State Vegetation Type Map: Western Region v1.0 Plant Community Types

Version 1.0 of a regional-scale map of Plant Community Types for New South Wales, Australia, superseded by a newer version in June 2022. The NSW Office of Environment and Heritage produced this seamless map from the best available imagery, site surveys, and environmental information. It integrates several previous mapping projects and includes manual revisions using 2.5m SPOT 5 aerial photo interpretation.

Use Cases

• Assessing native vegetation significance based on mapped Plant Community Types.
• Integrating regional vegetation data with other environmental datasets using the geospatial format.
• Monitoring changes in vegetation structure through time-series aerial photo interpretation.
• Supporting land-use planning decisions with regional-scale vegetation community information.

Strengths

• Integrates multiple prior mapping projects (e.g., VIS_ID 4186, 4453, 4454).
• Based on manual revision using 2.5m SPOT 5 time-series imagery.
• Establishes a one-to-one relationship between Plant Community Type and Vegetation Photo Pattern.

Limitations

• This specific version (v1.0) is superseded and will be archived after March 31, 2025.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the Western Region of NSW.

Provenance

Source

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), now part of the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.

Collection Method

Constructed from best available imagery, site survey records, and environmental information, with manual aerial photo interpretation.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 06:58:48.499194; freshness should be verified as the dataset is superseded.

Geography

Western Region of New South Wales, Australia.