been inactive for a number of years.

While the UDP acknowledges a proportion of proposed projects may be abandoned or delayed, the classification process provides an indicator of available supply provided there is sufficient demand. In addition, it is acknowledged there are also sites within the established parts of Melbourne that may be suitable for residential development into the future but have not yet been identified. The UDP will continue to report on these sites as they are identified for redevelopment for residential purposes.
It should also be noted that the timings attached to these projects are indicative. Construction rates can be cyclical in nature, and highly dependent on underlying demand and pre-sales, economic cycles and industry capacity. This can mean that stated development intentions will vary from on the-ground construction activity over time and by location.

Tags: Planning cadastre, Society
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
FLOWS Assessed River Reaches

The FLOWS method is used to determine environmental water requirements for rivers and streams in Victoria. It was developed by SKM, the Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology, Freshwater Ecology (NRE) and Lloyd Environmental Consultants (2002) and is used primarily for Stream Flow Management Plans and some Bulk Entitlements. It is designed to assess the water requirements for the instream environment and overbank flows for floodplain wetting, it is not applicable to watering regimes for large wetlands or for estuaries.

Tags: Biota, Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Lite - Place Name Point - 1:250,000 to 1:5,000,000

This layer is part of Vicmap Lite and contains point features delineating townships. Vicmap Lite datasets are suited for use between scales of 1: 250,000 and 1 : 5 million. The point features were sourced from TOWNS_SEAUS. 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 NOVEMBER 2012

Tags: Structure
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Planned Burns 2021/22 - 2023/24 now called Joint Fuel management program JFMP includes burns and non burn fuel treatments (NBFT)

Last updated: October 2021

This dataset represents the spatial extent of prescribed burns planned for ignition and associated mechanical and vegetation works on Public Land in Victoria and some CFA burns. This data is prepared annually for prescribed burns planned for the immediate three-year period. This dataset is now the joint fuel management plan and now includes the CFA burns as well as VicForest coupe burns.

Tags: Biota, Environment, Farming
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Broadhectare Residential Land 2016

This data is now obsolete, current UDP data is available.

Identifies undeveloped land for residential development generally on the fringe of the metropolitan area. Each record in the database details the anticipated development timing, the area of the site in hectares and the potential lot yield. Other details are also records against each site.

This information maps land areas for both the supply and recent development categories they are;
Supply area categoties &gt;&gt; 1-2years, 3-5years, 6-10years, 11+years, UGZ (PSP required) and Potential Residential 
Recently developed categories &gt;&gt; Developed land for years 2013, 2014 &amp; land under construction.

In addition to the development status categories, two other attributes describe whether the land is currently zoned residential and/or is low density.

Tags: Structure
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Metropolitan Melbourne Heat Vulnerability Index 2018

This dataset contains heat vulnerability index features represented by polygons as at 2018. 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
Victorian Land Cover Time Series

The Victorian Land Cover Time Series provides a consistent through time, whole-of-state, spatial land cover data set for 7 epochs (1987-1990, 1990-1995, 1995-2000, 2000-2005, 2005-2010, 2010-2015 and 2015-19). The dataset uses Landsat satellite imagery and local calibration (or training) data. The most likely layers (one for each epoch) classify each pixel in to one of 19 land cover classes. The dataset provides additional evidence for use alongside other South Australian mapping products to measure and map native and non-native land cover types (although land cover types delineated are different between States).

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

This dataset is the Victorian Aquifer Framework (VAF) Salinity Distribution. It refers to the salinity distribution for Aquifer Number of 102 (Upper Tertiary/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
Victorian Water Asset Database (VWAD) - AQUIFER_LAYER

Victorian Water Asset Database (VWAD), contains the identification of water assets and their attributes for the state of Victoria. The VWAD includes features such as lakes, rivers, creeks, wetlands, water storages, estuaries, groundwater aquifers, springs, large marine intertidal zones,
but does not include specific irrigation and water supply infrastructure such as irrigation channels, bores and irrigation distribution networks.

