NSW Hydrography: Topographic Map of Water Features and Drainage

A web service provides a topographic map of New South Wales showing hydrography-related features and drainage. The data includes 14 feature types such as waterfalls, springs, bores, dams, lakes, and oceans. It is published by Spatial Services (DCS) under a CC-BY-4.0 license and was last updated on 2026-05-12.

Use Cases

• Map water resource locations based on features like Bores and StockDams.
• Analyze drainage patterns and watersheds based on Hydroline and Named Watercourse data.
• Assess environmental features and habitats based on Reefs_Mangroves and Swamps_LSI layers.
• Plan infrastructure or conservation projects based on Dams_Large and Lakes_Major features.

Strengths

• Includes 14 distinct hydrographic feature types, from waterfalls to oceans.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Served via multiple standard web formats (WMS, ESRI REST).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is in the future (2026-05-12).

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services (DCS), data_gov_au

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 23:25:09.286106

Geography

New South Wales, Australia