AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
IMCRA MESOSCALE V4

A Regionalisation of the Australian coastal waters to the Australian 200 meter isobath derived from biological and physical data, (eg. coastal geomorphology, tidal attributes, oceanography, bathymetry, intertidal invertebrates).

Attributes include: named regions and their location(s) within provinces. 

Data were compiled for Version 3.1 from the most up-to-date data available as of 7 March 1997.
The meso-scale regionalisation was compiled from information supplied to Environment Australia by
the relevant State, Northen Territory and Commonwealth marine research and management agencies.

The outer seaward extent for the meso-scale IMCRA coverage is defined by the 200m isobath
except where this boundary extends beyond the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (AEEZ).

Please note this dataset as well as the current preferred dataset of Victorian Biounits are available under ‘Marine Biogeographical Regions’ on CoastKit, Victoria’s online data repository of marine and coastal information: https://mapshare.vic.gov.au/coastkit/

Tags: Biota, Boundaries, Geoscientific information, Oceans
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Admin - Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) Region Polygon

Part of the Vicmap Admin dataset series. This dataset contains the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) Regional Boundaries as defined by DELWP. 
The regions are based on the Victorian Government Regional Boundaries. The main difference is that the three metropolitan regions have been aggregated to form the Port Phillip region, there are six regions.
Aligned to Road Network - Vicmap Transport.

Tags: Boundaries, Society
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
2016 Bellarine Peninsula 1% AEP Coastal Inundation Dynamic Model with 0.8m Sea Level Rise - Highflow Scenario

The Bellarine-Corio Bay Local Coastal Hazard Assessment (LCHA) provides information on the extent of coastal hazards and their physical impacts for the Bellarine-Corio Bay coastal environment.

Dynamic inundation modelling was carried out to create this data layer for 1% Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP) coastal inundation under the assumption of 0.8 m Sea Level Rise in 2016 ("High Flow" scenario, for the following study areas along the coast of the Bellarine Peninsula and Greater Geelong area: Barwon Heads / Lake Connewarre; Breamlea; Newcomb; and Queenscliff / Lakers Cutting.

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.

Attribute Information: 
Max_d - Maximum depth (m); 
max_s - Maximum velocity (m/s); 
max_vxd - Velocity*Depth Criteria; 
max_wse - Maximuum water surface elevation (mAHD).

Tags:  atmosphere,  meteorology, Climatology, Environment, Geoscientific information, Oceans
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Urban Development Program - Regional Greenfield Residential Land 2024

Identifies undeveloped land for residential development generally on the fringe of the urban area. Each record in the database details the subdivision and planning status of the land, the area of the site and the potential lot yield. Other details are also records against each site. Several key centres have been identified for analysis to be incorporated in the Regional Urban Development Program: Shepperton, Drouin, Warragul, Morwell, Churchill, Moe/Newborough,Traralgon, Mildura, Horsham, Gisborne, Kyneton, Winchelsea, Ballarat, Geelong, Bendigo.

Data as of June 2024 unless noted otherwise

This information maps land areas for both the supply and recent subdivision
-Unzoned englobo land
-Zoned englobo land
-Recent subdivision into residential lots
-Proposed lots
-Lots with a title between January 2020 and July 2024

Urban Development Program (UDP).

Tags: Planning cadastre, Structure
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Modelled old-growth forest boundaries post-2003 fire season (MGA zone 55 only)

This layer contains identified areas of modelled old-growth forest derived from both vector and grid based analysis using disturbance data that post dates the source old-growth analyses. Alpine Fire Severity Mapping (2003) and Logging history records that conflict with Old-Growth Forest (OG100) have been reclassified as not old-growth forest. 

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, Farming
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Spring Locations

The spring locations point dataset is a collation of various datasets that indicate spring locations across Victoria. The five data sources include:

(1) GNR - Register of Geographic Names - Vicmap Features of Interest (DEPI);
(2) Vicmap Hydro (DEPI);
(3) Mineral Springs (DEPI);
(4) Bungaree Historical Springs (SKM);
(5) Bungaree Located Springs (SKM).

Tags: Geoscientific information, Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Port Phillip Bay seagrass mapping at nine aerial assessment regions in April 2010

This polygon layer represents seagrass habitat at the Swan Bay region in April 2010 mapped from aerial photography. The mapping was undertaken for the Baywide Seagrass Monitoring Program (CDP_ENV_MD_022 Rev5 - Port of Melbourne Corporation, 2010). The program is being undertaken for the Port of Melbourne Corporation as part of Baywide Monitoring to support the Channel Deepening Project.

Tags: Biota, Farming, Oceans
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Crown Land Tenure - Government Road Polygon

Part of the Vicmap Crown Land Tenure dataset series. This dataset plays a key role in the management of Victoria's Crown land. It is being created (June 2003 - Feb 2004) from migrating LCMP layers into the Vicmap structure. At this stage it does not cover Metropolitan Melbourne.

The layer provides information about Crown Roads.

The dataset is continually maintained, obtaining maintenance from authoritative sources within State Government.

GOV_ROAD_POLYGON is a polygon layer depicting Government Roads including roads as laid out on Parish Plans &amp; proclaimed as Road in Government Gazettes.

The Vicmap Parcel and VM_CROWN_SIMPLE layer is also recording "G" CROWN_STATUS Parcels that are Government Roads parcelled by the Crown Land Registry unit.

Tags: Environment, Society
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Melbourne Strategic Assessment Extent

This dataset provides the spatial extent of the Melbourne Strategic Assessment.

The State Government's program, as define in the 'Delivering Melbourne's Newest Sustainable Communities - Program Report' (DPCD, 2009), means the Urban Growth Boundary Review for Melbourne for the development of land, including associated transport infrastructure, within the following areas:
<blockquote>

investigation areas for the expansion of the 2005 Urban Growth Boundary
areas inside the 2005 Urban Growth Boundary for which a planning scheme amendment to introduce a Precinct Structure Plan had not commenced as at 26 May 2009 (the existing 28 precincts)
areas in the outer Metropolitan Ring Transport Corridor/E6 Road Reservation and the Regional Rail Link corridor between west of Werribee and Deer Park
</blockquote>

In accordance with the definition of the Program, this includes Melbourne's four growth areas within the expanded 2010 Urban Growth Boundary given effect by Planning Scheme Amendment VC68. These growth areas and the 28 precincts comprise: 
<blockquote>

Melbourne's western growth area - Melton and Wyndham 
Melbourne's north-western growth area - Sunbury 
Melbourne's northern growth area - Hume, Whittlesea and Mitchell 
Melbourne's south-eastern growth area - Casey and Cardinia.
</blockquote>

Tags: Boundaries, Structure
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Geophysics (1:100,000), Geological Interpretation of Geophysical Features Polygon

This dataset contains interpreted geological data, using combined interpretations of airborne magnetic, radiometric and gravity survey data, mapped 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 sub-surface geological polygons, structural lines, miscellaneous lines and metamorphism.

Tags: Geoscientific information
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Apiary rights and Bee farm and range licences

This layer plays a key role in the management of Victoria's Public and Government Land. 

All Apiary licence sites, including Bee farm and Range licences and Temporary Apiary rights, as defined by Crown Land Management (CLM), are included in this layer. There are a number of sites that may NOT be recorded in this layer because they do not have a valid "Tenure-ID" to assign to the site. A fair bit of data quality work has been done (April - May 2007) in updating this layer to include some VACANT sites that were previously not ever shown. 

More data quality work has been completed in January - February 2009 with a number of sites from Gippsland and South West areas added in. One new field called SITE_WC which is the Site Workcentre number used in Gippsland has been added in. Another field that relates to Zoning information for Apiary Management Plans is also included (FEB 09).

The Apiary licence points that are within this layer, have been reconciled against Departmental records. All points have attached a "Tenure number" to the TENURE_ID field where the area is licenced. A "Tenure code" is also attached to the TENURE_CODE field and determines the type of Apiary licence and which Act the licence falls under. 

The TENURE_ID &amp; TENURE_CODE fields are used as a key into the LIMS text system (PORTAL) for further details.

Tags: Environment, Society
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Planned Burns 2018/19 - 2020/21

Last updated: November 2018

This dataset represents the spatial extent of prescribed burns planned for ignition and associated mechanical and vegetation works on Public Land in Victoria. 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
Vicmap Transport - Road Line

This layer is part of Vicmap Transport and is and extensive digital road network - line features delineating state wide road network.
Includes; Bridges, Connectors, Footbridge, Ferry Route, Foot Tracks, Roads, Highways, Roundabouts &amp; Tunnels.

Attribution for names, alias, class, direction, locality, unique feature identification, suburb/locality. Includes alternate names.

Formerly known as Road Network 1:25,000 (Full View) - Vicmap Transport (ROAD_VF)

Tags: Structure, Transportation
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Restricted and Unavailable Crown Land for Geothermal Energy Operations

Land where special permission must be obtained for Geothermal Energy Operations

This layer was developed for land classification for the 
Geothermal Energy Resurces Act 2005

This layer is derived mostly from selections from Public Land Management PLM25. Other sources of data include PLM100_V_MMT_WILDLIFE_MGMT for wildlife reserves, PLM100_V_MMT_HERITAGE_RIVER for heritage rivers, PLM100_V_MMT_NATRL_CATCHMENT for natural catchemnt area , PLM100_V_MMT_REFERENCE_AREAS for reference areas, PLM100_V_MMT_WILDERNESS_ZONE for wilderness zones and VEACREC25_POLYGON for water authority land.

The dataset PLM25_GERA is an amalgamation of features defined by:
Gothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 - SECT 79
Gothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 - SECT 81
Gothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 - SECT 82 and
Gothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 - SECT 85

The GeoVic3 layers:
Wilderness and Reference (GERA s79)
Restricted Crown Land (GERA s.81)
Water Authority Land (GERA s 82) and
National and State Parks (GERA s. 85)

are subsets from the layer PLM25_GERA

PLM25_GERA has captured the following features:
regional parks
coastal parks, including Gippsland Lakes Reserve
marine parks
wildlife reserves including Wildlife Management Co-operative Areas
wildlife reserves including Wildlife Management Co-operative Areas
natural features and scenic reserves including caves and geological reserves
bushland reserves
historic areas and reserves
public land water frontage reserves
streamside reserves including River Murray Reserve
coastal reserves
national heritage parks
nature conservation reserves
historic and cultural features reserves
alpine resorts
heritage rivers
natural catchment areas
crown land reserves - natural feature reserves
crown land reserves - nature conservation reserves
crown land reserves - forest parks
reference areas
national parks
wilderness area
state parks
wilderness zones
marine national parks or marine sanctuaries
water authority land

Tags: Boundaries, Economy, Utilities communication
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Interpreted Faults, Top Strzelecki Group, Gippsland Basin

This dataset consists of both onshore and offshore geological faults interpreted from seismic data provided by the Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI). The Strzelecki Group is part of the Mesozoic and Palaeozoic Bedrock (BSE) as outlined in the Victorian Aquifer Framework (VAF). 

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 Land Administration Themes - Local Government Area Polygon Aligned to Property

Part of the VLAT 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).

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

Tags: Boundaries, Environment, Planning cadastre
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Soil Grids of Victorian - Soil Silt %

A set of Digital Soil Maps (mean, 5th and 95th percentile prediction values) of soil silt % across Victoria in geotiff format. Silt is considered to be the 2 - 20 um mass fraction of the &lt; 2mm soil material.

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
2010 Index of Stream Condition - Structure2 100m Section Summary Table

The ISC2010_STRUCTURE2_S table is the Statistical Summary table for the Structure2 Metric at the 100m Section level. Structure 2 represents vertical vegetation layering or structure and considers 6 height intervals: 1.5m to 5m, 5m to 10m, 10m to 15m, 15m to 20m, 20m to 25m and &gt;25m.

The ISC2010_STRUCTURE2_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
Catch and Effort Cells for the Port Phillip Bay Fishery

This layer features the area cells used to record Catch and Effort data for the Port Phillip Bay commercial fisheries since April 1998. This layer is used by the Port Phillip Bay, Port Phillip Bay (Mussel Bait) and Port Phillip Bay (Purse Seine) fisheries. It is based on divisions of 5 minutes latitude by 5 minutes longitude.

Tags: Oceans
Organization: Victorian Fisheries Authority
INVERLOCH_CHA_02SLR_2021_SIMP

The Inverloch Region Coastal Hazard Assessment is a modelled dataset assessing sea level rises, planning horizons and storm events to determine erosion hazard zones in the study area.
The sea level rise components and subsequent planning horizons consisted of 0m (2020), 0.2m (2040), 0.5m (2070) and 0.8m (2100). The design storm events modelled were 1%,5% and 10% AEP (annual exceedance probability). The study reports can be obtained by contacting vcmp@delwp.vic.gov.au. - some generalisation for publishing in CoastKit.

Tags: Environment, Oceans
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
GIPPSLAND LAKES SHORE HAZARD EXTENT

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 lakes shoreline erosion hazard extent maps the potential change in shoreline under 0.8m of sea level rise. The change in typical shoreline position due to increased inundation was considered significantly larger than the change in shoreline position due to shoreline erosion. 

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
Fuel Hazard Management Units

This layer represents polygon boundaries that define the Fuel Hazard Management Units to calculate compliance with the 'Fuel Hazard in Fire Management Zones' provisions of the Code of Practice for Timber Production 2014 (as amended from time to time) (the Code).
The definition provided in the Code (Amended 2022) is: 'fuel hazard management unit' means an area of land of that description shown in the spatial information in the Fuel Hazard Management layer in the Victorian Spatial Data Library, published by the Secretary or delegate. A fuel hazard management unit typically encompasses several fire management zones across a broader landscape, region or district.

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

This dataset is the Victorian Aquifer Framework (VAF) Salinity Distribution. It refers to the salinity distribution for Aquifer Number of 105 (Upper Tertiary Aquifer (Fluvial)). 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
Interpreted Lava Flows (1:500,000), Geological Interpretation of Geophysical Features Arc

This dataset contains Lava flows that have been interpreted either from intersections in drill holes or from magnetic responses.

The dataset is accompanied by other datasets representing geological boundaries, major faults, lesser faults, dykes and the basin edges.

References:

MOORE, D.H., 2002. Eastern and central Gippsland Basin, southeast Australia: basement interpretation and basin links. Victorian Initiative for Minerals and Petroleum Report 69, Department of Natural Resources and Environment. 

MOORE, D.H., 2002. Basement-basin relationships in the Otway Basin, Victoria, Australia. Victorian Initiative for Minerals and Petroleum Report 78, Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

SIMONS B.A., &amp; MOORE, D.H., 1999. Victoria 1:1 000 000 Pre-Permian Geology. Geological Survey of Victoria.

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