Farm Dam Points: Digitized Waterbody Centroids for Northern Victoria

Digitized centroids of smaller man-made waterbodies, including farm dams, in northern Victoria. The dataset was created using a combination of satellite and aerial imagery and was updated in January 2019 to improve attribute data. It is provided by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Mapping water resource distribution based on satellite and aerial imagery centroids.
• Analyzing agricultural water infrastructure density based on farm dam locations.
• Conducting land-use and environmental impact studies based on man-made waterbody data.
• Integrating spatial data for regional planning based on the dataset's geographic focus on northern Victoria.

Strengths

• Data is derived from satellite and aerial imagery, suggesting a remote-sensing foundation.
• Attribute data was specifically updated in January 2019 to improve usefulness.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (DWG, GDB, SHP, MIF, DXF, EXTENDED TAB, TAB).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Freshness should be verified as the last metadata update is 2026-04-09.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Collection Method

Digitized from a combination of satellite and aerial imagery.

Time Range

Data updated January 2019.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 08:14:42.585387

Geography

Northern Victoria, Australia.