City of Hobart BYDA Layers: Urban Infrastructure and Cadastre

City of Hobart's BYDA Layers provide a multi-faceted geospatial dataset for the municipality. It includes building footprints, cadastre parcel boundaries, stormwater networks, road formations, trees, and other urban infrastructure assets. The dataset is structured as multiple thematic layers for GIS analysis.

Use Cases

• Development planning based on building footprints and cadastre parcel boundaries.
• Stormwater system modeling based on stormwater nodes, pipes, and branch connections.
• Urban tree canopy assessment based on significant tree and tree area layers.
• Road network analysis based on road centre lines and road formation data.
• Utility asset mapping based on infrastructure cables and potential underground electrical assets.

Strengths

• Contains multiple detailed thematic layers for comprehensive urban analysis.
• Cross-platform presence on data.gov.au indicates official municipal sourcing.
• Includes both natural (trees, rivers) and built (buildings, roads, utilities) environment features.

Limitations

• Column names and specific data schemas are not provided in the metadata.
• Exact row counts, file sizes, and spatial extents are unknown.
• The 'other' license type requires further investigation for specific usage rights.

Provenance

Source

City of Hobart Open Data, authored by HCCGISICT.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from municipal Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated on 2026-04 11.

Geography

City of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.