Transport Facility Line: Wharves and Launching Ramps in New South Wales

Transport Facility Line is a geospatial dataset from Spatial Services, a business unit of the Department of Customer Service NSW. It defines linear transport facilities, specifically wharves and launching ramps, across the state of New South Wales. The dataset was initially published in 2020 and is part of the state's Foundational Spatial Data Framework (FSDF).

Use Cases

• Mapping maritime infrastructure assets based on the wharf and launching ramp features.
• Analyzing coastal access points for transport and logistics planning.
• Integrating transport facility data with other spatial layers for regional development studies.

Strengths

• Aligned with the national GDA2020 spatial reference standard, improving accuracy and compatibility.
• Positional accuracy is defined per map scale, ranging from 0.25 meters at 1:500 scale to 50 meters at 1:100,000 scale.
• Part of a structured foundational framework (FSDF), suggesting integration with other government spatial data.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset contains only two specific feature types (wharves and launching ramps), which may limit broader transport analysis.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale projects.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services, Department of Customer Service NSW

Collection Method

Captured from the best available source data at scales ranging from 1:500 to 1:250,000.

Freshness

Data currency is listed as 01/01/3000, which is likely a placeholder; the service was updated to GDA2020 and the record was last updated on 2026-05-24.

Geography

Full state of New South Wales, Australia