Queensland Coastal Wetland Vegetation Mapping from Landsat Imagery, 1986-1999

Queensland coastal wetland vegetation mapping at a 1:100,000 scale, including mangrove communities, saltpans, and saline grasslands. The data was created from Landsat TM images with ground truthing, and additional metadata details techniques and accuracy for each coastline section. The dataset is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated on the platform in July 2026.

Use Cases

• Monitor changes in mangrove extent and health based on multi-temporal satellite imagery.
• Model coastal habitat distribution and biodiversity based on mapped wetland vegetation communities.
• Assess the impact of coastal development or climate change based on historical wetland mapping from 1986-1999.
• Validate newer remote sensing classification algorithms based on the ground-truthed historical maps.

Strengths

• Includes ground truthing for validation, which likely improves classification accuracy.
• Covers multiple distinct coastal regions of Queensland over a time range from 1986 to 1999.
• Provides additional metadata detailing techniques and accuracy for each section of coastline.

Limitations

• Data currency varies significantly by region, with the oldest mapping from 1986 and the most recent from 1999.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network via data.gov.au

Collection Method

Mapping taken from Landsat TM images with ground truthing.

Time Range

1986 to 1999, with specific years varying by coastal region.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-22 02:21:54.376035; freshness should be verified

Geography

Coastal wetlands of Queensland, Australia, from the Northern Territory border to Moreton Region.