Land Resources of the Singleton Station Application Area

Index:

Metadata
Citation
Description

Dataset Status
Data Quality
Contact Information
Data Dictionary
Supplementary Information

Metadata Details:

Name:AS/NZS ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata, ANZLIC Metadata Profile

Version:1.0

Date Metadata Extracted:2024-11-22

Date Metadata Last Updated:2013-09-27

Current URL (HTML format) : http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=html&metadata_id=E70819BD73130BE1E040CD9B21442E3E

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Citation

ANZLIC Identifier:E70819BD73130BE1E040CD9B21442E3E

Title: Land Resources of the Singleton Station Application Area

Citation Date:2013-03-01

Date Type:creation

Custodian:Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security

Description

Abstract:

This spatial dataset provides polygon information on the land unit boundaries of the Singleton Station Application Area and describes dominant landform, soils and vegetation.
The survey area covers 25km2 and is located on the Singleton Station property; between Wycliffe Well and Wauchope, Northern Territory. The associated report aims to describe the resources of the Application Area so that suitability for horticulture can be determined. The original field survey was undertaken in 1988 at a mapping scale of 1:25,000.

Core attributes describing the land units were added to the spatial dataset in September 2013.

ANZLIC Search Words:

biota

geoscientificInformation

imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

Spatial Domain:

Bounding Coordinates:

North Bounding Coordinate:-20.724

South Bounding Coordinate:-20.776

East Bounding Coordinate:134.303

West Bounding Coordinate:134.252

Dataset Status

Dataset ID:

Language:English

Character Set: Latin 1

Progress:completed

Maintenance and Update Frequency:notPlanned

Data Currency Start Date:2001-03-01

Data Currency End Date:2013-09-16

Access Constraint:

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

You are licensed to use the DENR 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 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 topographic map sheets 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 aerial photography and digital satellite imagery, geological and topographic data. Field data (site information) 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
Map unit boundaries transferred from aerial photographs to topographic maps, using the best available topographic mapping at the time (generally 1:100 000) via a mapograph. Level of accuracy depends on the number of control points on individual aerial photographs. 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 to high.

POINT DATA
Site point coordinates derived from a geographic positioning system with general accuracy of within 10-50m.

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, 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 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

CAP_CLASS Alias: Horticultural Capability Class
3 x numeric classes defined by Wetness, Flooding, Slope, Water Erosion Hazard, Rockiness, Soils Depth, Soil Complexity. 1 Capable with minor to moderate limitations

2 Capable with severe limitations

3 Unsuitable

CAP_DESC Alias: Horticultural Capability Description
Text field used to describe numeric classes.

DOUBLE_LAB Alias: Land Unit Other Component
used where a land unit label shares 2 descriptions.

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).

LF_DESC Alias: Landform Description
Landform related 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_DESC Alias: Soil Description
Soil related text field from the map legend. The amount of detail may vary between surveys

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

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

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

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

SURVEY_ID Alias: Survey Identifier
A department code that usually refers to the first five characters from the original survey site sheet.

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

VEG_DESC Alias: Vegetation Description
The VEG_DESC is the vegetation related text field from the map legend. The amount of detail may vary between surveys.

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
CAP_CLASS	Alias: Horticultural Capability Class 3 x numeric classes defined by Wetness, Flooding, Slope, Water Erosion Hazard, Rockiness, Soils Depth, Soil Complexity.	1	Capable with minor to moderate limitations
		2	Capable with severe limitations
		3	Unsuitable
CAP_DESC	Alias: Horticultural Capability Description Text field used to describe numeric classes.
DOUBLE_LAB	Alias: Land Unit Other Component used where a land unit label shares 2 descriptions.
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).
LF_DESC	Alias: Landform Description Landform related 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_DESC	Alias: Soil Description Soil related text field from the map legend. The amount of detail may vary between surveys
SOIL_SYS	Alias: Soil Classification System The soil classification system used to describe the soil in the land unit description
SPECIES_ 3	Alias: Veg Dom Species 3 Where 3 dominant vegetation species described in a land unit.The order of species listed determines their dominance
SPECIES_1	Alias: Veg Dom Species 1 The dominant vegetation species described in a land unit. The order of species listed determines their dominance.
SPECIES_2	Alias: Veg Dom Species 2 Where 2 dominant vegetation species were described in a land unit. The order of species listed determines their dominance.
SURVEY_ID	Alias: Survey Identifier A department code that usually refers to the first five characters from the original survey site sheet.
SURVEY_NME	Alias: Survey Name The full name of the report to which the mapping refers
VEG_DESC	Alias: Vegetation Description The VEG_DESC is the vegetation related text field from the map legend. The amount of detail may vary between surveys.
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

Department Survey Code (Land Other): SING_25

Bib Reference: Mark Sugars, Diana Whitehouse (March 2001), Land Resources of the Singleton Station Application Area and A Reconnaissance Land Capability Survey Identifying Potential Areas for Horticultural Development in the Singleton - Murray Downs Study Area; Natural Resources Division, Department of Lands, Planning and Environment; Alice Springs, Northern Territory.

The technical report is available for download (PDF) via the Northern Territory Library, hdl.handle.net/10070/247286

The report also refers to a larger reconnaissance survey over Singleton and Murray Downs Stations. Dept Survey Code (Land Other) SINGHP_200

This record maintained using the NTLIS Metadata Tool

Metadata : Land Resources of the Singleton Station Application Area