ACTGOV Variable Message Sign Assets in the Australian Capital Territory

A point dataset shows the locations of Variable Message Signs in the Australian Capital Territory. Assets are owned or managed by the City and Environment Directorate and include attributes like location description, suburb, ownership, and maintenance dates. The dataset is captured through a works-as-executed handover process or field audits and was last updated on 2026-04-04.

Use Cases

• Map and visualize the spatial distribution of traffic information assets based on location data.
• Analyze asset ownership and maintenance responsibilities based on the 'ownership' and 'maintained by' attributes.
• Plan infrastructure maintenance schedules based on commission, modification, and last replacement dates.
• Filter and categorize assets by type, such as Mobile/Trailer Mounted or Overhead Variable Message Signs, based on the asset sub type attribute.

Strengths

• Includes multiple temporal attributes: commission, connection, modification, and last replacement dates.
• Provides asset categorization, including ownership, maintenance responsibility, and asset sub type.
• Available in multiple geospatial and tabular formats, including GPKG, GEOJSON, CSV, and XLSX.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, as it is limited to the Australian Capital Territory and may exclude privately or federally managed assets.

Provenance

Source

ACT Government Geospatial Data Catalogue (ACTmapi), author cityoperationsactgov.

Collection Method

Assets are captured and maintained in the asset database through the works as executed (WAE) handover process or field audits.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-04 02:50:41.744534; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australian Capital Territory.