NSW Features of Interest: Cultural Points of Interest for New South Wales

Spatial Services (DCS) provides the NSW Features of Interest Category, a geospatial dataset cataloging cultural and man-made features across New South Wales, Australia. The dataset excludes most transportation-related features and does not fit within the ten foundation spatial data themes. This service is currently transitioning from the GDA94 to the GDA2020 geodetic datum, with the original version marked for retirement.

Use Cases

• Mapping emergency services and other civic infrastructure locations based on described cultural features.
• Enriching basemaps for regional planning and community resource directories.
• Supporting spatial analysis of non-transportation man-made feature distribution across NSW.

Strengths

• Managed by an authoritative government source, Spatial Services (DCS).
• Explicitly documented transition path to a modern geodetic datum (GDA2020).

Limitations

• Key metadata is missing, including row count, column schema, and specific license terms.
• The primary listed version is deprecated and scheduled for retirement, requiring users to migrate.
• The GDA94 spatial reference may cause misalignment in modern GDA2020 mapping environments.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services (DCS)

Freshness

2026-05-18 05:03:09.616169

Geography

New South Wales, Australia