Victoria State Boundary from Geoscape Administrative Data

November 2019 boundaries provide the legal digital state boundary for Victoria, Australia. The dataset is part of the Geoscape Administrative Boundaries collection, built and maintained by Geoscape Australia using authoritative cadastre data from state and territory jurisdictions. It is released by the Department of Industry, Science and Resources under a CC BY 4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Perform spatial joins using the boundary geometry to aggregate point data (e.g., census responses, business locations) within Victoria.
• Calculate area or perimeter metrics from the polygon features for state-level geographic analysis.
• Overlay the state boundary layer on maps for visualization and reference in regional planning applications.
• Validate the location of other geographic features against the authoritative state boundary to ensure data consistency.

Strengths

• Derived from authoritative government cadastre data for legal accuracy.
• Offers coordinate data in both GDA94 and GDA2020 geodetic datums as of November 2019.

Limitations

• The specific temporal coverage (November 2019) may not reflect recent boundary changes.
• Row count and file size metrics are not provided in the source description.

Provenance

Source

Geoscape Australia, built from cadastre data provided by Australian state and territory jurisdictions.

Collection Method

Digitally derived from authoritative government cadastre data.

Time Range

Snapshot as of November 2019.

Freshness

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Geography

State of Victoria, Australia.