AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Vicmap Lite - State Polygon

This layer is part of Vicmap Lite and contains polygons representing the mainland, islands and the sea. The polygons were sourced from vmindex.fr_framework_area_polygon. The level of attribute information, the number of features and the number of vertices has been simplified.

This version of the vmlite_victoria_polygon dataset was created by merging the previous layers vmlite_victoria_polygon_su2 and vmlite_victoria_polygon_su5.

The concept of a Scale Use Code has been introduced to help control the level of detail displayed.
Attribute scale_use_code values of 1 are suitable for display 1:2 million - 1:5 million scale range.
Attribute scale_use_code values of 3,4&5 are suitable for display 1:250,000 - 1:2 million scale range.

THIS DATASET WAS LAST UPDATED IN MAY 2014

Tags: Boundaries
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Urban Development Program - Major Residential Redevelopments Sites 2025

The Urban Development Program (UDP) monitors and reports on major residential redevelopment projects across metropolitan Melbourne. Major redevelopment projects are those comprising ten or more dwellings. Data is collected from administrative and commercial data sources and through analysis of aerial imagery.
These include projects which may have an existing planning permit, or are in the planning processes, those that are current under construction, as well as potential longer term projects on sites that local councils have identified for residential purposes.
A timing classification is attributed to each project based on commercial data sources, consultation with local councils, and the stage the project has reached in the planning process. The Urban Development Program reports on major redevelopment projects using the following categories:

*Completed - Projects completed from Jan 2024 to Jan 2024
*Under Construction - Projects under construction at Jan 2025
*Firm - Projects that have been approved and/or taking sales enquires and registrations. 
*Likely - Projects that are within the planning process, projects with recently lapsed planning permits, projects that have been sold with a recent planning permit
*Possible - Early indicator of the location of future major redevelopment projects or projects that have been inactive for a number of years.

While the UDP acknowledges a proportion of proposed projects may be abandoned or delayed, the classification process provides an indicator of available supply provided there is sufficient demand. In addition, it is acknowledged there are also sites within the established parts of Melbourne that may be suitable for residential development into the future but have not yet been identified. The UDP will continue to report on these sites as they are identified for redevelopment for residential purposes.
It should also be noted that the timings attached to these projects are indicative. Construction rates can be cyclical in nature, and highly dependent on underlying demand and pre-sales, economic cycles and industry capacity. This can mean that stated development intentions will vary from on the-ground construction activity over time and by location.

Tags: Planning cadastre, Society
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Victorian Coastal Cliff Assessment - Risk Score - Long Term - 2070 - 2100

The Coastal Cliff Risk Score datasets evaluate the likelihood and consequence of cliff instability to support risk management in areas with coastal cliffs. This includes the classification of risk across the determined timeframes and climate change scenarios.

The dataset provides a second-pass, regional assessment providing a top-down coastal compartment view of risk which. The outputs of second-pass risk assessments can be used to support discussion among stakeholders regarding coastal erosion and instability risks, broader climate change risks and the development of adaptation pathways within Victoria’s coastal compartments. However, it should be noted that this assessment has been undertaken at a high level (regional/state-wide scale) and is not appropriate for local scale planning. The data from this assessment may be superseded by local scale and site-specific assessments undertaken by a suitably qualified and experienced practitioner. The assessment is based on available data, tools and understanding of coastal processes.

The product 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, Stage 2a technical report (Tonkin & Taylor 2025) read in conjunction with the Stage 1 technical report, combined with appropriate expert advice. The product is not suitable for individual property scale assessments. 

Further information is contained in the study report "Victorian Coastal Cliff Assessment, Stage 2a technical report", Tonkin & Taylor 2025.

Tags: Environment, Oceans
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Victorian Coastal Cliff Assessment - Instability Areas (ASCCIE) - 2070 - 0.5m 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 & 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
VCMP Sites - Coastal Erosion Indicators

VCMP Sites - Coastal Erosion Indicators

The Coastal Erosion Indicators dataset features five statistics and a combined coastal erosion indicator value to describe the state of a beach. The statistics are calculated from data collected cross sites monitored by the Victorian Coastal Monitoring Program (VCMP) along Victoria's coastline, Sites are spatially represented as polygon data.

Coastal Erosion Indicators (Erosion Warning Indicators)
There is no one simple metric that can effectively describe the state of a beach. The approach here is to use a combination of statistics and combine them into a single 'Coastal Erosion Indicator'. This gives a multi-faceted assessment of erosion characteristics at a given site and allows for quantitative comparison across sites.

The 5 erosion statistics are:
1. Long-term shoreline change (1988 to 2021) – averaged across each site using Digital Earth Australia satellite shorelines.
2. Short-term change (last 2-years) – averaged across each site using VCMP drone surveys.
3. Ratio of shoreline eroding (last 2-years) - using VCMP drone data.
4. Ratio of backshore (dune/cliff line) eroding (last 2-years) – using VCMP drone data.
5. Max. backshore erosion (last 2-years, 3-point average alongshore) – using VCMP drone data.

The VCMP drone survey short-term outputs include shorelines for each survey, taking the ‘shoreline’ as the +1 m AHD contour for Open Coast sites, and +0.5 m AHD contour for large bay sites.

Drone survey data collection is performed as described in Pucino et al., 2021 and Ierodiaconou et al., 2022, and outlined as:

	- Data processing and quality control conducted within the Propeller platform (https://vcmp.prpellr.com), with additional manual quality control checks, to achieve a horizontal-vertical uncertainty of 0.1 m or better (Pucino et al., 2021), with output products of Digital Surface Models (DSM) and orthomosaics

	- Analysis is conducted using a statewide framework of 30-m spaced transects

More information about the Coastal Erosion Indicators dataset and the calculation of the erosion indicator statistics, and other datasets generated from the Victorian Coastal Monitoring Program, can be found at https://www.marineandcoasts.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0023/625352/VCMP_Erosion-Indicators_April_2023.pdf

Tags: Environment
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Victorian Coastal Cliff Assessment - Instability Areas (ASCCIE) - 2040 - 0.2m 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 & 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
Marine Key Ecological Features

The Marine Key Ecological Features dataset is a digital dataset representing parts of the marine ecosystem that are considered to be of importance for a marine region's biodiversity or ecosystem function and integrity.

The Marine Key Ecological Features is owned and managed by the Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, 2015.

Key ecological features (KEFs) meet one or more of the following criteria:

1. a species, group of species, or a community with a regionally important ecological role (e.g. a predator, prey that affects a large biomass or number of other marine species);

2. a species, group of species, or a community that is nationally or regionally important for biodiversity;

3. an area or habitat that is nationally or regionally important for:
a) enhanced or high productivity (such as predictable upwellings - an upwelling occurs when cold nutrient-rich waters from the bottom of the ocean rise to the surface);
b) aggregations of marine life (such as feeding, resting, breeding or nursery areas);
c) biodiversity and endemism (species which only occur in a specific area); or

4. a unique seafloor feature, with known or presumed ecological properties of regional significance.


KEFs have been identified by the Australian Government on the basis of advice from scientists about the ecological processes and characteristics of the area. A workshop held in Darwin in 2007 also contributed to this scientific advice and helped to underpin the identification of key ecological features.
As new information becomes available, the spatial representations of identified key ecological features will continue to be refined and updated.

Tags: Environment, Oceans
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Metropolitan Melbourne Heat Vulnerability Index 2014

This dataset contains heat vulnerability index features represented by polygons as at 2014. Each polygon is based on 2016 ABS Statistical Area Level 1s (SA1).

It's part of a collection of data from Plan Melbourne Action 91 initiative also referred to as Cooling & Greening or Vegetation and Urban heat mapping.

https://mapshare.vic.gov.au/coolinggreening/

Tags:  atmosphere,  meteorology, Climatology, Environment, Structure
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Metropolitan Melbourne Urban Heat Islands and Urban Vegetation 2018

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

It's part of a collection of data from Plan Melbourne Action 91 initiative also referred to as Cooling & Greening or Vegetation and Urban heat mapping.

https://mapshare.vic.gov.au/coolinggreening/

Tags:  atmosphere,  meteorology, Climatology, Environment, Structure
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Vegetation Cover for metropolitan Melbourne 2014

This dataset contains vegetation features represented by polygons as at 2014. Each polygon is based on ABS mesh blocks which have been subdivided by Vicmap property road casement polygons.

It's part of a collection of data from Plan Melbourne Action 91 initiative also referred to as Cooling & Greening or Vegetation and Urban heat mapping

https://mapshare.vic.gov.au/coolinggreening/

Tags: Biota, Environment, Structure
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Victorian Coastal Cliff Assessment - Instability Areas (ASCCIE) - 2100 - 1.4m 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 & 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
Vegetation Cover for metropolitan Melbourne 2018

This dataset contains vegetation features represented by polygons as at 2018. Each polygon is based on ABS mesh blocks which have been subdivided by Vicmap property road casement polygons.

It's part of a collection of data from Plan Melbourne Action 91 initiative also referred to as Cooling & Greening or Vegetation and Urban heat mapping.

https://mapshare.vic.gov.au/coolinggreening/

Tags:  atmosphere,  meteorology, Climatology, Environment, Structure
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
Metropolitan Melbourne Heat Vulnerability Index 2018

This dataset contains heat vulnerability index features represented by polygons as at 2018. Each polygon is based on 2016 ABS Statistical Area Level 1s (SA1).

It's part of a collection of data from Plan Melbourne Action 91 initiative also referred to as Cooling & Greening or Vegetation and Urban heat mapping.

https://mapshare.vic.gov.au/coolinggreening/

Tags:  atmosphere,  meteorology, Climatology, Environment, Structure
Organization: Department of Transport and Planning
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 >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
Coal Seam and Basement Roof

Coal seam roof contoured at 10 m.

<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
Victorian Coal Fields

Details the location and attributes of each coalfield in Victoria. 
Spatial accuracy defined as attribute "Loc_Acc".
This dataset has 3 lookup tables: COALINVFLDS_BLACK and COALINVFLDS_BROWN. Note that 1 field can have many seams. Also COALINVFLDS_WATERUSE LUT joins to this dataset.
For all COALINV data the LUT table COALINV_KEY contains the key info for each dataset.

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

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