Note: this dataset decsription is metadata (data about data) which describes the actual dataset in accordance with the ANZLIC Metadata Profile: An Australian/New Zealand Profile of AS/NZS ISO 19115:2005, Geographic information - Metadata.
Abstract:Native vegetation communities of the entire Hornsby Shire from Eastwood to
Brooklyn and Wisemans Ferry, except for Marramarra National Park, Muogamarra Nature Reserve, Long Island Nature Reserve, and Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park east of the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway. Department of Environment and Climate Change lands that have been included in the mapping include Berowra Valley Regional Park, Lane Cove River National Park, Maroota Historic Site, Mount Kuring-gai Aboriginal Area, and the fragments of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park west of the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway. (VIS_ID 2291)
Purpose:
Jurisdiction:NSW, Australia
Custodian organisation:NSW Department of Environment,Climate Change and Water (DECCW)
Lineage:The distribution of the 30 vegetation communities in the survey area was mapped by correcting the digitised vegetation layer in Hornsby Shire Council's geographic information system (GIS). The corrections were based on the GIS air photo layers. For the most part, these were high definition colour photos taken in October 2005. Also examined were hard copies of the photos at a scale of 1:11 000 (urban areas) or 1:18 000 (rural areas), using a 4X stereoscope for a three-dimensional image that greatly assisted in the delineation of vegetation boundaries. Recent air photo coverage was not available for some of the more
sparsely settled areas (between Singletons Mill and Brooklyn, between Brooklyn and Cowan, and between Cowan and Berowra), and the mapping in these areas was based on less detailed 1998 GIS colour air photos, without hard copies of the photos for stereoscopic examination.
Distribution contacts: Position name:Data Broker Organisation:NSW Department of Environment,Climate Change and Water (DECCW) Address:PO Box 3720, Parramatta, NSW, 2124 Voice:02 6740 2349Fax:02 6742 3129 Email:data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au
Organisation name:NSW Department of Environment,Climate Change and Water (DECCW) Position name:Data Broker Voice:02 6740 2349Fax:02 6742 3129 Email:data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au
Metadata standard name:ANZLIC Metadata Profile: An Australian/New Zealand Profile of AS/NZS ISO 19115:2005, Geographic information - Metadata Metadata standard version:1.1