AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Urban Development Program - Industrial Land 2022

The Urban Development Program (UDP) -Industrial Land. Identifies all industrial land and the development status and size of each land parcel in hectares across metropolitan Melbourne.
This information identifies all industrial zoned land (Industrial 1, 2 and 3 as well as Commercial 2 Zone), and land of an industrial character and includes the Airport Business Parks, selected Special Use Zones, selected Comprehensive Development Zones and specific precincts within the Activity Centre Zones and Urban Growth Zones.

Each land parcel is assessed as being either: 
<em>Occupied - Parcels that contain industrial or commercial buildings, container parks, informal car parking, quarries, and hardstand storage areas.
</em>Zoned vacant - Parcels that are zoned for industrial use but have no intensive use / visible capital investment.
<em>Zoned non-industrial use - Parcels that are zoned for industrial use but have an existing use /capital investment that is not industrial. Examples include residential buildings and agricultural infrastructure. Over time these are likely to be redeveloped to industrial uses.
</em>Unzoned - Parcels identified in strategic plans for future industrial purposes.

Tags: Planning cadastre, Structure
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Areas of Cultural Heritage Sensitivity

This version of the areas of the cultural heritage sensitivity dataset (ACHS) does not contain any attribute information. 

This dataset contains a spatial representation of "Areas of Cultural Heritage Sensitivity" as specified in Division 3, Part 2 of the Aboriginal Heritage Regulations 2018.

Areas of cultural heritage sensitivity are areas that are either known to contain, or are likely to contain Aboriginal cultural heritage places and objects. These areas, which include various landforms within Victoria, are defined in the Aboriginal Heritage Regulations 2018. This polygon dataset is a representation of those areas as defined in the Regulations.

The polygon features within the dataset have been derived from several sources, including geological and hydrological data.

Note: This dataset is based on the best available information and should be used in conjunction the information contained in Division 3, Part 2 of the Aboriginal Heritage Regulations 2018.

This data is under active revision to improve the representation as better quality source data becomes available.

Tags: Boundaries, Society
Organization: Department of Premier and Cabinet
Priority Rivers based on the Index of Stream Condition

Priority Rivers was created from two primary input datasets:

(1) Victorian Priority Rivers 2008 (DEPI);
(2) Significant Rivers (Melbourne Water Corporation (MWC)).

The Priority Rivers 2008 dataset indicates high priority rivers across Victoria and relates to a combination of environmental, social and economic values. This information was derived from the Regional River Health Strategies that were developed by the various Catchment Management Authorities (CMAs). The RRHSs use a tool called RiVERS to assess waterways, of which the Index of Stream Condition (ISC) is a significant information source.

Given that the ISC was developed for rural rivers and creeks, it is not relevant to MWCs urban waterways and hence MWCs jurisdiction was not included in the Priority Rivers 2008 dataset. Instead, MWC utilises a tool called the Index of River Condition (IRC), which was modified to account for the urban rivers and creeks in their operating area. For this reason a second dataset called ‘Significant Rivers’ was used for the MWC area to indicate the presence of high priority waterways.

Tags: Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
2010 Index of Stream Condition - Vegetation Overhang Reach Summary Table

The ISC2010_VEGETATION_OVERHANG_R table is the Statistical Summary table for the Vegetation Overhang Metric at the Reach level.

The ISC2010_VEGETATION_OVERHANG_R table is designed to JOIN to the ISC2010_RIVER_CENTRELINES_R 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
Bushbank Target Landscapes

The Target landscape map ranks locations in Victoria according to their potential to concurrently deliver biodiversity and carbon benefits. A very high rank means that revegetation will deliver very high benefits for carbon and very high benefits for biodiversity. Revegetation in a moderate rank location will deliver at least a moderate benefit for both carbon and biodiversity but may deliver a high or very high benefit for either carbon or biodiversity.

Last revision January 2024

Tags: Biota, Boundaries, Environment
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Final ECC recommendations for the Box-Ironbark Forests and Woodlands Investigation.

Box-Ironbark Forests and Woodlands Investigation Final Recommendations - for the Environment Conservation Council.
The Minister, under Section 17 of the Environment Conservation Council Act 1997 required the Environment Conservation Council to carry out an investigation of Victoria’s Box-Ironbark Forests and Woodlands occurring on public land in northern Victoria. The area investigated was the box-ironbark ecosystem stretching from the Grampians in the west to Wodonga in the north-east.

Tags: Biota
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
2010 Index of Stream Condition - Vegetation Overhang 100m Section Summary Table

The ISC2010_VEGETATION_OVERHANG_S table is the Statistical Summary table for the Vegetation Overhang Metric at the 100m Section level.

