NSW Land Use 2007: Three Classification Schemes for New South Wales

Land use data for New South Wales, Australia, collected between June 2000 and June 2007. The dataset classifies land according to three separate schemes: the NSW Land Use Mapping Program (LUMAP), the NSW SCALD classification, and the Australian Land Use and Management (ALUM) classification. It was produced by the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water and updated in May 2011.

Use Cases

• Analyzing land use change over time based on the 2000-2007 temporal coverage.
• Comparing land classification methodologies using the three different classification schemes (LUMAP, SCALD, ALUM).
• Mapping historical land use patterns in New South Wales based on satellite imagery acquired between 1999 and 2006.
• Validating or updating current land use models with a historical baseline dataset.

Strengths

• Covers a seven-year time span from June 2000 to June 2007.
• Provides land use classifications according to three distinct, documented schemes.
• Based on satellite imagery, suggesting a spatially explicit, raster or vector data structure.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is historical, with the underlying imagery dating from 1999 to 2006.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Mapping commenced in April 2001 and completed by June 2007, based on satellite imagery.

Time Range

June 2000 to June 2007 (with source imagery from 1999-2006)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 03:23:51.245747; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia