Spatial Map Viewer: Foundation Spatial Data for New South Wales, Australia

Spatial Services from the NSW Department of Customer Service provides a web application for accessing foundation spatial data. The application enables users to reference a common source of spatial data for policy, business, operational, research, and personal decision-making. Its initial publication and data currency date is October 30, 2019.

Use Cases

• Develop policy based on authoritative foundation spatial data.
• Support business planning and site selection using standardized geospatial references.
• Conduct operational analysis for logistics and resource management.
• Perform academic research with a common, government-provided spatial data source.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative government custodian, Spatial Services | NSW Department of Customer Service.
• The data uses standardized spatial reference systems: GDA94 for the dataset and EPSG:4326 for the web service.
• Data access policy is listed as 'Open' under a Creative Commons license.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Data currency is listed as October 30, 2019; freshness should be verified.
• The specific spatial extent, data quality details, and content lineage are not provided in the metadata.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services | NSW Department of Customer Service

Time Range

Initial publication and data currency date: 30/10/2019

Freshness

Data currency is listed as 30/10/2019; update frequency is 'Other'.

Geography

Likely focuses on New South Wales, Australia, based on the custodian.