AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Victorian Public Dams and Retarding Basins - Unrestricted

This dataset represents public dams and retarding basins in Victoria. The dataset is a point dataset.
This is the unrestricted version of the data for display on the DEECA public website.
For Water Corporations, Parks Victoria and AGL Hydro, this data is an extract from the FloodZoom Dams Portal used for annual dam safety reporting.
The Dams Portal has two types of water storages, namely Facilities and Reservoirs. A facility can have 
many water bodies e.g., a water treatment plant with many ponds. A reservoir can have many dams e.g.,
one body of water with one main dam and several saddle dams.

It is Water Storage Locations layer, one of datasets displayed in the interactive map https://mapshare.vic.gov.au/webmap/owof_storages/. 

This interactive webmap is embedded in https://www.water.vic.gov.au/water-sources/victorias-dams

Tags: Environment, Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Public Land Management (PLM25) Generalised

The PLMGEN dataset is a generalised view of PLM25 which includes land management information on LCC recs, on ground management, land manager, reserve information and legal information. This dataset is from the PLM25 suite of datasets.
It is designed to be used at 1:100 000 scale. This dataset has been simplified, in that only the name field, labelling, management categories and land manager information is shown. All other fields shown in PLM25 are dropped. The data has also been dissolved to reduce the number of polygons.

PLM25 and PLMGEN have replaced the obsolete PLM100 datasets.

Any errors can be reported to plm25.info@delwp.vic.gov.au

Tags: Boundaries, Environment, Society
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Urban Development Program - Regional Greenfield Residential Land June 2022

Identifies undeveloped land for residential development generally on the fringe of the metropolitan area. Each record in the database details the subdivision and planning status of the land, the area of the site in hectares 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: Drouin, Warragul, Morwell, Churchill, Moe/Newborough,Traralgon, Mildura, Horsham, Gisborne, Kyneton, Winchelsea, Ballarat, Geelong, Bendigo

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

Urban Development Program (UDP).

Tags: Structure
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Victorian Primary Production Landscapes (PPL)

The Primary Production Landscapes (PPLs) is a high level spatial framework that
divides the state into 6 regions and 22 sub regions. Soil and landscape data, land
use maps, the climatic record, and regional experience of agronomists and land
managers have been used to define the PPLs.
The PPLs have been characterised for dominant soil types and associated inherent
management issues. PPLs were also described by major agricultural industries and
practices that occur within them. Statewide maps for key climatic variables
including temperature, rainfall and growing season rainfall were used to provide
context for predicted changes in climate across the PPLs. These detailed
descriptions are available on the Victorian Resources Online website (http://vro.depi.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/vrosite.nsf/pages/primary_prod_landscapes).

DOI 10.4226/92/58e72567b7d51

Tags:  atmosphere,  meteorology, Climatology, Farming, Geoscientific information
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Statewide Coastal Hazard Assessment (SV) 2017

A second-pass state-wide assessment of erosion and inundation hazards resulting from future climate change scenarios to inform the inception of the Victorian Coastal Monitoring Program in 2017. Anticipated Sea Level Rise (SLR) and Storm Surge (STM) information was based on a baseline from 2009 (0cm), and projected to 2040 (20cm), 2070 (47cm) and 2100 (82cm) using Global Climate Change Models and their applied Recommended Concentration Pathways (RCP 4.5 or RCP 8.5) emission scenario outputs. Technical report accessible at: https://www.marineandcoasts.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0021/122709/VCHA2017_R1_Victorian_Coastal_Hazard_Assessment_2017_Final_R1.compressed.pdf

Tags: Environment
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Native Vegetation - Modelled 2005 Ecological Vegetation Classes (with Bioregional Conservation Status)

This is a derived dataset that delineates the Bioregional Conservation Status of EVCs. (NV2005_EVCBCS) .

The dataset is derived from a combination of Victorian bioregions (VBIOREG100), Pre 1750 EVCs (NV1750_EVC) and the current version of Native Vegetation Extent (NV2005_EXTENT). Bioregional conservation status and geographic occurrence are applied to unique Bioregion-EVC units.

The dataset underpins the implementation of Victoria's Native Vegetation Management Framework, and the preparation of Regional Vegetation Plans in addition to other biodiversity planning. The dataset requires upgrading when any of the three input datasets change.
(Note that this dataset is stored in two Spatial Data Storage Environments within DSE - Arc/Info tiled libraries and Oracle/SDE single data layer. This metadata describes the Arc/Info dataset. The Oracle/SDE dataset is slightly different in that all non-vegetation classes are excluded from the data (ie. Bare rock, sand, non-native vegetation etc.) also the attributes include attributes expanded from Look Up Tables. These have an X_ prefix in the name.)

