ACT Tree Canopy Cover Map at 1 Meter Resolution

Australian Capital Territory canopy cover polygons at 1 meter resolution, representing vegetation above 3 meters as of April/May 2020. The data was derived from LiDAR acquired by Aerometrex and processed using DSM, DEM, and NDVI layers. The ACT Government Geospatial Data Catalogue provides this vector dataset, split into districts and 1km tiles.

Use Cases

• Model urban cooling effects based on canopy cover distribution.
• Assess urban habitat connectivity using vegetation coverage.
• Monitor changes in urban tree canopy over time using the 2020 baseline.
• Plan living infrastructure projects based on high-resolution canopy location data.

Strengths

• High-resolution 1 meter pixel data derived from LiDAR.
• Processing includes removal of building footprints and erroneous non-vegetative surfaces.
• Data is split into districts and 1km tiles for easier access and viewing.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

ACT Government Geospatial Data Catalogue (ACTmapi)

Collection Method

LiDAR data acquired by Aerometrex, processed with ArcPro geoprocessing tools and ancillary datasets.

Time Range

April/May 2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-04 03:03:44.022436; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australian Capital Territory