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NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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Native Woody Vegetation Mapping of the NSW Wheat-belt VIS_ID 1632

This map and report (cited below) present the results of research on the rate of change of native woody vegetation in the Central New South Wales wheatbelt. The study was carried out over three years and analysed vegetation change between the 1980s and 2000.

The project tested methods to map changes in native woody vegetation using direct visual inspection of readily available Landsat TM satellite imagery. NPWS mapping of native woody vegetation types within the wheatbelt provided the 1980s baseline information for the study. Clearing was identified on the satellite images and digitised. The resulting clearing maps were used to produce updated maps of remaining native woody vegetation for each monitoring period. Systematic validation of the mapping was done by comparison with specially flown, fine-scale aerial photography. Validation results showed that the mapping consistently and accurately distinguished between clearing and areas of no-change with typical accuracy rates of approximately 95%. (VIS_ID 1632; ANZLIC: ANZNS0208000146)

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  • Data Quality Statement PDF

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  • cobar00 1632 ZIP

Metadata Summary What is metadata?

Field Value
Language English
Alternative Title cobar00_wheatbelt_VISmap_1632
Edition unknown
Purpose Vegetation Mapping
Frequency of change Unknown
Keywords Environment and Conservation
Metadata Date 2001-01-06
Date of Asset Creation 2001-06-01
Date of Asset Revision 2011-04-08
Date of Asset Publication 2010-07-23
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Equivalent Scale 250000
Vector representation
Record 1
Object type
Curve
Object count
1
Geospatial Topic Biota
Extent

Dataset extent
Temporal Coverage From 1978-01-01 - 1988-01-01
Datum GDA94 Geographic (Lat\Long)
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Attribution NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water asserts the right to be attributed as author of the original material in the following manner: "© State Government of NSW and NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 2010"