Coastal Levees in Australia Captured via Aerial Imagery and LiDAR

The Department of Primary Industries created this dataset of coastal levees for the Future Coasts Program in 2011. It was captured using aerial imagery and a topographic LiDAR Digital Elevation Model (DEM). The dataset is provided by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling coastal flood risk based on levee location and elevation data.
• Planning coastal infrastructure maintenance and upgrades based on the spatial inventory of levees.
• Conducting environmental impact assessments for coastal zones using the geospatial levee data.
• Integrating levee data with other hydrological models for the Future Coasts Program.

Strengths

• Data is derived from aerial imagery and LiDAR DEM, suggesting high spatial accuracy.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (DWG, SHP, GDB, etc.) for compatibility with various GIS tools.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for reuse and modification.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and total spatial extent are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The core data capture was in 2011; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

Department of Primary Industries for the Future Coasts Program.

Collection Method

Captured using aerial imagery and the Future Coasts topographic LiDAR Digital Elevation Model (DEM).

Time Range

2011

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04 08 21:54:39.987370; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Coastal areas of Australia (likely).