New South Wales Local Land District Administrative Boundaries

A geospatial dataset defining administrative boundaries for land districts in New South Wales, Australia. Created by Spatial Services, a business unit of the NSW Department of Customer Service, it was initially published on May 5, 2020. The data is part of the state's Foundation Spatial Data Framework and is scheduled for a coordinate reference system update.

Use Cases

• Aggregate land parcel data to district and regional levels for administrative reporting using district boundaries.
• Perform spatial joins to analyze demographic or environmental data within specific land districts using polygon geometries.
• Create thematic maps for land use planning and resource management by styling district boundary features.
• Align or validate other cadastral datasets, such as Lot and Property data, using the positional accuracy standards documented for this dataset.

Strengths

• Provides full-state coverage of New South Wales administrative geography.
• Maintains documented positional accuracy standards, with 90% of well-defined points within 0.5mm at map scale.
• Integrated into the authoritative NSW Foundation Spatial Data Framework.

Limitations

• Uses the GDA94 spatial reference system, which may cause misalignment in modern GDA2020 environments.
• Spatial accuracy varies based on original source map scales, ranging from 1:500 to 1:250,000.
• The service is scheduled for retirement, indicating it is not the long-term maintained version.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services, Department of Customer Service, New South Wales Government.

Collection Method

Digitized from the best available cadastral mapping at various scales.

Time Range

Initial publication date 2020-05 -05; data currency date listed as 3000-01-01.

Freshness

Data currency date is listed as 01/01/3000, but the service is flagged for retirement, suggesting updates may be limited.

Geography

Full state of New South Wales, Australia.