NSW State Forest Administrative Boundaries in GDA2020

State Forest is a dataset within the NSW Administrative Boundaries theme of the Foundational Spatial Data Framework. It represents gazetted areas reserved for forestry purposes and is maintained by the NSW Forestry Corporation. The dataset was initially published on 05/02/2020 and is updated from information sourced from the Office of Environment and Heritage and NSW Government Gazette notices.

Use Cases

• Mapping forestry reserves based on gazetted administrative boundaries.
• Aligning land parcel data with forestry areas based on positional relationships.
• Analyzing land use changes impacting state forest extents.
• Integrating forestry data with national spatial standards (GDA2020).

Strengths

• Dataset aligns with the national GDA2020 standard, improving accuracy and compatibility.
• Maintained from authoritative sources: Office of Environment and Heritage and NSW Government Gazette notices.
• Positional relationship maintained with Lot and Property digital datasets.

Limitations

• No overall positional accuracy reported in the database.
• Row count and column definitions are unknown.
• Features were digitised from cadastral mapping at scales ranging from 1:500 to 1:250,000, implying variable precision.

Provenance

Source

NSW Forestry Corporation, Spatial Services (Department of Customer Service NSW).

Collection Method

Digitised from best available cadastral mapping and maintained from government gazette notices.

Freshness

Data currency date listed as 01/01/3000; update frequency is listed as 'Other'.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia.