GIS Layers
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Fire Data - History (Time Since Last Burnt)
Description Time since last burnt is derived from a TIF image obtained from NOAA-AVHRR and Modis. This layer displays the number of years an area was last. For more information and details of the process for mapping...
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Fire Data - Fire Scar Maps
Description Fire Scar data is derived from a TIF image obtained from MODIS 250m and NOAAH- AVHRR satellite imagery, and is updated every week in the fire season . This layer displays recently burnt country as sensed by satellites . ...
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Fire Data - Australia Late Fire Frequency Map 1997 - 2008
Description Australia Late Fire Frequency is derived from a TIF image obtained from NOAA-AVHRR and other images by Bushfire Council of the North Territory, and displays the number of years an area has been burnt late in the fire season of the...
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Environmental Data - Vegetation - Post European Settlement (1988)
Description Vegetation-Post European Settlement illustrates the Australian vegetation in the mid 1980s, the data are acquired from 1:5 million source material. The current information includes: growth form of tallest and lower stratum, foliage...
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Protected Areas
Description The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is project of UNEP and UICN. This global spatial dataset on marine and terrestrial protected areas was produced and updated by UNEP-WCMC and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas....
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Protected Areas - World Heritage Areas
Description The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is project of UNEP and UICN. This global spatial dataset on marine and terrestrial protected areas was produced and updated by UNEP-WCMC and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas....
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Global Ecosystems
Description The Australia/Pacific land cover data base is one portion of a global land cover characteristics data base that was developed on a continent-by-continent basis. All continents in the global data base share the same map projections...
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Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+)
Description The Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) is a sensor carried onboard the Landsat 7 satellite and has acquired images of the Earth nearly continuously since July 1999, with a 16-day repeat cycle. An instrument...
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GIS List
List of all GIS Layers and details in Excel Spreadsheet - click here
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Topographic Information - Global Map Elevation of Australia 1M 2001
Description Global Map Australia 1M 2001 is a digital data package with two components, first the product user guide and second data files. The coverage area is the Australian landmass and island territories, at a 1:1...
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Topographic Information - Digital Topographic Data: Geodata Topo 250K Series 3
Description GEODATA TOPO 250K Series 3 is a dataset with the main topographic features developed on the 1:250 000 scale NATMAP. GEODATA TOPO 250K Series 3 is accessible with the followings formats: Personal Geodatabase, ArcView...
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Environmental Data - Australian Geological Provinces
Description Australian Geological Provinces were assembled with the finality of create a digital information system to offer a national stratigraphic and tectonic framework for Australia. The data set supplies geological provinces and...
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Fire Data - Australia Fire Frequency Map 1997 - 2008
Description Australia Fire Frequency is derived from a TIF image obtained from NOAA-AVHRR and Modis. This layer displays the number of years an area has been burnt during the period. This layer covers Australia between the...
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Climate Data - Past, Present And Future Conditions
Description The Past, Present and Future conditions were produced through interpolation of average monthly climate data from 1 kilometer resolution obtained by weather stations. The data variables integrated are monthly data of: total...
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Environmental Data - Dams and Water Storages 1990
Description Dam and water storage 1990 illustrate locations of large water reservoirs in Australia owned by a public authority, represented by points. Attribute information includes: name of the dam wall and associated water...
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Social Data - Australian Land Tenure 1993
Description Australian Land Tenure 1993 includes boundary and attribute information for parcels of public, private and Aboriginal lands in Australia at a scale of 1:4.7 million. The data sourced from government gazette notices, cadastral maps...
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BIOCLIM
Description Bioclimatic variables are derived from the monthly temperature and rainfall values in order to generate more biologically meaningful variables. These are often used in ecological niche modeling (e.g., BIOCLIM, GARP). The bioclimatic...
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Topographic Information - Digital Topographic Data: GEODATA TOPO 5M 2004
Description GEODATA TOPO 5M 2004 is a national data product designed at regional or national applications. It is derived from the Geoscience Australia 5 million general reference map, from the representation of the Australian...
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Social Data - Australian Maritime Boundaries (AMB)
Description Geoscience Australia has the primary role in the delineation of Australia's maritime boundaries. This layer is the digital representation of Australia’s territorial sea baseline and boundaries. The data presents the...
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Topographic Information - Digital Topographic Data: GEODATA TOPO 2.5M 2003
Description GEODATA TOPO 2.5M 2003 is a national data product designed at regional or national applications. It is derived from the Geoscience Australia 1:2.5 million scale general reference maps, from the representation of the Australian...