Note erratum under Data Quality-Completeness-Classification

Tags: Biota
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Index of Estuarine Condition Estuarine Catchments

Areas of catchments that drain directly to Victorian estuaries - i.e. not via major freshwater tributaries. This data updates the previous EST_CATCH (Deakin) layer for use in the 2021 Index of Estuarine Condition. Boundaries were determined from a digital elevation model (DEM) and were compared with DELWP boundaries for some estuaries (where DELWP data existed (i.e. in the estuary fluvial catchment layer [WATER_EST_FLUV_VSDL] available on the Victorian Spatial Data Library [January 2020]). On steep land (the Otways, east Gippsland etc) the boundaries align well. On the flatter areas there are some discrepancies between the DEM derived boundary and the DELWP derived boundary. For some catchments the DELWP boundaries are more accurate, but for others the DEM derived boundary is more accurate. Final catchment boundaries were determined by adopting the DEM derived boundary where there was good alignment with the DELWP layer and then adjusting just the contested boundaries to choose the one that appeared most accurate based on the rationale specified for each estuary below.

Tags: Inland waters, Oceans
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Geophysics (1:100,000), Geological Interpretation of Geophysical Features Arc

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
Vicmap Lite - Postcode Polygon - 1:250,000 to 1:5,000,000

This layer is part of Vicmap Lite and contains polygon features delineating postcode areas. Vicmap Lite datasets are suited for use between scales of 1: 250,000 and 1 : 5 million. The polygons were sourced from Vicmap Admin. The level of attribute information 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 August 2021

Tags: Boundaries
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
2016 Bellarine Peninsula 1% AEP Coastal Inundation Static Model with 0m Sea Level Rise

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.

Static (bathtub) inundation modelling was carried out to create this data layer for 1% Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP) coastal inundation under the assumption of 0 m Sea Level Rise in 2016, for the following study areas along the coast of the Bellarine Peninsula and Greater Geelong area: Avalon; Breamlea; Connewarre Lake; Geelong Waterfront; Indented Head; Limeburners Lagoon; Newcomb; North Geelong; Portarlington; Queenscliff; Salt Lake; Sands Caravan Park; St Leonards; and Swan Bay.
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.
Units are in mAHD

Tags:  atmosphere,  meteorology, Climatology, Environment, Geoscientific information, Oceans
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Victorian Water Asset Database (VWAD) - POINT_LAYER

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

Tags: Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Victorian Land Use Information System 2006/2007

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 2006/07 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
Vicmap Land Administration Themes - Crown Land Management Tenure Polygon

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

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

The layer provides information about the Private use of Crown land Parcels and Crown Roads.

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

CL_TENURE_VIEW contains a number of Tenure types including:
- (A) Agricultural including Unused Road licences, Water Frontage licences and Grazing licences,
- (L) Lease including Commercial type leases,
- (G) General Licences including miscellaneous community use licences, permits &amp; consents
- (P) Pipe including Water supply pipelines,
- (RM) Reserve including land gazetted as a Reserve in Government Gazettes,
- Tenure Identifiers, Tenure type identifiers and Tenure code identifiers.
- Unique feature identifiers, date stamps and data quality information.
- Cross reference to Vicmap Property.

Tags: Environment, Society
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Measuring Broadband Australia Report 32 Dataset Release

The Measuring Broadband Australia (MBA) program relies on households across Australia volunteering to receive a Whitebox that tests the performance of their broadband service. Thousands of tests are run and these measurements are used to calculate average speeds achieved and other metrics for different volunteer groups, such as volunteers using NBN fixed-line services and volunteers using NBN fixed wireless services.
The summary data released includes test results for all Whiteboxes used in MBA Report 32 for download, upload, latency and outages metrics. The results are de-identified to protect the privacy of the volunteers and the integrity of the MBA program.

Tags: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Broadband, Measuring Broadband Australia, broadband performance, download speeds, fixed wireless broadband, fixed-line broadband, latency, satellite broadband, upload speeds
Organization: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
ACCC Mobile Infrastructure Report – data release

This dataset provides data on mobile sites and coverage maps within Australia and is sourced from information collected under the ACCC’s Audit of Telecommunications Infrastructure Assets – Record Keeping Rules (Infrastructure RKR). 
The information is collected from the three national Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), Singtel Optus Pty Limited (ACN 052 833 208) (Optus), Telstra Corporation Limited (ACN 051 775 556) (Telstra), TPG Telecom Limited (ACN 093 058 069) (TPG). 

*Please note, the ACCC has aggregated the frequency band coverage maps submitted by the MNOs to create additional technology level coverage maps which are available below (where the technology level maps were not provided by the MNOs). Further information on this is provided in the data interpretation guide (below) that supports this data release.

Updates:

8/9/22

- The following mobile sites spreadsheets were subject to a very small number of revisions: Telstra 2020, Telstra 2021, Optus 2020 and Optus 2021

- The data interpretation guide was updated

- All coverage map file names have been amended to indicate their standard of coverage (see data interpretation guide for more information)

Tags: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, MNO, Mobile Infrastructure Report, Mobile infrastructure, Optus, TPG, Telstra, coverage maps, mobile sites
Organization: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Marine Biodiversity Values (MBV)

A spatial assessment of Victoria’s listed and key marine and coastal biodiversity features. The objective of this work is to support planning decisions across Victoria’s marine and coastal environment by synthesising currently available species information and providing a first iteration MBV map. This report presents the methods that underpin Victoria’s MBV map, detailing the input data sources for each species represented in the map as well as the spatial prioritisation approach employed. The analysis ranks all locations across Victoria’s marine environment for their ability to represent key marine and coastal biodiversity features. Biodiversity features is a term widely used in conservation biology (Margules and Pressey, 2000) and adopted in this report to represent important biodiversity values and alignment with Marxan and Zonation, two of the most widely used conservation-planning decision-support tools (Moilanen et al., 2009).

Tags: Geoscientific information, Imagery base maps earth cover
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
LUT to relate species Code in HUNT25_MTE_APP to permitted hunting category

This dataset is a look up table that links the values in the different species code fields in the HUNT25_MTE_APP layer to the category of hunting that is permitted for each of the species at a particular location.
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
Rainforest Mapping for state-wide Victoria

This layer identifies areas mapped as rainforest communities across Victoria. It involved a combination of modelling, using Sentinel satellite composites, species distribution modelling and interpretation and interpretation of high resolution extent of Rainforest across Victoria, excluding the Strzelecki Ranges. Within the Strzelecki Ranges, extent and type have been modelled but these outputs are yet to be confirmedand checked against high resolution aerial photography.
The layer identifies five classes of rainforest community:
1. Cool Temperate Rainforest
2. Dry Rainforest
3. Gallery Rainforest
4. Littoral Rainforest
5. Warm Termperate Rainforest

Tags: Biota
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Native Vegetation - Modelled 1750 Ecological Vegetation Classes (with Bioregional Conservation Status)

This is a derived dataset that delineates the current Bioregional Conservation Status of EVCs within the modeled 1750 EVC dataset.

The dataset is derived from a combination of both Victorian bioregions (VBIOREG100) and the modeled 1750 EVC dataset (NV1750_EVC), with an assigned conservation status on the basis of unique Bioregion EVC units. 
The dataset underpins the implementation of Victoria's Native Vegetation Management Framework, and the preparation of Regional Vegetation Plans in addition to other biodiversity planning. 
The dataset requires upgrading when either of the two input datasets change.

Note erratum under Data Quality-Completeness-Classification

Tags: Biota
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Groundwater Catchments (GC)

This layer provides the boundaries of the Groundwater Catchments of Victoria and is a product of the NWC funded Secure Allocations, Future Entitlement (SAFE) Project. The Groundwater Catchments (GC) 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 within Victoria’s Groundwater Basins (GB). 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.

Administrative boundaries directly linked to the management of groundwater resources include:

The Victorian State Boundary (Water Act (1989);

WSPA: Water Supply Protection Area (formally declared under provisions of the Act);

GMA: Groundwater Management Area (described and lodged as a plan with the Central Plan Office);

RWC: Rural Water Corporation administration areas - Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water (GWMWater), Goulburn Murray Water (GMW), Lower Murray Water (LMW) and Southern Rural Water (SRW); and

MDBA: Murray Darling Basin Authority (Federal Water Act (2007)).

The description of water resource management is often described in terms of surface water and groundwater. In reality, the two resources are connected; however there are differing degrees of interconnection depending on the groundwater system and location within the surface water catchment. In preparing the Groundwater Catchments (GC), surface water catchments were directly considered. The key surface water boundaries considered are:

Victorian Sustainable Diversion Limits (SDL) Catchment boundaries;
Bureau of Meteorology (2011) Surface Water Basins (Australian Hydrological Geospatial Framework, product suite v2 2011);
Victorian Surface Water Basin Catchment (Australia’s River Basin, 1997); and,
Geoscience Australia (500 sqkm) National Nested Catchment.

Tags: Boundaries, Geoscientific information, Inland waters
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
WESTERN PORT 1% AEP 0.8M SLR INUNDATION

The Western Port Local Coastal Hazard Assessment (LCHA) provides information on the extent of coastal hazards and their physical impacts for the Western Port coastal environment. Information has been collected on inundation hazards (storm surge and catchment inflows) using modelling for different sea level rise scenarios. 
This data represents the extent of storm tide inundation for the 1% Average Exceedance Probability (AEP) storm tide with the +0.8m sea level rise scenario (based on hydrodynamic modelling). 

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