Acid Sulphate Soil Overlays for Hobart Urban Planning

Encompassing geospatial overlays identifying areas with acid sulphate soils, an environmental hazard, within the City of Hobart. It was created by HCCGISICT for the Hobart Interim Planning Scheme 2015 and last updated in March 2026. The data is provided in multiple formats including GeoJSON, KML, and CSV.

Use Cases

• Analyze the spatial distribution of Acid Sulphate Soils overlays to inform urban development risk assessments.
• Integrate the geospatial overlays with other planning datasets to model environmental constraints on land use.
• Use the data to identify areas where site-specific investigations for acid sulphate soils are recommended prior to project commencement.

Strengths

• Data is recent, with a last update timestamp of March 2026.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including ARCGIS GEOSERVICES REST API, GeoJSON, and KML for interoperability.
• Explicitly tagged for key themes including Environmental Hazard and Urban Planning, clarifying its primary application.

Limitations

• The data provider notes the information may contain errors or omissions and may not be accurate for all users.
• No sample data or column schema is available, making initial data exploration and integration difficult.
• The spatial coverage is limited to the jurisdiction of the City of Hobart, Australia.

Provenance

Source

City of Hobart Open Data, author HCCGISICT.

Collection Method

Created for the Hobart Interim Planning Scheme 2015; specific collection method is null.

Time Range

Associated with the 2015 planning scheme; specific temporal coverage of the soil data is null.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-03-20.

Geography

City of Hobart, Australia.