Ramsar Wetland Areas in Victoria at 1:25,000 Scale

Polygons defining Ramsar wetland areas in Victoria, updated to improve accuracy. The layer has been realigned and updated to match current VICMAP parcel, road, hydro, and water area data, and uses high-resolution digital aerial photography to achieve a precision of 1:25,000. It is provided by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Map wetland conservation areas based on Ramsar Convention polygons.
• Analyze land-use changes near protected wetlands based on alignment with VICMAP parcel data.
• Perform spatial analysis of wetland boundaries using the 1:25,000 scale precision.
• Integrate wetland data with other environmental datasets based on the updated hydro and water area alignment.

Strengths

• Updated to match current VICMAP parcel, road, hydro, and water area data.
• Realigned using high-resolution digital aerial photography.
• Achieves a precision of 1:25,000.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Collection Method

Based on RAMSAR100 layer, realigned and updated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 03:59:27.301766; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Victoria, Australia