AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Beneficial Use - Watertable

This layer is part of a set that defines the beneficial use of Victoria's groundwater resources.
According to the Victorian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), a beneficial use is a use to the environment, or a segment of the environment which is conductive to public benefit, welfare, safety, health or aesthetic enjoyment and which requires protection from the effects of waste discharges, emissions or deposits. A beneficial use may be an existing or potential use. A resource may have more than one beneficial use.
The State's groundwater resources have a number of beneficial uses. These uses primarily depend on groundwater quality and aquifer yield and can be assigned to broad water quality classes.

Tags: Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Elevation - Ground Surface Photogrammetric Control Point 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 point features delineating ground surface points photogrammetric control points.
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
Comprehensive, Adequate and Representative (CAR) Reserve for the Regional Forest Agreements

The CAR Reserve dataset is derived from the PLM25 and FMZ100 datasets that were extracted in December 2019 and represents the approximate location and extent of areas reserved in dedicated and informal reserves, current as at 31 March 2020. The dedicated reserve reflects the spatial extent of Parks and Reserves from PLM25. The informal reserve reflects spatial extent of Special Protection Zone (SPZ) from the FMZ100 layer. Values protected by prescription, which form part of the informal reserve component of the CAR reserve are not presented in the dataset as values protected by prescription are subject to field verification.

Tags: Biota, Boundaries, Farming
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Metropolitan Melbourne Urban Heat Islands and Urban Vegetation 2018

This dataset contains 2018 Urban Heat Island (UHI) and urban vegetation features represented by polygons. Each polygon is based on 2016 ABS Mesh Blocks.

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
5 minute increments of the GDA94 latitude/longitude graticule

This dataset is a simple polygon layer of rectangular cells aligned to 5 minute increments of the GDA94 latitude/longitude graticule. It is designed for use as an indexing mechanism for point record observations of flora and fauna. The layer covers an area of south-east Australia extending from 139 degrees to 151 degrees 30 minutes EAST and 33 degrees to 42 degrees SOUTH. It thus incorporates substantial areas of South Australia and New South Wales plus all of Bass Strait and the north coast of Tasmania.

Tags: Boundaries
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Surface Geochemistry Samples (replacing GCHEM over time)

Surface Geochemistry Samples is derived from Minerals and Petroleum's SITES Oracle RDBMS. Data have been obtained from company reports of expired mineral Exploration and Mining Licences since 1965.

A surface sample is typically taken to comprise a sample taken from the weathered profile, and which is the only sample taken at that location. It may be a soil or it may be a sediment taken from an active stream bed. Though most soil samples are taken from the B- or C-horizon (approx. 10-40 cm depth) the dataset may, for example, include a sample taken from 2 m depth and obtained by augering. There is, thus, a continuum between surface geochemistry and boreholes datasets.

Tags: Economy, Geoscientific information
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Corangamite Coast Marine Habitat December 2009

This polygon layer represents shallow marine habitats in the Corangamite catchment coastal region mapped from aerial photography and underwater video ground-truthing. This mapping was funded by the Natural Heritage Trust to increase the capacity of natural resource managers to make informed decisions regarding asset identification, risk assessment and establishment of management action targets for nearshore marine habitats in the region. This layer combines two datasets for east and west Corrangamite into a single layer.

Tags: Oceans
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Victorian Coastal Inundation Sea Level Rise 2040

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 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
SubSurface Geophysics (1:250,000), at level 1

This dataset contains interpreted geological data, using combined interpretations of airborne magnetic, radiometric and gravity survey data, mapped at 1:100,000 of deeply buried geological units. In this layer units, along with their associated linework, have been classified as 'deep' since they reside beneath other geophysically interpreted units which are usually themselves below the mapped surface geology.

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, structural lines, miscellaneous lines and metamorphism.