Tags: Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Property - Property Polygon with Property and Address Detail

Property Address is a denormalised Vicmap Property/Address dataset. It shows each property polygon with its associated property and address details. Where 2 or more property or address records are associated with a property polygon, multiple property polygons with identical geometry will exist.
VMPROP.V_PARCEL_MP_APPROVED

Tags: Boundaries, Environment, Planning cadastre
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Solar Irradiance for Victoria

The solar resource has been mapped on a 5 km x 5 km grid across Victoria, with the lowest achievable uncertainty (or error), for the following five components (or measures) of solar irradiance:
- global horizontal irradiance (GHI)
- global irradiance on a north facing plane inclined at latitude angle (GTI)
- global irradiance on a 2 axis tracking normal plane (GNI)
- direct beam irradiance (DNI)
- diffuse horizontal irradiance (Diff).

The data has been reformatted to include values for annual average as well as seasonal variations from data supplied by Hydro Electric Corporation trading as Entura
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
Salvage and Translocation Protocol for the Biodiversity Conservation Strategy

The Biodiversity Conservation Strategy for Melbourne's Growth Corridors (BCS) prepared as part of the Melbourne Strategic Assessment specifies that salvage and/or translocation of plants and animals may be required before the removal of native vegetation or habitat for urban development in Melbourne's growth corridors. 

This dataset identifies land parcels under the Biodiversity Conservation Strategy that may be subject to the salvage and translocation process, as defined by the Salvage and Translocation Protocol for Melbourne's Growth Corridors (DEECA, 2025).

Salvage may be required for the following target species and communities listed under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) and Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act):
- Spiny Rice-flower, Matted Flax-lily and other grassland plants
- Seasonal Herbaceous Wetlands (Freshwater) of the Temperate Lowland Plains.
- Victorian Grassland Earless Dragon (VGED)

Additionally, the Protocol outlines requirements for possible VGED habitat assessments and targeted surveys within Melbourne’s growth corridors. 

Land parcels which contain a set of conditions for each of the above species/communities will trigger a salvage and translocation procedure to be enacted in accordance with the Protocol.

Tags: Biota
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Suburban Parkland Boundaries (SPP)

This feature class contains features and attributes of Suburban Parklands within the Melbourne area. The Suburban Parks Program (SPP) was an election commitment in 2018. The Suburban Parks Program comprises the following parts:

Co-Managed Parks - Jacksons Creek biik wurrdha; Merri Creek marram baba ; Quarry Hills bunjil nganga; and, Cardinia Creek
Three New Parks - Kororoit Creek Regional Park; Werribee Township Regional Park; and, Clyde Regional Park
Connecting Parks - Sandbelt Parklands; Seaford Wetlands; Greening the Pipeline; and, Frankston to Mornington Parklands Future Directions Plan.

Tags: Boundaries, Environment, Planning cadastre
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Planned Burns 2020/21 - 2022/23 now called Joint Fuel management program JFMP includes burns and non burn fuel treatments (NBFT)

Last updated: October 2020

This dataset represents the spatial extent of prescribed burns planned for ignition and associated mechanical and vegetation works on Public Land in Victoria and some CFA burns. This data is prepared annually for prescribed burns planned for the immediate three-year period. This dataset is now the joint fuel management plan and now includes the CFA burns as well as VicForest coupe burns.

Tags: Biota, Environment, Farming
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Geomorphic Secondary Coastal Compartments

The Secondary Coastal Sediment Compartment data set represents a sub-regional scale (1:100 000 - 1:25 000) compartmentalisation of the Australian coastal zone into spatial units within (and between) which sediment movement processes are considered to be significant at scales relevant to coastal management. The Primary and accompanying Secondary Coastal Sediment Compartment data sets were created by a panel of coastal science experts who developed a series of broader scale data sets (Coastal Realms, Regions and Divisions) in order to hierarchically subdivide the coastal zone on the basis of key environmental attributes. Once the regional (1:250 000) scale was reached expert knowledge of coastal geomorphology and processes was used to further refine the sub-division and create both the Primary and Secondary Sediment Compartment data sets. Environmental factors determining the occurrence and extents of these compartments include major geological structures, major geomorphic process boundaries, orientation of the coastline and recurring patterns of landform and geology – these attributes are given in priority order below.1 - Gross lithological/geological changes (e.g. transition from sedimentary to igneous rocks).2 - Geomorphic (topographic) features characterising a compartment boundary (often bedrock-controlled) (e.g. peninsulas, headlands, cliffs).3 - Dominant landform types (e.g. large cuspate foreland, tombolos and extensive sandy beaches versus headland-bound pocket beaches).4 - Changes in the orientation (aspect) of the shoreline.

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