Title

VEAC Metropolitan Melbourne Open Space Inventory 

Alternate title

VEAC_METRO_OPEN_SPACE 

Purpose

The dataset was created to provide a comprehensive spatial inventory of open space public land and to inform discussion on open space issues in metropolitan Melbourne. 

Credit

Kuniko Yamada, Grimaldo Villaneuva, Mark Robey VEAC 

Supplemental Information

History: This dataset was based on the ARCUE 2002 open space datasbase and updated for all Melbourne metropolitan suburbs for the VEAC Metropolitan Melbourne Investigation. Relationship to other Datasets: ARCUE 2002 Open Space Database Future Design Issues: No future work is planned. Related Documents: Metropolitan Melbourne Investigation Discussion Paper VEAC August 2011. - A copy of this report is located at www.veac.vic.gov.au,Metropolitan Melbourne Investigation Discussion Paper VEAC October 2010. - A copy of this report is located at www.veac.vic.gov.au 

Status

Completed  

Horizontal Accuracy

25m  

Code

4283 

Maintenance and update frequency

Unknown  

Topic category

• Planning cadastre
• Society
• Boundaries

Use limitation

General 

Classification

Unclassified  

Statement

Dataset Source: The following source datasets were used in the compilation of The Melbourne Open Space Inventory; The Department of Sustainability and Environment's VM Crown Land parcels dataset, Victorian Government agency land datasets, the ARCUE 2002 open space database, the Victorian online planning schemes database, Parks Victoria's Metropolitan Trail Network dataset and some local council open space datasets. Dataset Originality: Derived 

Description

Collection Method: derived datasets, digitised aerial imagery 

Description

The source datasets were combined into a single dataset showing public land and local council land. Additional polygons of open space were identified from aerial imagery and digitised. Polygons of open space were validated against a variety of sources. The resultant open space polygons were classified into one of six categories ('protected area; natural and semi-natural area; parkland and garden; organised recreation area; civic square and promenade; and recreation corridor), and ownership was identified. The compiled dataset was externally verified by Victorian Government agencies and local councils. 

Classification

Unclassified  

Attribute Quality

Comments

Not Known 

Positional Accuracy

Comments

Input datasets have varying positional accuracies. Where possible Melbourne Open Space Inventory polygons were referenced back to the cadastre. However, not all polygon boundaries are coincident with cadastral parcels. This occurs for some polygons where one or more edges were digitised from 35cm resolution aerial imagery (January 2009 and December 2010). 

Conceptual Consistency

Comments

Topology rules were implemented using ArcGIS to ensure no overlaps or gaps. All polygons are attributed with an open space type and an owner type. 

Missing Data

Comments

This dataset is complete for 31 municipalities. Generally polygons located within the planning zone types (VM.PLAN_ PLAN_ZONE) RCZ and FZ were not included in the dataset. 

Excess Data