Tags: Geoscientific information
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
1999 Index of Stream Condition Scores

The ISC1999_SCORES dataset represents the 1999 Index of Stream Condition (ISC) overall score and subindex scores for each ISC river reach in the state of Victoria. The first ISC assessment in 1999 provided a snapshot of river health for major rivers and streams in Victoria. The 1999 ISC provides scores for five components of stream condition: (i) hydrology (based on a measure of the gross change between natural and existing monthly flows, catchment permeability and the presence of hydroelectric power stations); (ii) physical form (based on bed and bank stability, influence of artificial barriers, and instream physical habitat); (iii) streamside zone (based on types of plants; spatial extent, width, and intactness of riparian vegetation; and condition of wetlands and billabongs); (iv) water quality (based on an assessment of phosphorus, turbidity, electrical conductivity and pH); and (v) aquatic life (based on number of families of macroinvertebrates). Further information available at: https://www.water.vic.gov.au/waterways-and-catchments/rivers-estuaries-and-waterways/monitoring

Tags: Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Beneficial Use - Upper Tertiary

This layer is part of a set that defines the beneficial use of Victoria's groundwater resources.
According to the Victorian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), a beneficial use is a use to the environment, or a segment of the environment which is conductive to public benefit, welfare, safety, health or aesthetic enjoyment and which requires protection from the effects of waste discharges, emissions or deposits. A beneficial use may be an existing or potential use. A resource may have more than one beneficial use.
The State's groundwater resources have a number of beneficial uses. These uses primarily depend on groundwater quality and aquifer yield and can be assigned to broad water quality classes.

Tags: Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Victorian Land Use Information System 2010/2011

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 is in the form of a feature class. 

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 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.

Irrigation activity is included when available. The data was not available in 2006-07 and there was incomplete coverage in 2012-13 and therefore the irrigation activity was not included in either of those datasets.

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 2010/11 product, and ESRI symbology files for the data can be freely downloaded from the VLUIS project page:
http://vro.depi.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/vrosite.nsf/pages/vluis

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n08t0

Tags: Farming, Society
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Coal - Earth Resources Spatial Data Collection for the Datamart.

Datasets relating to the coal.
Coal Model Data Relates to the Latrobe Valley.
Coal Resource Data relates to the whole of Victoria
Collected for Earth Resources within DSDBI

COAL100_POLYGON
COAL_BDY
COAL_FLOOR
COAL_ISOPACH
COAL_RES
COAL_ROOF
COALINVFLDS
COALINVSBD
COALINVSCROP
COAL_QUALITY
COAL_RESOURCE

Tags: Geoscientific information
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Geological zones of contact metamorphism (1:100,000)

The data displays areas of contact and regional metamorphism, and the style of metamorphism

The data have been collected by the Geological Survey of Victoria. The dataset is accompanied by other datasets representing geology outcrop and boundaries, structural lines, miscellaneous lines and points, miscellaneous polygons, and placer deposits.

Tags: Geoscientific information
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Hydro - Water Structure Line

This layer is part of Vicmap Hydro and contains lines delineating structural features relating to hydrography.
Includes; Wharfs, Marinas, Offshore Platforms, Breakwates, Launching Ramps, Dam Walls, Spill Ways, Locks &amp; Pipelines.

Tags: Elevation, Environment, Farming, Geoscientific information, Inland waters
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Vicmap Land Administration Themes - Parcel to Property Join Temporal Table

Part of VLAT, VLAT_PARCEL_PP_HIST is an aspatial table tht identfies the properties that fall within a property
.
This dataset s a raw superset of VMPROP_PARCEL_PROPERTY. It shows the current and retired states of properties associated with a parcel. It supports feature versioning (UFI_RETIRED). VLAT_PROPERTY_PP_HIST identifies parcels associated with a property

Tags: Planning cadastre
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Vicmap Land Administration Themes - Road Casement Polygon

See Vicmap Property product for details.

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

Tags: Boundaries, Environment, Planning cadastre
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
GIPPSLAND LAKES 10% AEP 0.8M SLR INUNDATION

The Gippsland Lakes Local Coastal Hazard Assessment (LCHA) provides information on the extent of coastal hazards and their physical impacts for the Gippsland Lakes coastal environment. 

The Gippsland Lakes Local Coastal Hazard Assessment (LCHA) provides information on the extent of coastal hazards and their physical impacts for the Gippsland Lakes coastal environment. 

The data represents the extent of the 10% Average Exceedance Probability (AEP) water level within the Gippsland Lakes, incorporating 0.8m sea level rise conditions based on hydrodynamic modelling. The 10% AEP water level conditions comprise of a combination of catchment generated inflows, coastal ocean levels and wind setup.

Details of the assumptions made in the derivation of this information can be found in project reports on the Our Coast website: http://www.ourcoast.org.au/cb_pages/resources.php.
Users of this information should read these project reports to understand the limitations of the data.

Tags:  atmosphere,  meteorology, Climatology, Environment, Geoscientific information, Oceans
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Victorian Coal Sub Crop Regions

Details the location and attributes of coal subcrops in Victoria.
Spatial accuracy defined as attribute "Loc_Acc"

Data is from the "Victorian Coal - A 2006 Inventory of Resources"
Available via the online store
<a href="&#09;http://dpistore.efirst.com.au&#09;">On Line store</a>

Tags: Geoscientific information, Utilities communication
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Linear geological structures (1:250,000)

This dataset contains linear geological structure data not included in GEOL - this includes anticlines, synclines and bedding form surfaces.

The data have been collected by the Geological Survey of Victoria. The dataset is accompanied by other datasets representing geological polygons and boundaries, miscellaneous lines, miscellaneous polygons, metamorphism, and placer deposits.

Tags: Geoscientific information
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Property - Property Polygon with Property Detail

Property Map Polygons is a polygon layer belonging to Vicmap Property Simplified, a modified and simplified model of Vicmap Property. 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 see metadata for Vicmap Property and Vicmap Property Simplified.

Vicmap Property Simplified Content includes
 · Parcel and Property Polygons;
 · Parcel and Property Identifiers - parcel descriptors (including Standard Parcel Identifiers (SPI)), 
 Council reference numbers;
 · Registered and proposed (All proposals entered prior to July 2002 are non-polygonal and all 
 entered post July 2002 are polygonised) parcels;
 · 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.
Spatial Datasets comprising Vicmap Property Simplified are listed below. See their metadata entries for more detailed metadata.
Annotation Text - Vicmap Property (ANNOTATION_TEXT)
Cadastral Area Boundary - Vicmap Property (CAD_AREA_BDY)
Centroid - Vicmap Property (CENTROID)
Aspatial Table - Parcel Property Table - Vicmap Property (PARCEL_PROPERTY)
Parcel Map Polygons - Vicmap Property (PARCEL_MP)
Property Map Polygons - Vicmap Property (PROPERTY_MP)
Road Centre Line Chain - Vicmap Property (ROAD_CL_CHAIN)

Tags: Boundaries, Environment, Planning cadastre
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Vicmap Admin - Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) District Polygon

Part of the Vicmap Admin dataset series. This layer contains polygon features delineating the current Fire Rescue Victoria District Boundaries.

Polygon features delineating FRV's ten administrative districts. FRV Districts are a sub-group of FRV Regions.

This data is current as of 1 Dec 2021.

Tags: Boundaries, Environment
Organization: Fire Rescue Victoria
Vicmap Land Administration Themes - Easement Line

Approved and proposed easements represented as lines in a layer belonging to VLAT.
Only a subset of easements have been captured.

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

This layer should be used in conjuction with the other layers and aspatial tables that make up VLAt and replaces the CAD_LINE layer.

Tags: Boundaries, Environment, Planning cadastre
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Native Vegetation - Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act Listed Communities

This is a derived dataset displaying the distribution of threatened vegetation communities listed under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988). Communities have been matched to one of more Ecological Vegetation Classes (EVCs), and the bioregions in which they occur. Community locations and extent are implied from the extent of the most floristically similar EVCs, and the bioregions in which the EVCs occur. The "distribution" field indicates the range of the listed community within a BioEVC, and the extent to which the range of a community might extend beyond BioEVC boundaries.

This dataset is currently under review to include additional listed communities

Tags: Biota
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Broadhectare Residential Land 2017

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.

Urban Development Program (UDP).

Tags: Structure
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Soil Grids of Victorian - Soil pH (CaCl2)

A set of Digital Soil Maps (mean, 5th and 95th percentile prediction values) of soil pH (of 1:5 soil/0.01M calcium chloride extract) 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