BYDA Layers: Cadastre and Infrastructure for Hobart

City of Hobart's BYDA Layers provide a geospatial dataset of municipal assets and land information. It includes cadastre parcel boundaries, road networks, stormwater systems, building footprints, trees, and parking sensors. The data supports urban planning, asset management, and environmental analysis for the local government area.

Use Cases

• Property boundary verification based on cadastre parcel boundaries.
• Stormwater network analysis based on stormwater pipes and nodes.
• Urban tree canopy assessment based on significant tree and tree area layers.
• Road infrastructure planning based on road centre lines and formation data.
• Parking management and analysis based on parking sensor locations.

Strengths

• Cross-platform presence on data.gov.au indicates established use and official sourcing.
• Contains a wide range of specific municipal layers, including cadastre, infrastructure, and environmental features.
• Maintained by the City of Hobart's GIS/ICT team (HCCGISICT), suggesting authoritative origin.

Limitations

• Critical metadata is missing: row counts, file sizes, and specific column names are not provided.
• License is listed only as 'other', which may restrict clear usage rights.
• The 'last updated' date is in the future (2026-04-11), indicating a metadata error or placeholder value.

Provenance

Source

City of Hobart Open Data, authored by HCCGISICT.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from the city's internal geographic information systems (GIS).

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated metadata shows 2026-04 11, but a prior entry shows 2026-03-25; the future date is likely an error.

Geography

City of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.