Vicmap Index: Government and Industry Map Indices for Victoria

Vicmap Index is a collection of line and polygon features delineating current government and industry map indices for Victoria, Australia, excluding the Melway index. The dataset is a combination of multiple products from the Vicmap Index suite, including Vicmap Topographic, Spatial Vision Mapbook, and Vicroads indices. It is provided by the Department of Transport and Planning and was last updated on 2026-04-09.

Use Cases

• Create standardized map sheet layouts for cartographic production based on the listed Vicmap Topographic Index products.
• Integrate and reference spatial data across different government and industry sources using the FR_FRAMEWORK_AREA polygon and line features.
• Generate mapbook page grids for publishing at various scales using the MAPBOOK_PAGEGRID series.
• Align road network data with standardized index grids using the VICROADS_MAPINDEX and VICROADS_PAGEGRID series.

Strengths

• Combines multiple authoritative index products (Vicmap Topographic, Spatial Vision Mapbook, Vicroads) into a single suite.
• Offers data in multiple geospatial file formats (TAB, MIF, GDB, SHP, DWG, DXF) for tool compatibility.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Department of Transport and Planning

Collection Method

Combination of a number of data sets that are part of the Vicmap Index suite of products.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 00:48:16.854187; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Victoria, Australia