Land cover mapping data is an annual component of the Victorian Land Use Information System, the VLUIS. The land cover information has been created specifically for the VLUIS using time series analysis of the MOD13Q1 or MYD13Q1 products produced by NASA using data collected by the MODIS sensor and freely available on the Reverb | ECHO website. Ground data is collected annually across Victoria using a stratified random sampling approach for calibration of the annual seasonal curves and validation of the classification output. The ground data is split into three groups with 50% used to develop classification rules, 25% used to produce interim validation results that feed back into the rule development process with the remaining 25% used to independently validate the final classification. Error matrices for each land cover dataset from 2009 have been produced from this final validation. The TIMESAT GUI is used to create smoothed annual time series for the Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) and the Red and Near Infrared (NIR) MOD13Q1 or MYD13Q1 bands using the Savitsky-Golay algorithm. A time series of 21 images was used and a suite of 11 seasonal parameters created that each numerically describe features of the annual seasonal curves for each band. In addition the standard deviation of the annual seasonal curve is calculated for each band and used in conjunction with the seasonal parameters. A three-tiered hierarchical classification was developed to assign a dominant land cover class to each pixel. Initially, rules developed using the data mining tool See5 and / or expert knowledge were applied to the seasonal parameters and the annual standard deviation in conjunction with a GIS data-set of water bodies greater than 12.5ha in area to classify each pixel as either Tree, Non-tree or Water based on two data sets from the corporate spatial data library, HY_WATER_AREA_POLY.shp and VM_LITE_HY_WATER_AREA.shp; and are combined to form the water bodies layer. In addition, the primary classes are cross checked using data from preceding and following years to reduce misclassification prior to the secondary classification. A secondary classification developed using rules based on expert knowledge and / or See5 is applied to split the primary class Tree into the secondary classes Native Woody Cover and Treed Production and the primary class Non-tree into the secondary classes Pasture/ Grassland and Crops. Finally, a tertiary classification further divides the secondary class Treed Production into the tertiary classes Hardwood Plantation, Softwood Plantation and evergreen or deciduous Woody Horticulture and the secondary class Crops into the tertiary classes Brassicas, Legumes, Cereals and Non-Woody Horticulture based on rules developed using the data mining tool See5 and modified where appropriate by expert knowledge. Additional information on land cover mapping, including map symbology, can be found on Victorian Resources Online. DOI 10.26279/5b98592d6b27d

Contains details only on current titles. The idea is to save the original area and when the title finally expires, transfer it to the expired layers eg ELHST

This dataset is the primary data output from the Corangamite land resource assessment project undertaken in 2002-2003. It contains soil and land information at a scale of 1:100 000 for all land in the region. The study also includes land degradation assessments for each unit. At the map scale of this dataset soil-landform units are not homogeneous. For each defined soil-landform unit, the number and proportion of landforms and soil types will vary. A group or groups of soils have been associated with each unit. representative sites and their associated profile properties are recorded in the study report. Importantly it should be noted that soil attributes (for example texture, sodicity, pH) are expected to vary between acquired soil sites. As the variability of soil attributes within a map unit is difficult to predict, it is important to note that representative soils should be used as a guide only. The study report describing the project methodology and dataset attributes, including representative soil profile data, is available from the Victorian Resources Online website (http://vro.depi.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/coranregn.nsf/pages/soil_landform_map). DOI 10.4226/92/58e7149507e74

Expired Mining and Extractive Licences

Oil and Gas Facilities Including Platforms, Power Stations etc. Land based installations are accurate to 10,000 metres except for sites updated from information from MAFFRI. Most platforms are accurate to 10 to 100 metres.

Land where special permission must be obtained for Geothermal Energy Operations This layer was developed for land classification for the Geothermal Energy Resurces Act 2005 This layer is derived mostly from selections from Public Land Management PLM25. Other sources of data include PLM100_V_MMT_WILDLIFE_MGMT for wildlife reserves, PLM100_V_MMT_HERITAGE_RIVER for heritage rivers, PLM100_V_MMT_NATRL_CATCHMENT for natural catchemnt area , PLM100_V_MMT_REFERENCE_AREAS for reference areas, PLM100_V_MMT_WILDERNESS_ZONE for wilderness zones and VEACREC25_POLYGON for water authority land. The dataset PLM25_GERA is an amalgamation of features defined by: Gothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 - SECT 79 Gothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 - SECT 81 Gothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 - SECT 82 and Gothermal Energy Resources Act 2005 - SECT 85 The GeoVic3 layers: Wilderness and Reference (GERA s79) Restricted Crown Land (GERA s.81) Water Authority Land (GERA s 82) and National and State Parks (GERA s. 85) are subsets from the layer PLM25_GERA PLM25_GERA has captured the following features: regional parks coastal parks, including Gippsland Lakes Reserve marine parks wildlife reserves including Wildlife Management Co-operative Areas wildlife reserves including Wildlife Management Co-operative Areas natural features and scenic reserves including caves and geological reserves bushland reserves historic areas and reserves public land water frontage reserves streamside reserves including River Murray Reserve coastal reserves national heritage parks nature conservation reserves historic and cultural features reserves alpine resorts heritage rivers natural catchment areas crown land reserves - natural feature reserves crown land reserves - nature conservation reserves crown land reserves - forest parks reference areas national parks wilderness area state parks wilderness zones marine national parks or marine sanctuaries water authority land

Coal (tonne) to Waste (bcm) ratio.

The average coal seam quality distributions were generated across the 2011 Coal model area for the : Yallournseam and splits; Morwell 1a seam and splits; Morwell 1b seam and splits; Morwell 2a seam; Morwell 2b seam; Traralgon seam and splits. For each area the following measures were taken: Total Iron % Dry Basis (iron) Acid Extractible Sodium % Dry Basis (sodium) Moisture % In situ (moisture) Net Wet Specific Energy MJ per kg In situ (nwse) Total Ash % Dry Basis (ash) Sulphur % Dry Basis (sulphur) <a href=&#09;http://geology.data.vic.gov.au/CoalResource/&#09;>Link to Coal Model Data (works in firefox , but not internet explorer)</a>

This layer 'Aboriginal Community Boundaries' will be superceded by 'VAC100' layer when a geographic version is available. Aboriginal Community Boundaries. Probably received from the National Native Title Tribunal (NNTT). Dja Dja Wrung and Lakes Entrance (LAKES E.) communities are inactive.

Petroleum permit boundaries including exploration permits, retention leases and production licences under the following Acts: Offshore 3 Nautical Mile Limit waters - Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas storage Act 2006 Onshore - Petroleum Act 2005 as of June 2007, it also includes Special Access Authorities Special Prospecting Authorities Access Authorities