http://adl.brs.gov.au/anrdl/metadata_files/pa_luubcr9abll04711a00.xml ENGLISH utf8 No Parent dataset dataset - SpatialDataLayer - ESRI ArcInfo surface - DAFFBRSManaged science Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries : Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences Data Manager +61 2 6272 4282 +61 2 6272 2001 Data Library and Information Sciences Program GPO Box 1563 CANBERRA CITY ACT 2601 AUSTRALIA pointOfContact Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry : Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences Data Manager +61 2 6272 4282 +61 2 6272 2001 Core 5 Level 2 Wing 5 GPO Box 1563 CANBERRA CITY ACT 2601 AUSTRALIA info.abares@daff.gov.au distributor 2001-09-10ISO 19115/191392003/cor1:2006 fullPlanarGraph surface 5115 -P Unprojected -U decimal degrees -E Geodetic Referencing System 1980 -D Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 -z -p -p -m -e -n -u -o -s -P Albers Equal Area Conic -U Metres -E Geodetic Reference System 1980 -D Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 -z -p -18 -p -36 -m 132 -o 0 -e 0 -n 0 -u Metres -s -s 0.9887 Land Use in the Upper Billabong Creek Catchment 2001-09-10 creation New South Wales Department of Sustainable Natural Resources Data Coordinator +61 2 9895 7608 +61 2 9895 7742 PO Box 3720 PARRAMATTA NSW 2150 Australia Pbliss@dlwc.nsw.gov.au custodian Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry : Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences Data Manager +61 2 6272 4282 +61 2 6272 2001 Core 5 Level 2 Wing 5 GPO Box 1563 CANBERRA CITY ACT 2601 AUSTRALIA info.abares@daff.gov.au distributor A data set of land use as at November 1999 for the Upper Billabong Creek Catchment, in southern New South Wales. The land use classification is based upon the modified Baxter and Russell classification and presented according to the specifications contained in www.LUCs.gov.au/landandwater/landuse. This classification is referred to as the Australian Land Use and Management (ALUM) Classification. Version 4 of the classification is used to describe the land use classes.The mapping was undertaken in January and February 2001. The date of the data set is set as the land use occurring at the time the satellite imagery was acquired in November 1998. completed New South Wales Department of Sustainable Natural Resources Data Coordinator +61 2 9895 7608 +61 2 9895 7742 PO Box 3720 Level 4, Macquarie Tower, 10 Valentine Avenue Parramatta NSW 2150 AUSTRALIA Pbliss@dlwc.nsw.gov.au pointOfContact asNeeded http://adl.brs.gov.au/anrdl/overviews/luubcr9abll047/luubcr9abll04711a00b.gif full screen picture of the Land Use in the Upper Billabong Creek Catchment GIF DIGITAL - ESRI Arc/Info Polygon Coverage 8 1 none LAND Use theme 1996 revision LAND Use Mapping theme 1996 revision LAND Use Mapping theme 1996 revision LAND Use Maps 1996 revision LAND Management 1996 revision Land Use discipline ABARES Topic Categories 2010-10-01 creation vector ENGLISH utf8 environment Minimum Bounding Rectangle 1 146.501 148.00 -36.498 -34.998 1 1:100 000 Map Series New South Wales Corryong 1 1:100 000 Map Series New South Wales Tallangatta 1 1:100 000 Map Series New South Wales Albury 1 1:100 000 Map Series New South Wales Tarcutta; Wagga Wagga 1 Local Government Areas (LGA) New South Wales Urana, Lockhart, Culcairn, Corowa, Hume, Wagga Wagga, Holbrook, Tumut, Tumbarumba, City of Albury Period of Data Collection 1999-11-281999-11-28 Attached is a current list of land use classes in the data set. Land Use Code Land Use Class (Version 4, Australian Land Use and Management Classification) 1.1.7 Nature conservation – other conserved area 1.3.3 Other minimal use – remnant native cover 1.3.4 Other minimal use – rehabilitation 2.2.0 Production forestry 3.1.1 Plantation forestry – hardwood plantation 3.1.2 Plantation forestry – softwood plantation 3.1.3 Plantation forestry – plantation forest nurseries 3.2.1 Farm forestry – woodlots 3.2.2 Farm forestry – windbreaks 3.3.1 Grazing modified pastures – native/exotic pasture mosaic 3.4.0 Cropping 3.5.0 Perennial horticulture 