Land Units of the Seventeen Mile Plain, Melville Island, Northern Territory.

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Metadata
Citation
Description

Dataset Status
Data Quality
Contact Information
Data Dictionary
Supplementary Information

Metadata Details:

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Date Metadata Extracted:2024-11-22

Date Metadata Last Updated:2013-09-09

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Citation

ANZLIC Identifier:2DBCB771212F06B6E040CD9B0F274EFE

Title:Land Units of the Seventeen Mile Plain, Melville Island, Northern Territory.

Citation Date:2000-01-14

Date Type:publication

Custodian:Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security

Description

Abstract:

This spatial dataset provides polygon information on the map unit boundaries of the Seventeen Mile Plain, Melville Island, Northern Territory.
The survey was conducted at a scale of 1:50,000 and covers and area of approximately 210km2 on the western side of Melville Island.
Core attributes for land unit polygons were added in September, 2013. These attributes describe the dominant landform, soil and vegetation for each map unit.

ANZLIC Search Words:

biota

environment

geoscientificInformation

imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

Spatial Domain:

Bounding Coordinates:

North Bounding Coordinate:-11.508605

South Bounding Coordinate:-11.658605

East Bounding Coordinate:130.721212

West Bounding Coordinate:130.531213

Dataset Status

Dataset ID:ANZNT0903000033

Language:English

Character Set: Latin 1

Progress:completed

Maintenance and Update Frequency:notPlanned

Data Currency Start Date:1973-01-01

Data Currency End Date:2013-09-09

Access Constraint:

Download the spatial data package (contains spatial data, maps and reports) via data.nt.gov.au/

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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 and Natural Resources. Copyright Northern Territory Government.

Data Quality

Lineage:Original map unit boundaries delineated from aerial photographs and stereoscope interpretation. Map units transferred to clean dyeline sheets or topographic maps via a mapograph. Original maps were hardcopy only. With the advent of geographic information systems polygons were digitised by rectifying the original hard copy maps.

Map unit boundaries derived using hard copy aerial photography and stereoscope, satellite imagery (post 1993), geological and topographic maps. Field data (site data) described and classified according to national standards at the time of capture.

Map unit polygons collected via geographic information system (ArcGIS/MapInfo). Core landform, soil and vegetation attributes attached to map units with additional attributes unique to individual surveys.

Positional Accuracy:POLYGON DATA
Hardcopy maps rectified using control points marked on original hardcopy maps. Control points include creek lines, cadastre and other topographic features. Depending on the nature of the landscape (the number of control points) positional accuracy may vary. Positional accuracy generally considered moderate.

POINT SOURCE DATA
Survey teams navigated during field operations with topographic maps, aerial photographs and prismatic compass's. Point source locations marked on aerial photography in the field. Positional accuracy considered within 300m but generally below 200m depending on the terrain. Site coordinates derived by transferring site locations from aerial photographs to topographic maps and coordinates calculated. In some cases sites have been georeferenced directly from aerial photography to Google Earth Web Map Server in MapInfo or ArcGIS.

Attribute Accuracy:Attributes assigned according to the dominant feature. For example where ten sites have been grouped to describe a particular map unit and two different soils described from these sites then the dominant soil is chosen. Attribute values, as described in the Data Dictionary below, were added to each polygon in September 2013.

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 Email

Data Requests Officer Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security Geospatial Services Branch (on behalf of department) distributor datarequests.depws@nt.gov.au

Name	Organisation	Position	Role	Phone	Fax	Email
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

LAND_UNIT Alias: Land Unit
The LAND_UNIT field is the land unit label from the spatial dataset (ie.9a2).

LF_CLASS Alias: Landform Class
Landform class is a system adopted by the department. The categories do not conform to national criteria even though some have been sourced from Australian Soil and Land Survey - Field Handbook (Mc Donald et.al. 1998).

LU_DESC Alias: Land Unit Description
The LU_DESC is a general text field from the map legend. The amount of detail may vary between surveys.

SOIL Alias: Dominant Soil Order
The dominant soil order described in a land unit is recorded.

SOIL_SYS Alias: Soil Classification System
The soil classification system used to describe the soil in the land unit description

SPECIES_1 Alias: Veg Species 1
The dominant vegetation species described in a land unit. The order of species listed determines their dominance.

SPECIES_2 Alias: Veg Species 2
Where 2 dominant vegetation species were described in a land unit. The order of species listed determines their dominance.

SPECIES_3 Alias: Veg Species 3
Where 3 dominant vegetation species described in a land unit.The order of species listed determines their dominance

SURVEY_ID Alias: Survey Identifier
The first five characters from the corporate survey code.

SURVEY_NME Alias: Survey Name
The full name of the report to which the mapping refers

VEG_STRUC Alias: Dominant Veg Structure
Vegetation structural classes from NVIS (ESCAVI 2003), Walker and Hopkins (1998) and Specht (1970) classification schemes

VEG_SYS Alias: Veg Classification System
The National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) classification system.

Attribute	Attribute Description	Possible Code	Code Description
LAND_UNIT	Alias: Land Unit The LAND_UNIT field is the land unit label from the spatial dataset (ie.9a2).
LF_CLASS	Alias: Landform Class Landform class is a system adopted by the department. The categories do not conform to national criteria even though some have been sourced from Australian Soil and Land Survey - Field Handbook (Mc Donald et.al. 1998).
LU_DESC	Alias: Land Unit Description The LU_DESC is a general text field from the map legend. The amount of detail may vary between surveys.
SOIL	Alias: Dominant Soil Order The dominant soil order described in a land unit is recorded.
SOIL_SYS	Alias: Soil Classification System The soil classification system used to describe the soil in the land unit description
SPECIES_1	Alias: Veg Species 1 The dominant vegetation species described in a land unit. The order of species listed determines their dominance.
SPECIES_2	Alias: Veg Species 2 Where 2 dominant vegetation species were described in a land unit. The order of species listed determines their dominance.
SPECIES_3	Alias: Veg Species 3 Where 3 dominant vegetation species described in a land unit.The order of species listed determines their dominance
SURVEY_ID	Alias: Survey Identifier The first five characters from the corporate survey code.
SURVEY_NME	Alias: Survey Name The full name of the report to which the mapping refers
VEG_STRUC	Alias: Dominant Veg Structure Vegetation structural classes from NVIS (ESCAVI 2003), Walker and Hopkins (1998) and Specht (1970) classification schemes
VEG_SYS	Alias: Veg Classification System The National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) classification system.

Supplementary Information

Survey identifying code: MELVI_50

Bibliographic Reference: VanCuylenburg, H.R. and Dunlop, C. (1973)
LAND UNITS OF THE SEVENTEEN MILE PLAIN, MELVILLE ISLAND (1973). REPORT NUMBER TB - 73/14. Animal Industry and Agriculture Branch, Department of the Northern Territory.

The technical report is available for download (PDF) via the Northern Territory Library, hdl.handle.net/10070/228143

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Metadata : Land Units of the Seventeen Mile Plain, Melville Island, Northern Territory.