State Planning Policy 2.4: Shires with Completed SGS Mapping (DMIRS-075) from the Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety provides geospatial data on Significant Geological Supplies for Basic Raw Materials. The dataset identifies local government areas where competing land use pressures and high demand for basic raw materials warrant this mapping, excluding many regional areas that do not.
Use Cases
- Analyze geospatial distribution of Significant Geological Supplies (SGS) to inform land-use planning decisions.
- Identify local government areas with competing land use pressures for Basic Raw Materials (BRM) using polygon boundaries.
- Support policy implementation for State Planning Policy 2.4 by visualizing completed SGS mapping jurisdictions.
Strengths
- Data is provided by the authoritative state department (Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety).
- Offers multiple geospatial file formats (SHP, FGDB, GEOJSON, GEOPACKAGE, WMS, WFS, API) for flexibility.
- Explicitly licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (cc-by) for reuse.
Limitations
- Dataset scope is limited to shires where mapping is completed, excluding many regional local government areas.
- No quantitative attributes (rows, columns, size) are provided to assess data volume or feature depth.
- Thematic focus is narrow, specifically on Significant Geological Supplies for Basic Raw Materials under one policy.
Provenance
- Source
- Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (Digital Data Administrator).
- Collection Method
- Mapping associated with State Planning Policy 2.4 Basic Raw Materials.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated March 2026, indicating planned future maintenance.
- Geography
- Local government areas in Western Australia, specifically the Perth Peel Region and other areas with completed mapping.