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Metadata : Land Systems of the Southern part of the Northern Territory |
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Name:AS/NZS ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata, ANZLIC Metadata Profile
Version:1.0
Date Metadata Extracted:2024-11-24
Date Metadata Last Updated:2023-10-10
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Citation
ANZLIC Identifier:A80055845E20EFA5E040CD9B21441034
Title:Land Systems of the Southern part of the Northern Territory
Citation Date:2011-07-01
Date Type:creation
Custodian:Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security
Description
VERSION 1 (minor edits October 2013)
Land Systems of the Southern Part of the NT (scale 1:1,000,000) is a compilation of 3 existing Land System surveys and the Atlas of Australian Soils. It covers the southern part (approx 70%) of the Northern Territory. Published maps were made digital and edited to accommodate overlaps, gaps and mismatching boundaries. Where possible, the land system descriptions have been extrapolated into areas covered by the broader scale Atlas mapping.
- geoscientificInformation
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Bounding Coordinates:
- North Bounding Coordinate:-15.604
- South Bounding Coordinate:-25.999
- East Bounding Coordinate:137.999
- West Bounding Coordinate:129
Dataset Status
Dataset ID:
Language:English
Character Set: Latin 1
Progress:onGoing
Maintenance and Update Frequency:unknwon
Data Currency Start Date:2011-07-01
Data Currency End Date:2013-10-15
Access Constraint:Download the spatial data package (contains spatial data, maps and reports) via data.nt.gov.au/
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Supplied by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Copyright Northern Territory Government.
Data Quality
Lineage:Land system surveys (1:1,000,000) have been undertaken in the NT since the 1940's. These surveys involved mapping boundaries on aerial photographs, collection and collation of extensive field information and ultimately the production of a report and series of maps. In some cases these surveys were very specific to their particular project area and no correlation was made with previous or adjoining work. In amalgamating these surveys modifications to some of the original interpretations has been necessary. The surveys are listed below in other comments.
Positional Accuracy:The legacy of inaccuracies associated with capturing historical paper mapping is still very much a feature of this coverage. Mapping boundaries have been scanned and digitised from paper maps. When overlain on a satellite image, the intention of the mapped boundaries is apparent, although the positional accuracy is still dependent on original map product.
Attribute Accuracy:Many of the original Land System maps were only attributed with a mapunit (generally an abbreviation of the land system name from the accompanying report).
The attribution of the coverage continues to be a time intensive process involving repetitive perusal of published reports. A number of general purpose fields have been added to the coverage to add to its versatility and purpose, as well as keep account of its derivation and various modifications to it. Some of these are incomplete or still in progress. In the current version the field names have abbreviated to 10 character width so they are retained when converted to shapefile.
Logical Consistency:
Completeness:This dataset is referred to as Version 1 - minor edits continue to be made.
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 ACID_S_S Alias: Acid Sulphate Soils ATLAS Alias: Atlas Aust Soil Source CLASS Alias: Landscape Class CLASS_DESC Alias: Landscape Class Description COMMENT Alias: Additional Comments GEO_ZONE Alias: Interim Geomorphic Zone GM_CLASS Alias: Geomorphological Class GM_CODE Alias: Geomorphological Code GM_REGION Alias: Geomorphological Region LANDSYSTEM Alias: Land System Name MAPUNIT Alias: Map Unit ORIG_LS Alias: Original Land System ORIG_MU Alias: Original Mapunit SCALE Alias: Original Survey Scale SURVEY Alias: Original Survey Source SURVEY_ID Alias: Survey Identifier SURVEY_NME Alias: Survey Name UPDATED Alias: Date of Version VEG_DESC_1 Alias: Vegetation description 1:
The primary vegetation description in the land system (describes the Large extent of the land system).VEG_DESC_2 Alias: Vegetation description 2:
When applicable, the description of the vegetation in the Medium extent of the land systemVEG_DESC_3 Alias: Vegetation description 3:
When applicable, the description of the vegetation in the other Medium extent of the land system.VEG_STRUC_1 Alias: Vegetation structure 1:
Primary vegetation structure in the land system (describes the Large extent of the land system).VEG_STRUC_2 Alias: Vegetation structure 2:
When applicable, the vegetation structure in the Medium extent of the land system.VEG_STRUC_3 Alias: Vegetation structure 3:
When applicable, the structure of the vegetation in the other Medium extent of the land system.VEG_SUPERSCRIPT Alias: Superscript number assigned to detail vegetation description. The detailed descriptions are in the standalone geo-database table. VEG_SYS Alias: Vegetation Classification System VERSION_NO Alias: Dataset Version
Supplementary Information
This department uses the Survey Reference ID: SOUTH_1M to also describe and store this dataset.
References (to original surveys):
Christian CS, Stewart GA, Noakes LC, Blake ST (1954) No. 3 Survey of the Barkly Region, Northern Territory and Queensland, 1947-48. Land Research Surveys 1954, 1-198. www.publish.csiro.au/paper/LRS03.htm
Stewart GA, Perry RA, Paterson SJ, Traves DM, Slatyer RO, Dunn PR, Jones PJ, Sleeman JR (1970) No. 28 Lands of the Ord-Victoria Area, Western Australia and Northern Territory. Land Research Surveys 1970, 1-139. www.publish.csiro.au/paper/LRS28.htm
Perry RA (1962) No. 6 General Report on Lands of the Alice Springs Area, Northern Territory, 1956-57. Land Research Surveys 1962, 1-300. www.publish.csiro.au/paper/LRS06.htm
Northcote, K. H. with Beckmann, G. G., Bettenay, E., Churchward, H. M., Van Dijk, D. C., Dimmock, G. M., Hubble, G. D., Isbell, R. F., McArthur, W. M., Murtha, G. G., Nicolls, K. D., Paton, T. R., Thompson, C. H., Webb, A. A. and Wright, M. J. (1960-1968). Atlas of Australian Soils, Sheets 1 to 10. With explanatory data (CSIRO Aust. and Melbourne University Press: Melbourne). www.asris.csiro.au/themes/Atlas.html
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