Tank Point Locations for Gas, Water, and Petroleum Storage in New South Wales

Tank Point is a point feature class defining structures used for the storage of fluids. The dataset includes separate themes for gas, water, and petroleum storage tanks, with geometries aligned to Spatial Services Defined Administrative Data Sets where possible. It is published by Spatial Services, a business unit of the Department of Customer Service NSW, and has been updated to the GDA2020 national spatial standard.

Use Cases

• Risk assessment modeling based on the proximity of gas, water, and petroleum storage tanks to populated areas.
• Infrastructure planning and zoning analysis using the geospatial point locations of fluid storage structures.
• Environmental monitoring by tracking the distribution of petroleum storage facilities across New South Wales.
• Public safety and emergency response planning based on the categorized locations of gas and water tanks.

Strengths

• Updated to the GDA2020 national spatial standard, improving accuracy and compatibility with modern positioning technologies.
• Categorizes storage tanks by fluid type (gas, water, petroleum), allowing for thematic analysis.
• Geometries are aligned with authoritative Spatial Services Defined Administrative Data Sets where possible.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services, a business unit of the Department of Customer Service NSW.

Collection Method

Data provider files, captured by utilising the best available source at a variety of scales and accuracies.

Freshness

Data currency date is listed as 01/01/3000, which is likely a placeholder; last platform update was 2026-05-17.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia.