AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Recreation Tracks

A derived dataset of extracted features from Vicmap TR_ROAD dataset that represents the DELWP-managed recreation track network mainly in State Forest. 
Recreation Tracks within State Forest dataset represents walking/cycling tracks and touring routes within State Forest. This dataset will assist staff in their management roles and facilitate promotion to the public. All tracks are actively promoted to the public and maintained by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action. This dataset was initially created as part of the 2004 Recreation Facilities Database project and is now actively maintained through Vicmap Roads and extracted for use with apps and asset management tools.It is regularly updated to reflect changes to our recreational tracks (including walking, mountain biking and other tracks).

Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
EPA Victoria Licence - Location Polygons

This dataset contains all operating licences (OL) under section 74 of the Environment Protection Act 2017. 
An OL is a type of licence is for a prescribed activity(https://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/in-force/statutory-rules/environment-protection-regulations-2021/) in Schedule 1 of the Environment Protection Regulations 2021. Licensed activities require the highest level of regulatory control within the EPA permissions scheme(https://www.epa.vic.gov.au/about-epa/publications/1799-2) (publication 1799 at EPA website). This is due to the potential high risk of harm to human health and the environment. 

An operating licence is a type of permission issued by EPA. It is a legal document held by a legal entity, whether a person, a company, a statutory corporation or a municipal council, and contains conditions that regulate the risk of harm to human health and environment from the activity at the OL activity site. These conditions address areas including: risk management, record keeping and reporting, waste acceptance and treatment or disposal, air and water discharges, and noise and odour. This dataset mirrors the operating licence data available on EPA's public register, but may not be up to date due to data transfer processes. For the most up to date data, go to EPA's public register for permissions(https://www.epa.vic.gov.au/about-epa/public-registers/permissions).

Tags: Society
Organization: Environment Protection Authority Victoria
Central Highlands Water Recycled Fireplugs

Data containing recycled water fireplugs in the Central Highland Water service area.Please note: Although Central Highlands Water takes great care in managing its data, we make no representations or guarantees as to the accuracy or completeness of this data. Any person or group that uses this data does so at its own risk and should make their own assessment and investigations as to the suitability and/or application of the data. Central Highlands Water shall not be liable in any way to any person or group for loss of any kind including damages, costs, interest, loss of profits or special loss or damage, arising from any use, error, inaccuracy, incompleteness or other defect in this data.

Tags: Recyled Water open data, fireplug, network
Organization: Central Highlands Water
Geological Structure Measurements

Geological structure measurements taken by Geological Survey of Victoria.

Measurement methods - most of the structure measurements were collected in the field as part of the ongoing regional mapping program then entered into the corporate database. Measurements are taken using a geological compass. Surfaces are recorded as dip - dip direction. Lineations are recorded as plunge - azimuth. Declination measured to magnetic north then corrected to true north automatically within the database. A small amount of pre-1995 structural data has been digitised from previous maps.
Field data is either recorded in a notebook in the field then typed into the database or recorded digitally in the field and automatically transferred into the database (this applies to the majority of data collected since 2002).
Display - structural measurements have been divided into four categories to simplify display. Bedding contains measurements of sedimentary bedding where the bedding surface is upright, overturned or younging unknown. Foliation contains measurements of the commonly measured foliations seen in rocks such as cleavages etc. Folds contains measurements of structures directly associated with folds such as fold axis, axial surface etc. Other contains all other structural measurements including faults, joints, quartz vein orientations etc.

Tags: Geoscientific information
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Hunting Area Dataset Permitted Stubble Quail Hunting View

This hunting area dataset depicting areas where Stubble Quail hunting is permitted, have boundaries largely derived from the PLM25 dataset which are supplemented with additional boundaries based on legislative restrictions on hunting. The dataset identifies the conditions under which hunting of given Game and Pest animal groups and species is permitted. 
The rules used to produce this product were developed by the legislation unit with the Land Management Division of the Department of Environment , Land, Water and Planning in consultation with the Game Management Authority, VicPolice, Parks Victoria and other relevant government authorities. These rules are based on requirements in the Forest Act, National Park Act, Crown land (Reserve) Act, Land Act, Wildlife Act.
Note : Hunters are personally responsible for acting in accordance with the Firearms Act 1996
(including informing themselves about any prohibited locations within the areas shown on this map)
and other relevant laws; obtaining the required hunting licence; and for hunting only within season.
More information can be obtained from the Game Management Authority's web site.

Tags: Biota, Environment
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Property - Display View Polygon

This dataset contains polygons which cover the cities and major towns, and smaller developed areas.

These polygons are not intended to represent "built up areas", nor do they define areas available for development. They include most of the denser areas with small property polygons, but they can include larger blocks for the convenience of simplifying the boundaries.

As far as practicable they have been aligned to property boundaries, so a property is either "inside" or "outside". There are some exceptions for features such as rivers, and multi-part polygons which may have widely separated parts. 

This dataset is used to create the property_view_dvp and parcel_view_dvp datasets. These datasets have a "display" column which can be used to limit the display of the property or parcel polygons to appropriate scales. These datasets can be used to improve the efficiency of web mapping.

The polygons will be updated on an occasional basis to include newly subdivided areas.

Tags: Planning cadastre
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Petroleum Tenements - Victoria

Petroleum permit boundaries including exploration permits, retention leases and production licences under the following Acts:
Offshore 3 Nautical Mile Limit waters - Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas storage Act 2006
Onshore - Petroleum Act 2005

as of June 2007, it also includes

Special Access Authorities 
Special Prospecting Authorities 
Access Authorities

As of 2025, it also includes 
more expired tenements.
However, these are not complete. the focus being current tenements.

Tags: Utilities communication
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
EPA Victoria Preliminary Risk Screen Assessments(PRSA) - Location Points

EPA maintains a searchable list of sites or properties with a Preliminary Risk Screen Assessments issued in accordance with Section 204 of the Environment Protection Act 2017.

Preliminary risk screen assessments (PRSAs) look for possible land contamination. PRSAs relate to a site’s existing or proposed future use. PRSAs don’t replace environmental audits, they work out whether there’s a need for an Environmental Audit 
recommend the scope for the environmental audit if it’s required. 

This dataset mirrors the PRSA data available on EPA's website, but may not be up to date due to data transfer processes. For the most up to date data, go to EPA's website public register page.

Tags: Environment
Organization: Environment Protection Authority Victoria
Permitted Other Deer (Red Deer, Fallow Deer, Chital Deer, Rusa Deer) Hunting View

This hunting area dataset depicting areas where Other Deer (Red Deer, Fallow Deer, Chital Deer, Rusa Deer) hunting is permitted, have boundaries largely derived from the PLM25 dataset which are supplemented with additional boundaries based on legislative restrictions on hunting. The dataset identifies the conditions under which hunting of given Game and Pest animal groups and species is permitted. 
The rules used to produce this product were developed by the legislation unit with the Land Management Division of the Department of Environment , Land, Water and Planning in consultation with the Game Management Authority, VicPolice, Parks Victoria and other relevant government authorities. These rules are based on requirements in the Forest Act, National Park Act, Crown land (Reserve) Act, Land Act, Wildlife Act.
Note : Hunters are personally responsible for acting in accordance with the Firearms Act 1996
(including informing themselves about any prohibited locations within the areas shown on this map)
and other relevant laws; obtaining the required hunting licence; and for hunting only within season.
More information can be obtained from the Game Management Authority's web site.

Tags: Biota, Environment
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Southern Grampians Garbage Collection Zones

Garbage collection zones for Southern Grampians Shire Council.
Includes the towns of: Balmoral, Byaduk, Byaduk North, Coleraine, Dunkeld, Glenthompson, Hamilton, Penshurst and Tarrington

Tags: Compost, Garbage, Green waste, Recycling, Waste
Organization: Southern Grampians Shire Council
Hunting Area Dataset for More to Explore App

This dataset has been developed to support the More to Explore App. This data must be used with HUNT25_CLOSED. It contains A subset of the area of PLM25 along with key fields from PLM25 and hunting codes for the different game species and pests. 
These hunting codes link with the hunting code table.
The PLM25 boundaries have been combined with supplementary data based on legislative restrictions on hunting. The hunting code for each species or pest needs to be linked with the hunting code table to determine the conditions under which hunting of a particular game species or pest animal group is permitted. 
The rules used to produce this product were developed by the legislation unit within the Land Management Division of the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning in consultation with the Game Management Authority, Vic Police, Parks Victoria and other relevant government authorities. These rules are based on requirements in the Forest Act, National Park Act, Crown land (Reserve) Act, Land Act, and Wildlife Act.
Note : Hunters are personally responsible for acting in accordance with the Firearms Act 1996
(including informing themselves about any prohibited locations within the areas shown on this map)
and other relevant laws; obtaining the required hunting licence; and for hunting only within season.
More information can be obtained from the Game Management Authority's web site.

Vicmap Basemap Services | State Government of Victoria | @DELWP

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

MRSDA Exploration Graticules, Mineral points and regions, Heavy Mineral Sands areas and lines, Mining and Mineral Operation Locations, Extractive Industry Interest Areas, Deep and Shallow Leads and Shallow Workings.
Collected for Earth Resources within DSDBI

Tags: Geoscientific information
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
EPA Victoria Check Your Groundwater (CYG) area - Location Polygons

A CYG area is an area or precinct where EPA knows groundwater has been contaminated by:
 • an activity
 • waste
 • pollution
 • contaminated land.
CYG areas are where contaminant levels threaten one or more environmental values.
The groundwater in a CYG area may not be suitable for some uses. It may be harmful to human health and the environment.
It's important for anyone who wants to use groundwater in CYG areas to test it to make sure it's safe to use.
Each CYG area has a status to help you understand how much groundwater investigation and clean-up has been done.
EPA assigns a CYG area one of 3 statuses:
 1. Post remediation – clean-up of groundwater has been done, but some groundwater contamination remains. All former groundwater quality restricted use zones (GQRUZs) have this status.
 2. Under assessment – further monitoring, evaluation and/or remediation of the groundwater is expected.
 3. Precinct – the source of groundwater contamination is not clear. There's evidence it comes from multiple sites. Clean-up of the groundwater cannot be effectively completed.
When a particular area is not captured by a CYG area, it does not mean that the groundwater there is suitable for use. The groundwater may not have been tested. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the CYG area data published. EPA will not be held liable or responsible for any errors, or for any loss incurred from reliance on this data. For further information about a particular CYG area, refer to the accompanying assessment report (where available) or contact EPA.

Tags: Environment
Organization: Environment Protection Authority Victoria
Current Mineral Exploration Licences

Regions showing the extent of Exploration Licences &amp; Moratorium Periods currently lodged with Earth Resources Regulations.
The boundaries are derived from a combination of entering graticular boundaries (exact MGA or AMG co-ordinates) and digitizing along areas of land status (Earth Resources version of landmmt100) which are unable to be mined or explored. Refer to the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act (MRSDA) for more detail.

Tags: Economy
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
EPA Victoria Environmental Audit Reports - Location Polygons

EPA maintains a searchable list of sites or properties issued with a certificate or statement of environmental audit in accordance with 53X of the Environment Protection Act 1970, and sites with a audit issued in accordance with section 53V of the Environment Protection Act 1970. EPA also maintains a searchable list of sites and properties issued with a statement of environmental audits issued in accordance with section 208 of the Environment Protection Act 2017.

Since the 1st of July 2021, the notification of new 53X and 53V audits under the Environmental Protect Act 1970 ceased and all environmental audits since this date have been notified under section 208 Environmental Protection Act 2017. The types of audits notified under the Environmental Protection Act 2017 include, Land Suitability Audits which most commonly take place when land is proposed for new use and is potentially contaminated, or if it is already covered by an Environmental Audit Overlay. Risk of Harm from an activity audits which are related to sites with EPA permissions or licences, Risk of Harm from Contaminated Land, Pollution or Waste Audits which are mostly related to EPA notices relating to clean up of pollution or waste on sites. 

This dataset mirrors the audit data available on EPA's website interaction portal, but may not be up to date due to data transfer processes. For the most up to date data, go to EPA's website public register page.

Tags: Environment
Organization: Environment Protection Authority Victoria
Monthly average patronage by day type and by mode

Daily average patronage each month for metropolitan and regional train, metropolitan and regional bus and tram services in Victoria for day types: normal weekday, school holiday weekday and weekend (public holidays are excluded) and for days of week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Patronage is a count of patron boarding onto services with the exclusion of train transfers. Patrons includes all persons 5 and over, excluding drivers and station staff.

<strong>Data Currency</strong>

This information will be updated on a monthly basis but with a 2 month lag in order to provide a comprehensive view of patronage during that time period.

<strong>Data Quality</strong>

1) Patronage estimates are rounded to nearest 50 and values less than 50 are rounded up to 50.

2) Patronage data is derived from myki ticketing data. As ticketing data provides an incomplete picture of the number of people using public transport, DTP also conducts a patronage survey to supplement myki data. The purpose of the patronage survey is to determine the transaction rate, which is the percentage of passengers who ‘touch-on’ when they travel. Ticketing transactions are boosted according to the transaction rate to provide an estimate of total patronage.

3) As of January 2021, metropolitan train patronage uses barrier count data, where available, in place of survey observations to determine the transaction rate.

4) Metropolitan train patronage does not include train transfers. Patrons includes all persons 5 and over, excluding drivers and station staff.

5) From 2021 onwards, patronage data for regional trains include non-myki patronage (e.g. paper ticket counts). Prior to this, patronage does not include non-myki patronage.

6) Patronage data for regional bus does not include patronage estimates for services that are not-myki enabled. 

Tags: boarding, bus, patronage, public transport, ridership, train, tram, usage
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Hunting Area Dataset Permitted Duck Hunting View

This hunting area dataset depicting areas where Duck hunting is permitted, have boundaries largely derived from the PLM25 dataset which are supplemented with additional boundaries based on legislative restrictions on hunting. Dataset identifies the conditions under which hunting of given Game and Pest animal groups and species is permitted.
The rules used to produce this produce were developed by the legislation unit with the Land Management Division of the Department of Environment , Land, Water and Planning in consultation with the Game Management Authority, VicPolice, Parks Victoria and other relevant government authorities. These rules are based on requirements in the Forest Act, National Park Act, Crown land (Reserve) Act, Land Act, Wildlife Act.
Note : Hunters are personally responsible for acting in accordance with the Firearms Act 1996
(including informing themselves about any prohibited locations within the areas shown on this map)
and other relevant laws; obtaining the required hunting licence; and for hunting only within season.
More information can be obtained from the Game Management Authority's web site.

Tags: Biota, Environment
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Mineral Tenements

This amalgamated layer is made up of several types of tenements. These are: Exploration Licences - Current (el), Tailings Licences - Expired (tlhst), Gold Mining Licences - Expired (gmlhst), Mineral Leases - Expired (milhst), Extractive Industry Work Authorities - Expired (ewahst), Mining Licences - Expired (minhst), Exploration Licences - Expired (elhist), Exploration Licence Moratorium Period Areas (mp), Mining Licences - Current (min), Extractive Industry Work Authorities - Current (ewa), ).

The boundaries are derived from a combination of entering graticular boundaries (exact MGA or AMG co-ordinates) and digitizing along areas of land status (Minerals and Petroleum version of plm25) which are unable to be mined or explored. Refer to the Mineral Resources Sustainable Development Act (MRSDA) for more detail.

Tags: Economy
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Property - Property Polygon associated Display View Polygon Table

Part of VMPROP, PROPERTY_VIEW_DVP is an Aspatial table. 

It is created by comparing the polygons in the PROPERTY_VIEW table with the polygons in the DISPLAY_VIEW_POLYGON table. It holds a record for each PFI in the PROPERTY_VIEW table, and the DISPLAY column has a value indicating whether the polygon is Inside, Outside, or Both (partly inside and partly outside) a DISPLAY_VIEW_POLYGON polygon.

This table provides a way of limiting the display of property_view polygons so maps can be drawn efficiently. Polygons with a DISPLAY value of I (inside) can be drawn at larger scales (eg 1:5000), while those with O (outside) can be drawn at smaller scales (eg. 1:50,000). This means rural areas can be displayed at a suitable scale, without the burden of displaying polygons in a town. A DISPLAY value of B (both) is used for some polygons, which can be drawn at both scales. These can be rivers, or multi-part polygons with parts inside and outside the DVP. 

To use this flag for drawing a join is needed - property_view.pfi = property_view_dvp.property_view_pfi

Tags: Planning cadastre
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
EPA Victoria Preliminary Risk Screen Assessments(PRSA) - Location Polygons

EPA maintains a searchable list of sites or properties with a Preliminary Risk Screen Assessments issued in accordance with Section 204 of the Environment Protection Act 2017.

Preliminary risk screen assessments (PRSAs) look for possible land contamination. PRSAs relate to a site’s existing or proposed future use. PRSAs don’t replace environmental audits, they work out whether there’s a need for an Environmental Audit 
recommend the scope for the environmental audit if it’s required. 

This dataset mirrors the PRSA data available on EPA's website, but may not be up to date due to data transfer processes. For the most up to date data, go to EPA's website public register page.

Tags: Environment
Organization: Environment Protection Authority Victoria
EPA Victoria Victorian Landfill Register (VLR) - Location Polygons

EPA Victoria Victorian Landfill Register (VLR) - Location Polygons

The Victorian Landfill Register created by EPA in 2018 lists all current and known closed landfills in Victoria and creates a strong foundation for building a complete and comprehensive landfill register for Victorians. Landfills can cause contamination, but once a landfill is closed, operators are obliged to rehabilitate and manage their sites. Even when closed, careful management of sites is required. Many rehabilitated landfills are now safe parks and public spaces, enjoyed by the community.

The register draws information from various sources and all sites listed undergo verification before inclusion on the register.

While this public register will make landfill information more available, it should not be used as the only source of information when making important decisions. EPA will continue to build on the register, adding information and improving the service.

This dataset mirrors the VLR data available on EPA's website, but may not be up to date due to data transfer processes. For the most up to date information on operating landfill please visit the EPA register of permission.

Tags: Environment, Society
Organization: Environment Protection Authority Victoria