3.5.1 Perennial horticulture – tree fruits 3.5.4 Perennial horticulture – vine fruits 3.6.0 Seasonal horticulture 4.1.2 Irrigated plantation forestry – irrigated softwood plantation 4.3.0 Irrigated modified pastures 4.4.0 Irrigated cropping 4.5.1 Irrigated perennial horticulture – irrigated tree fruits 4.5.4 Irrigated perennial horticulture – irrigated vine fruits 5.2.0 Intensive animal production 5.4.1 Residential – urban residential 5.4.2 Residential – rural residential 5.5.0 Services 5.5.3 Services – recreation and culture 5.5.4 Services – defence facilities 5.7.1 Transport and communication – airports/aerodromes 5.7.2 Transport and communication – roads 5.7.3 Transport and communication – railways 5.8.2 Mining – quarries 5.9.2 Waste treatment and disposal – land fill 5.9.5 Waste treatment and disposal – sewage 6.2.0 Reservoir 6.2.1 Reservoir – water storage and treatment 6.3.0 River 6.5.1 Marsh/wetland – conservation 6.5.3 Marsh/wetland – intensive use Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry : Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences distributor ESRI Coverage Polygon 9 Uncompressed ESRI Coverage Polygon 9 WinZip ESRI ShapeFile Polygon 9 Uncompressed ESRI ShapeFile Polygon 9 WinZip ESRI Export Polygon 9 Uncompressed ESRI Export Polygon 9 WinZip ESRI Grid Integer 9 Uncompressed ESRI Grid Integer 9 WinZip 1 http://adl.brs.gov.au/data/warehouse/luubcr9abll047/luubcr9abll04711a00ecpgeo___/billb_v5 directRead VENDOR=ESRI : APPLICATION=ArcGIS Land use of Upper Billabong Catchment - NSW Land use of Upper Billabong Catchment - NSW ESRI Coverage - Polygon download 1 http://adl.brs.gov.au/data/warehouse/luubcr9abll047/luubcr9abll04711a00ecpgeo___.zip WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link--download VENDOR=ESRI : APPLICATION=ArcGIS Land use of Upper Billabong Catchment - NSW Land use of Upper Billabong Catchment - NSW ESRI Arc/Info Coverage - Polygon - WinZipped download 1 http://adl.brs.gov.au/data/warehouse/luubcr9abll047/luubcr9abll04711a00espgeo___/luubcr9abll04711a00espgeo___.shp directRead VENDOR = ESRI: APPLICATION = ArcInfo Land use of Upper Billabong Catchment - NSW Land use of Upper Billabong Catchment - NSW ESRI ShapeFile Polygon download 1 http://adl.brs.gov.au/data/warehouse/luubcr9abll047/luubcr9abll04711a00espgeo___.zip WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link--download VENDOR=ESRI : APPLICATION=ArcGIS Land use of Upper Billabong Catchment - NSW Land use of Upper Billabong Catchment - NSW ESRI ShapeFile Polygon - WinZipped download 1 http://adl.brs.gov.au/data/warehouse/luubcr9abll047/luubcr9abll04711a00eepgeo___/billb_v5.e00 directRead VENDOR=ESRI : APPLICATION=OGS Land use of Upper Billabong Catchment - NSW Land use of Upper Billabong Catchment - NSW ESRI Export - Polygon download 1 http://adl.brs.gov.au/data/warehouse/luubcr9abll047/luubcr9abll04711a00eepgeo___.zip WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link--download VENDOR=ESRI : APPLICATION=OGS Land use of Upper Billabong Catchment - NSW Land use of Upper Billabong Catchment - NSW ESRI Export Polygon - WinZipped download 1 http://adl.brs.gov.au/data/warehouse/luubcr9abll047/luubcr9abll04711a00egialb132/billb_50m directRead VENDOR=ESRI : APPLICATION=OGS Land use of Upper Billabong Catchment - NSW Land use of Upper Billabong Catchment - NSW ESRI Grid - Integer download 1 http://adl.brs.gov.au/data/warehouse/luubcr9abll047/luubcr9abll04711a00egialb132.zip WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link--download VENDOR=ESRI : APPLICATION=OGS Land use of Upper Billabong Catchment - NSW Land use of Upper Billabong Catchment - NSW ESRI Grid Integer - WinZipped download 1 http://adl.brs.gov.au/data/warehouse/luubcr9abll047/luubcr9abll04711a00ecpalbbnd/billb_bd directRead VENDOR=ESRI : APPLICATION=OGS Boundary of the Land use of Upper Billabong Catchment - NSW Boundary of the Land use of Upper Billabong Catchment - NSW ESRI Coverage - Polygon download 1 http://adl.brs.gov.au/data/warehouse/luubcr9abll047/luubcr9abll04711a00espalbbnd/luubcr9abll04711a00espalbbnd.shp directRead VENDOR=ESRI : APPLICATION=OGS Boundary of the Land use of Upper Billabong Catchment - NSW Boundary of the Land use of Upper Billabong Catchment - NSW ESRI ShapeFile - Polygon download dataset Completeness Visual Test 2003-11-01 creation The majority of land uses are described to the tertiary level with some description at secondary level for approximately 25 percent of the total survey area 1 Logical Consistency Visual Test 2003-11-01 creation All lines and polygons are tagged. Topological consistency is performed as part of the quality assurance procedures. Data are then cleaned and built in ArcInfo. 