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Name:AS/NZS ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata, ANZLIC Metadata Profile
Version:1.0
Date Metadata Extracted:2024-11-22
Date Metadata Last Updated:2020-10-30
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Citation
ANZLIC Identifier:2DBCB77120F806B6E040CD9B0F274EFE
Title:Vegetation Communities of Cobourg Peninsula
Citation Date:2000-01-14
Date Type:publication
Custodian:Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security
Description
This is a compilation of several polygon spatial datasets and provides broad information on the vegetation map unit boundaries of Garig Gunak Barlu National Park, Northern Territory. The survey area, of 2029 km2, is located approximately 570 km, by road, north east of Darwin on the Cobourg Peninsula. The data is relevant for use at a mapping scale of 1:100,000.
In 2010, mangrove mapping was incorporated into the generalised vegetation polygons. The data represents a brief synopsis only and is not designed as an exhaustive treatise on the vegetation of Cobourg Peninsula. The vegetation descriptions and mapped polygons were obtained from the analysis of field plot data, various published reports and vegetation surveys, including;
- Mangroves, coastline and saline flats (De vries et al 2001)
- Monsoon forests and spring forests (Russell-Smith et al 1991)
- Land resource mapping (Wood et al 1986)
Refer to Supplementary Information in this metadata record for further details.
- biota
- environment
- geoscientificInformation
Bounding Coordinates:
- North Bounding Coordinate:-11.098599
- South Bounding Coordinate:-11.6286
- East Bounding Coordinate:132.651195
- West Bounding Coordinate:131.7612
Dataset Status
Dataset ID:ANZNT0782000095
Language:English
Character Set: Latin 1
Progress:completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency:notPlanned
Data Currency Start Date:1994-06-30
Data Currency End Date:2010-06-30
Access Constraint:Download the spatial data package (contains spatial data, maps and reports) via data.nt.gov.au/
You are licensed to use the geospatial products on the terms and conditions set out in: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC BY 4.0) at: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
If you do not agree to the terms and conditions you must not use the geospatial products.
You are free to copy, communicate and adapt the licensed material, provided that you abide by the licence terms (including Attribution) and attribute the licensed material using the statement:
Supplied by the Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security. Copyright Northern Territory Government.
Data Quality
Lineage:(pre 1995) Original map unit boundaries delineated from aerial photographs and stereoscope interpretation. Map units transferred to topographic map sheets via a mapograph. Original maps were hardcopy only, however, with the advent of geographic information systems, polygons were later digitised by rectifying the original hard copy maps.
(post 1995) Map unit boundaries derived using aerial photography and digital satellite imagery, geological and topographic data.
(Mud Crab habitat and mangroves 2002) Landsat ETM+ imagery was processed using the standard technique of Danaher (1995a) to produce a digital dataset of the tidal coastal wetland habitats. The computer-based coastal wetland community classification was validated with fieldwork conducted in 2001.
(2010) Mangrove polygon mapping was incorporated into the generalised vegetation polygons using ESRI ArcGIS desktop software. Polygon areas calculated using Albers (area preserving in metres) projection: Central meridian 133.5, Standard Parallels -12.666 and -23.3333.
Positional Accuracy:Polygon data: Level of accuracy depends on the number of control points on individual aerial photographs. Control points include creek lines, cadastre and other topographic features.
(pre 1998) Positional accuracy generally considered moderate to high. Map unit boundaries transferred from aerial photographs to topographic maps via a mapograph.
(post 1998) Positional accuracy generally considered high to very high. Map unit boundaries digitised on screen directly from digital rectified aerial photographs.
Attribute Accuracy:Field data (site information) describing vegetation community type, composition and distribution collected and classified according to national standards at the time of capture. Attribute values, as described in the Data Dictionary below, have been added to each polygon.
Logical Consistency:GIS editing tools were used to rectify all overshoots and undershoots in line work. Polygon topology rules applied are; must not overlap, must not have gaps and each polygon has only one label.
Completeness:Complete
Contacts
Name Organisation Position Role Phone Fax Data Requests Officer Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security Geospatial Services Branch (on behalf of department) distributor datarequests.depws@nt.gov.au
Data Dictionary
Attribute Attribute Description Possible Code Code Description 01. SURVEY_NME Alias: Survey Name
The name of the survey area or report to which the mapping refers
02. SURVEY_ID Alias: Survey Identifier
A department code that usually refers to the first five characters from the original survey site sheet.03. VEG_UNIT Alias: Vegetation Map Unit
The VEG_UNIT field is the vegetation mapping unit label from the spatial dataset (ie 9a).04. VEG_TYPE Alias: Vegetation Type
Broad grouping of vegetation map units05. FORMATION Alias: Vegetation Formation
Subgroup of vegetation structure06. VEG_DESC Alias: Vegetation Description
A brief description of the characteristic species represented in the broad structural classification.
Supplementary Information
Department Survey Code (Vegetation NT Native): COBVG_100
Data sources for this metadata record include;
Brocklehurst P. (2010)
Vegetation Communities: Cobourg Peninsula / Garig Gunak Barlu National Park
Land Conservation Unit, Conservation Commission of the NT, Darwin.
- Download Report from NT Library: hdl.handle.net/10070/259916
- Download map product: www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/mpds/get_file?file_id=4782
de Vries, C., Danaher and K., Dunning, (2002)
METHODS FOR MONITORING THE ABUNDANCE AND HABITAT FOR NORTHERN AUSTRALIAN MUD CRAB SCYLLA SERRATA. MILESTONE REPORT. OBJECTIVE 1: HABITAT MAPPING.
The State of Queensland, Department of Primary Industries, and the Fisheries, Research and Development Corporation 2002
Download Reports: http://hdl.handle.net/10070/239460 and hdl.handle.net/10070/227975
Metadata reference: (Mangrove Mapping of the NT) www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=html&metadata_id=BA86AB6CD3EBA0EEE040CD9B214440E1
Russell-Smith, J. (1991)
CLASSIFICATION, SPECIES RICHNESS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONS OF MONSOON RAINFOREST IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA.
Journal of Vegetation Science 2: 259-278.
Metadata reference: www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=html&metadata_id=2DBCB771203306B6E040CD9B0F274EFE
Wood B. and Sivertsen D. (1986)
THE LAND RESOURCES OF THE COBOURG PENINSULA
Land Conservation Unit, Conservation Commission of the NT, Darwin.
Download Report: hdl.handle.net/10070/236288
Metadata reference: www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=html&metadata_id=2DBCB77120E006B6E040CD9B0F274EFE
Wilson, B.A., Brocklehurst, P.S., Clark, M.J. & Dickinson, K.J.M. (1990)
VEGETATION SURVEY OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA.
Technical Report No. 49. Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory. Darwin, NT.
Download report: www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/handle/10070/228438
Metadata reference: www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=html&metadata_id=2DBCB7711FCD06B6E040CD9B0F274EFE
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