NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service Reserve Boundaries in GDA2020
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Description
National Parks and Wildlife Service Reserve is a foundational spatial dataset for New South Wales, Australia. It contains boundaries for areas reserved under the National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1974, including National Parks, Nature Reserves, and Historic Sites. The dataset is maintained by the Office of Environment and Heritage and is aligned with the national GDA2020 geodetic standard.
Use Cases
Mapping protected area networks based on the described reserve types (National Park, Nature Reserve, Historic Site).
Analyzing administrative land boundaries for conservation planning based on the dataset's alignment with the Foundation Spatial Data Framework.
Integrating reserve data with other land parcel datasets based on the described positional relationship with the Lot and Property theme.
Strengths
Adheres to the national GDA2020 geodetic standard, improving accuracy and compatibility.
Part of the Foundational Spatial Data Framework (FSDF), ensuring consistency with other NSW administrative datasets.
Maintains positional alignment with the authoritative Lot and Property digital datasets.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
Provenance
Source
Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), sourced from government gazette notices.
Collection Method
Maintained from information sourced from Office of Environment and Heritage and NSW Government Gazette notices.
Time Range
Initial publication date is 05/02/2020.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-04 27 05:15:36.647825; data currency is listed as 01/01/3000, indicating a planned long-term validity.
Geography
New South Wales, Australia.
Data is provided as an ArcGIS REST Service; users may require compatible GIS software for access and analysis.