1 The data set is a newly prepared series of land use maps prepared by DSNR for the upper catchments of the Namoi River and Talbragar River in NSW. Line work is drawn on 1:50 000 plots of satellite imagery. Information plotted onto the satellite imagery prior to mapping comprised:§ the cadastral layer from the NSW Digital Cadastre Database§ boundaries of State Forests, National Parks and Nature Reserves from the NSW Digital Cadastre Database§ Property Agreements and Management Contracts funded under the NSW State Government’s Native Vegetation Management Fund§ existing irrigation developments§ land use information for the Tambar Springs and Boggabri 1:100 000 map sheets from the native vegetation data set currently in preparation.The ALUM classification defines three levels of land use description – primary, secondary and tertiary. For the project in the upper catchments of the Namoi River and Talbragar River, a majority of the land use descriptions is down to the tertiary level.Mapping is undertaken directly onto the satellite imagery using the satellite imagery, aerial photography and local knowledge as the main data sources. Details of the aerial photography are:§ Bendemeer NSW 4350, 4353, 4355 and 4356 Runs 1-6, Flown 24.03.1997-05.03.1997 Scale 1:25 000§ Bendemeer NSW , 4736 and 4737, Runs 1-13, Flown 03.01.2002-02.09.2002, Scale 1:50 000§ Blackville NSW 4527, 4543, 4544 and 4545 Runs 1-9 Flown 12.10.2000-28.03.2001, Scale 1:25 000§ Boggabri NSW 4574, 4575, 4577 and 4580 Runs 1-13 Flown 15.08.2001-17.09.2001 Scale 1:25 000§ Coolah NSW 4475, 4476, 4479, 4480 and 4490, Runs 1-13, Flown 25.03.1999-21.08.1999, Scale 1:25 000§ Curlewis NSW 4446 Runs 1-13 Flown 24.08.1998 Scale 1:25 000§ Ellerston NSW 4561 and 4562, Runs 1-3, Flown May-June 2001, Scale 1:25 000;§ Manilla NSW 4576, 4577, 4580 and 4581 Runs 1-13 Flown 06.09.2001-17.09.2001 Scale 1:25 000§ Murrurundi NSW 4539 and 4540 Runs 1-9 Flown 25.02.2001 Scale 1:25 000§ Nundle NSW 4352, 4353, 4354 and 4355 Runs 1-13 Flown 20.03.1997-25.03.1997 Scale 1:25 000§ Nundle NSW 4742, 4743, 4745, 4746 and 4747 Runs 1-13, Flown 13.09.2002-21.09.2002 Scale 1:25 000§ Tambar Springs NSW 4434 and 4435 Runs 1-7 Flown 06.04.1998-10.05.1998 Scale 1:50 000§ Tamworth NSW 4442 Runs 1-13 Flown 01.08.1998 Scale 1:25 000.The patterns and spectral signatures in the Landsat 7 imagery, which comprise band combinations of 453 RGB multispectral merged with 12.5 metre pixel panchromatic indicate very specific recognition of individual agricultural activities. A number of landholders and rural advisory officers within the main cropping belt were visited and questioned as to the land use activities and crop types occurring in particular paddocks in November 1999. The DSNR spatial database for Property Agreements and Management Contracts was used to identify the class ‘other conserved areas’ which are primarily private conservation agreements (Class 1.1.7). Broad-scale land use data are available from the Native Vegetation Mapping data set for the Boggabri and southern one-half of the Tambar Springs 1:100 000 map sheets. It has been extracted and up-dated to match the satellite image taken in 2000.Irrigation developments were identified from an existing DSNR data set being prepared by staff at Inverell Resource Centre. Foreshore lands adjoining Keepit, Split Rock and Chaffey Dams and owned and managed by DSNR are identified from existing data held by the department.Local knowledge is used for specific land