Potentially Arable Land (DPIRD-026) approximates land area available for agriculture in Western Australia. The dataset was created by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development's Geographic Information Services and was last updated in March 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze land suitability for cropping in the Wheatbelt region using derived agricultural potential layers.
- Model agricultural expansion by integrating this land availability data with other land use datasets.
- Support regional planning by assessing the spatial distribution of potentially arable areas for agriculture.
Strengths
- Derived from multiple source datasets to provide an integrated approximation.
- Maintained by the authoritative state Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.
- Available in multiple geospatial formats including WFS, WMS, SHP, and GeoJSON for interoperability.
Limitations
- The 'potentially arable' classification is an approximation, not a definitive ground-truthed assessment.
- Specific column definitions, row counts, and spatial resolution are unknown from the provided input.
- Temporal coverage and update frequency are not specified, limiting time-series analysis.
Provenance
- Source
- Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Geographic Information Services.
- Collection Method
- Derived from a number of source datasets to provide an approximation.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-24.
- Geography
- Western Australia.