Greater Taree Vegetation Mapping for Koala Habitat, 2006

Greater Taree LGA Vegetation 2006 is a vegetation map revision for the Greater Taree City Council Area. The mapping was conducted via aerial photograph interpretation using a classification system suitable for koala habitat determination. The dataset is provided by the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water and was last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Model koala habitat suitability based on vegetation classification.
• Analyze land cover change by comparing this 2006 map to earlier or later revisions.
• Inform local conservation planning based on mapped vegetation types.
• Assess vegetation distribution within the Greater Taree Local Government Area.

Strengths

• Dataset has a specific, documented purpose for koala habitat determination.
• Data is provided by a state government environmental department (NSW DCCEEW).
• Dataset is available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Multiple standard geospatial file formats are available (PDF, ESRI REST, ZIP, WMS).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Collection Method

Aerial photograph interpretation by Paul McDonald.

Time Range

2006

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 04:45:24.966111; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Greater Taree City Council Area (Local Government Area), New South Wales, Australia.