Remnant Vegetation of the Western Cumberland Subregion, 2013 Update

A 2013 GIS update focused on removing large cleared areas and adding regrowth within the western Cumberland Plain. The work integrated a previous 2008 update and excluded urban vegetation with less than 10% canopy cover. NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water produced this layer for the Biodiversity Investment Opportunities Map.

Use Cases

• Identify areas of significant vegetation regrowth based on 2011-2012 imagery mentioned in the description
• Map cleared areas for biodiversity investment planning based on the project's stated purpose
• Analyze remnant vegetation patterns excluding urban land cover with less than 10% canopy cover as specified
• Integrate historical vegetation data by leveraging the incorporated 2008 update

Strengths

• Update conducted at a detailed scale of approximately 1:10,000 to 1:15,000
• Explicitly excludes urban vegetation with less than 10% canopy cover (Txu class)
• Integrated a previous scientific update from 2008

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Areas within the Sydney Metro CMA boundary were not updated, creating a potential data gap

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

GIS analysis of 2011 and 2012 imagery, updating previous vegetation layers.

Time Range

2013

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 06:09:28.683982; freshness should be verified

Geography

Western Cumberland subregion, New South Wales, Australia