The ISC2010_VEGETATION_OVERHANG_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
Coal Strip Ratio Maps

Strip Ratio Maps
The following ten strip ratio maps were generated accross the 2011 Coal model area:
to Yallourn seam floor;
to Morwell 1a seam floor;
to Morwell 1b seam floor;
to Morwell 2a seam floor;
to Morwell 2a seam floor;
to Traralgon seam floor;
to 200m depth;
to 300m depth;
to 400m depth; and
to 500m depth.
Maps show vertical striping ratio expressed as coal tonnes to waste cubic metres. Seam floor maps are calculated to the floor of the specified seam (or lowest split); or lowest overlying seam if this seam is absent. Depth maps are calculated to the lowest seamfloor that is shallower than the specified depth. The model is based on a pre-mine topography and substantial coal has already been extracted.

<a href="&#09;http://er-info.dpi.vic.gov.au/publications/documentation/geovic_3/earth_resources/coal_model_modelled_seam_descriptions_2011.html&#09;">Link to Further Coal Seam model Information</a>

<a href="&#09;http://geology.data.vic.gov.au/CoalResource/&#09;">Link to Coal Model Data (works in firefox , but not internet explorer)</a>

Tags: Economy, Geoscientific information, Structure, Utilities communication
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Basins (1:500,000), Geological Interpretation of Geophysical Features Arc

This dataset contains interpreted geological data, both units underlying the basins and magnetic (mostly volcanic) units enclosed by the basin sediments. The linear features in the data set are geological boundaries, major faults, lesser faults and dykes.

The onshore magnetic, radiometric, topographic and gravity data have been collected by the Geological Survey of Victoria. This has been supplemented by offshore magnetic and bathymetric data collected by the Australian Geological Survey Organisation and deep seismic data collected by the Australian Geological Survey Organisation and company sources.

The map attempts to reconcile the onshore geology interpreted in Simons &amp; Moore (1999) with the geophysical responses in a way that is geologically reasonable, and to carry this interpretation offshore at least as far as the Tasmanian sea boundary (generally 39 degrees 12 minutes South). The legend broadly uses the same time breaks as that of the Pre-Permian geological map, but includes younger packages that lie beneath the basin. No attempt has been made to subdivide granitic rocks of a particular age.

The dataset is accompanied by other datasets representing lava flows and the basin edges. Lava flows have been interpreted either from intersections in drill holes or from magnetic responses.

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
Vicmap Crown Land Tenure - Crown Land Tenure Line joined to Crown Land Tenure Table with Decoded Tenure Attributes

Part of the Vicmap Crown Land Tenure (Basic) dataset series. This dataset is a decoded version of Vicmap Crown Land Tenure. The model has been designed with simplicity of use in mind. Attributes have been populated with values from the aspatial tables normally supplied with Vicmap Crown Land Tenure. 

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

This layer contains all water supply licence and pipe boundaries, as defined by Assett Information Management. The Pipe boundaries have been reconciled against Departmental records. All lines have a LIMS "Tenure number" in the TENURE_ID field where the area is licenced. The "Tenure number" is used as a key into the LIMS text system (PORTAL) for further details.

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

Tags: Environment, Society
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
2010 Index of Stream Condition - Bank Full Width Reach polygon features

The ISC2010_BANKFULL_WIDTH_R polygon features represent the width between the top of the lowest bank and the corresponding height on the opposite bank for each River Reach.

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
VicGrid94 Graticule - 1 km interval

This dataset is designed to be used as a "graticule layer", allowing a graticule to be drawn on maps when using software packages that don't support their generation in other ways. It consists of lines spaced at 1km intervals, running north-south (attributed with Easting) and east-west (attributed with Northing). It is applicable for use where a VicGrid94 graticule is required. Can be projected to provide a Vicgrid94 graticule over data based on other co-ordinate systems (eg Geographic or MGA).

This dataset forms part of a series of graticule layers, one for each common projection.

Tags: Boundaries
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Steer Clear areas in Port Phillip

This polyline dataset represents the areas for recreational boats to Steer Clear of shipping in Port Phillip.

Port Phillip Bay is a popular place for boating, fishing, yachting and other aquatic pastimes - but it is also a gateway for commercial shipping. This means big ships such as container ships, car carriers and cruise ships are using the bay 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, going to and from the ports of Melbourne and Geelong.

Tags: Transportation
Organization: Victorian Ports Corporation
Sites of Significance for Rainforest

This layer identifies areas defined as sites of significance for rainforest initially delineated by David Cameron in 1990 as part of the statewide rainforest survey and subsequently reviewed by Bill Peel in 1999.
This revised 2012 version is necessitated by changes in the integrity of selected sites or site values as a consequence of fire or harvesting history in the period 1990-2012 which warrants a re-evaluation of the boundary or priority zoning of such sites.

Priority classification: 1 highest priority area through to 5 lower priority area.

Additional fields to describe Priority, Significance, Site_ID were added on 27 Feb 2019.

Tags: Biota, Farming
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Land Administration Themes - Parcel and Property Join Table

Part of VLAT, VLAT_PARCEL_PROPERTY is an aspatial table tht identfies the parcels that fall within a property and vice-versal
.
This dataset s a raw superset of VMPROP_PARCEL_CAD_AREA_BDY. It has limited functionlity and only correctly identifies the relatiionships for currrent features; not retired features. It is strongly recommended to use datasets PARCEL_PP_HIST and PROPERTY_PP_HIST if historic relationships between parcels and properties are to be identified.

