Southern Grampians Model of Phalaris Suitability for Land Use Capability

Southern Grampians Shire Council in Australia provides a current suitability model for the commodity Phalaris. The model was developed by Deakin University through the Land Use Capability project for the council. The dataset was last updated on 2026-04-26 and is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Assess land suitability for Phalaris cultivation based on modelled environmental factors.
• Integrate geospatial suitability layers into regional agricultural planning systems.
• Validate or compare land capability models for forage crop production.

Strengths

• Model is linked to a detailed scientific report from Deakin University explaining methods.
• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (WMS, SHP, GEOJSON, WFS, CSV) for flexibility.
• License is permissive (CC-BY-4.0) for reuse and redistribution.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is in the future (2026-04-26).

Provenance

Source

Southern Grampians Shire Council and Deakin University

Collection Method

Modelled through the Land Use Capability project.

Time Range

Current suitability model; specific temporal coverage is not detailed.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-26 17:19:07.589699

Geography

Southern Grampians Shire Council, Australia