Ecological assets of the Gwydir wetlands and floodplain. 2008. VIS_ID 3923

Dataset Description Contents

General Properties	Data Theme
Resource Dataset Details	Reference System Information
Key Dates	Spatial Domain
Data Quality	Temporal Extent of the Data
Data Status and Maintenance	Distribution Information
Spatial Resolution	Metadata Contact Information
Browse Graphic	Metadata Reference Information

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.

General Properties

Title:   Ecological assets of the Gwydir wetlands and floodplain. 2008. VIS_ID 3923

Alternative title:   GwydirWetlands_Assets_E_3923

Metadata file identifier:   {2BD05EA0-1D51-47A5-8500-A46F544F26C1}

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Resource Dataset Details

Abstract:   The 2008 map of the vegetation communites of the Gwydir wetlands and floodplain (Bowen and Simpson 2009) was annotated for flooding frequency history, ecological importance and hydro-ecological functional group to determine the spatial distribution of ecological assets to inform the Valley Wide Floodplain Management Plan for the Gwydir. VIS_ID 3923

Purpose:

Jurisdiction:   NSW,    Australia

Custodian organisation:   Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH)

Key Dates

2015-08-08 2013-07-24

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Data Quality

Lineage:   Linework derived from 2005 Gwydir vegetation map and updated using digital aerial photography, digitised on screen using ArcGIS 9.2. See Bowen and Simpson 2009.

Scope:

Completeness commission:   Final

Completeness omission:   Final

Logical consistency - conceptual consistency:

Logical consistency - topological consistency:

Positional accuracy:   See Bowen and Simpson 2010.

Attribute accuracy:    Field checking conducted. See Bowen and Simpson 2009.

Data Status and Maintenance

Status:   completed
Data type:   vector
Resource update frequency:   unknown
Resource update date:   2013-07-24

Spatial Resolution

Scale: 1:0
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Data Theme

Theme topics:
nsw - -

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Reference System Information

Reference system: GDA94 / Geographic

Spatial Domain

West Bounding Longitude:   148.702179
South Bounding Longitude:   -29.717095
East Bounding Longitude:   149.845228
North Bounding Longitude:   -29.029087

Temporal Extent of the Data

Beginning date: 2008-03-17
Ending date: 2008-07-12
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Distribution Information

Stored format name:   ESRI Geodatabase
Stored format version:ArcGIS 10.1

Distribution format name:   ESRI Shapefile
Distribution format version:   10.1
Distribution: Available for Download

Distribution contacts:
Position name:   Data Broker
Organisation:   Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH)
Address:PO Box A290, Sydney South, NSW, 1232
Voice:   131555                    Fax:   02 9995 5999
Email:   data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Resource Constraints

Access constraints:
Use constraints:
Use limitation:    This data is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License (CC BY 3.0 AU): http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au Attribute ‘Office of Environment and Heritage NSW’ in publications using this data.
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Metadata Contact Information

Organisation name:   Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH)
Position name:   Data Broker
Voice:    131555                    Fax:    02 9995 5999
Email:   data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Metadata Reference Information

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

Additional metadata

Bowen, S. and Simpson, S. (2009) 2008 Vegetation map of the Gwydir Wetlands and floodplain. NSW Wetland Recovery Program. NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water: Sydney. Bowen, S. and Simpson, S. (2010) Changes in extent and condition of the Vegetation Communities of the Gwydir Wetlands and Floodplain 1996-2008. Final Report for the NSW Wetland Recovery Program. NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water: Sydney. Bowen, S., Simpson, S. L., Thomas, R. T. and Spencer, J. A. (2012) Healthy Floodplains Project - Defining ecological assets of the Gwydir Wetlands. Report for the Healthy Floodplains Project. NSW Office of Environment and Heritage: Sydney.