Tags: Planning cadastre
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Catch and Effort Cells for the Bass Strait General Offshore Fishery

This layer features the area cells used to record Catch and Effort data for the Bass Strait commercial fisheries since April 1998. This layer is used by the Ocean - General, Ocean Purse Seine, Ocean Scallop and Trawl - Inshore fisheries, and is based on divisions of 10 minutes latitude by 10 minutes longitude.

Tags: Oceans
Organization: Victorian Fisheries Authority
Victorian Coastal Cliff Assessment - Instability Areas (ASCCIE) - 2100 - 1.1m SLR

The Victorian Coastal Cliff Assessment - Instability Areas (ASCCIE) is a digital dataset consisting of multiple spatial layer outputs from modelled erosion scenarios. The dataset is recommended for use at the statewide / regional scale along the Victorian coastline. Application of the data should be guided by the accompanying Victorian Coastal Cliff Assessment technical reports and expert advice. The product is not suitable for individual property scale assessments. 

Consolidated shorelines, which include soil and rock cliffs, are not able to rebuild following periods of erosion but rather are subject to a one-way process of degradation. ASCCIEs typically have two components:

• Toe Erosion
A gradual retreat of the cliff toe caused by weathering, marine and bio-erosion processes. This retreat will be affected by global process such as sea level rise and potentially increased soil moisture. Future cliff toe position based on historical erosion rates with a factor applied to allow for the effect of future sea level rise.

• Cliff Instability
Episodic instability events are predominately due to a change in loading or material properties of the cliff or yielding along a geological structure. In soft cliffs, instability causes the cliff slope to flatten to a slope under which it is “stable” (geo-mechanically). Soil cliff slope instabilities are influenced by processes that erode and destabilise the cliff toe, including marine processes, weathering and biological erosion or change the stress within the cliff slope. Most of the hard cliffs are stable at very steep angles. Instability events may range from small-scale instabilities (block or rock falls) or discontinuities, to cliff slope instability cause by large-scale and deep-seated mass movement. The latter mode of failure in hard cliffs is rare.

The product is an update to the Victorian Coastal Cliff Assessment, Stage 1. Included datasets for Stage 2a supersede the Stage 1 outputs. The Stage 2a project report should be read in conjunction with the Stage 1 report. Application of the data should be guided by the accompanying "Victorian Coastal Cliff Assessment, Stage 2a technical report" (Tonkin &amp; Taylor 2025) read in conjunction with the Stage 1 technical report, combined with appropriate expert advice.

Tags: Environment, Oceans
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Groundwater Management Basins (GMB)

This layer provides boundaries for the management of groundwater in Victoria and is a product of the NWC funded Secure Allocations, Future Entitlement (SAFE) Project. The Groundwater Management Basins (GMB) layer has been derived from the Groundwater Catchments (GCs). Both the GMBs and GCs have been developed to provide complete coverage of Victoria while considering the following:

(1) Reflect aquifer systems and groundwater movement; and,

(2) Align with physical (i.e. surface water) and administrative boundaries where appropriate.

The GCs are aligned with the GMBs. Boundaries that related directly or in-directly to the physical characteristics of groundwater resources included groundwater flow divides, surface water flow divides, topographic divides, and geological structural features that influence aquifer extent and groundwater flow direction.

There are five Groundwater Management Basins (GMBs) in Victoria. Each basin encompasses a number of Groundwater Catchments (GCs):

(1) Goulburn Murray Basin: includes the Loddon, Campaspe, Goulburn-Broken, Ovens and Upper Murray Groundwater Catchments;

(2) Wimmera-Mallee Basin: includes the Wimmera-Mallee, West Wimmera and Avoca Groundwater Catchments;

(3) Otway-Torquay Basin: includes the Glenelg, Portland and Hopkins-Corangamite and Otway Torquay Groundwater Catchments;

(4) For ease of reporting: Port Phillip, Westernport and Tarwin Basins are grouped into Central Basin. Central Basin includes: West Port Phillip Bay, East Port Phillip Bay, Westernport and Tarwin Groundwater Catchments;

(5) Gippsland Basin: includes East Gippsland, Central Gippsland and Seaspray Groundwater Catchments.

Tags: Boundaries, Geoscientific information, Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Vicmap Lite - Water Polygon - 1:250,000 to 1:5,000,000

This layer is part of Vicmap Lite and contains polygon features delineating hydrological features. Vicmap Lite datasets are suited for use between scales of 1: 250,000 and 1 : 5 million. The polygons were sourced from Vicmap Hydro. The level of attribute information, the number of features and the number of vertices 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 2015

Tags: Inland waters
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Interpreted Faults, Top Golden Beach Formation, Gippsland Basin

This dataset consists of geological faults interpreted from seismic data provided by the Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI).

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