use features such as the confirmation of isolated sheds as intensive animal industries, the location of turf farms and dairy farms, management practices (irrigation) associated with specific horticultural industries, and the identification of specific industries within towns. Aerial photographs are used to identify a previous cropping pattern in grazing lands for the Boggabri, Curlewis, Manilla and Tambar Springs 1:100 000 map sheets.Local information is obtained from the following sources:§ DSNR officers at Tamworth and Gunnedah§ Landcare officers at Coolah§ NSW Agriculture officers at the Tamworth Centre for Crop Improvement§ rural extension officers and/or managers with private stock and station agencies at Coolah, Dunedoo and Moonbi§ landholders at Coolah and Boggabri§ internet advertising for specific industries and districts.Field verification is carried out after the interpretation of the satellite imagery and aerial photographs. This is designed to confirm specific land uses such as:q rural residential landsq effluent disposal systemsq vineyards, orchards and olive groves and if they are irrigated on a permanent basisq specific commodity types in orchardsq dairies, piggeries and poultry shedsq eucalyptus oil plantationsq fish and yabby farmsq evidence of previous cropping activities using the presence of stubble as an indicatorq pasture improvement activities. Decision Rulesq In this project, the date of the land use data set is set as the date of the satellite imagery. The patterns and shapes of land use activities shown in the satellite imagery set the boundaries of the land use classes. Where the aerial photography post-dates the satellite imagery, specialised industries such as poultry farms and horticultural blocks that are newly established are determined by the date of photography;q A number of dairies are still in production in the project area, adjacent to alluvial areas along the Manilla and Peel Rivers. They were confirmed during the field inspections in January-March 2003. The currency of this land use class is therefore set at 2003. Dairies are not visible in the satellite imagery and the older aerial photographs of 1997 and 1998 are not reliable, even for 2000, as many dairies have ceased production over the last few years. Gate notices for tankers are the easiest way to confirm that the dairies are still producing.q Mapping of remnant native vegetation raises particular problems because of the differing perceptions of such terminology to potential users of the data. For this project, a number of criteria have been used to distinguish the different categories of native vegetation.Blocks of trees where the canopy cover is greater than 50% are classified as ‘grazing modified pastures’ when the following circumstances apply:q the blocks are less than 100 ha in size and occur within a paddock or landscape where clearing is widespreadq the sites are not fenced allowing livestock to move at random into the forested areasq tracks leading to or within the blocks can be observedq the blocks were previously burned or cut over and may now include extensive regenerationq dams have been constructed within these blocks as watering points for livestockq there is a complete absence of lower canopy and understorey species and ground litter.Blocks of trees where the canopy cover is greater than 50% are classified as ‘remnant native cover’ when the following circumstances apply:q the blocks are greater than 100 ha in sizeq there is no apparent disturbance of the site, either by burning or previous logging, cutting over or thinningq the crowns of the trees are large and matureq very steep, broken or rocky terrain, offering very low to nil grazing capacityq absence of constructed damsq it is part of a contiguous unit classified as a forest or National Park.Sites less than 100 ha in size are classified as 'remnant native cover' if field observations confirm that the understorey and ground cover species and/or ground litter are intact, with relatively low levels of disturbance. 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