Vicmap Lite: Railway Lines for Victoria, Australia at 1:250k to 1:5M Scale

October 2021 is the last update for this geospatial dataset containing line features for railway infrastructure in Victoria, Australia. It is part of the Vicmap Lite collection, simplified for use at scales between 1:250,000 and 1:5,000,000. The Department of Transport and Planning created the data, which was sourced from the more detailed Vicmap Transport dataset.

Use Cases

• Create regional or national-scale reference maps based on the simplified linework.
• Analyze broad railway network connectivity and density across Victoria based on the line features.
• Control map display detail for different zoom levels using the Scale Use Code attribute mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Explicitly designed for a defined scale range of 1:250,000 to 1:5,000,000.
• Includes a Scale Use Code attribute to help control detail display.
• Sourced from the authoritative Vicmap Transport dataset.

Limitations

• Last updated in October 2021; freshness should be verified for current applications.
• Attribute information, feature count, and vertices have been simplified, reducing detail.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Department of Transport and Planning, Victoria, Australia.

Collection Method

Simplified from the Vicmap Transport dataset.

Time Range

Snapshot as of October 2021.

Freshness

Last updated 2021-10; metadata record updated 2026-04-09.

Geography

Victoria, Australia.