Victorian Fauna Biodiversity Atlas Summarized on a 10-Minute Grid

Fauna records from the Victorian Biodiversity Atlas are aggregated onto a standard 10-minute longitude/latitude grid. The layer includes counts of taxon records per cell, along with the first and last recorded dates, but excludes records with spatial accuracy worse than +/- 9 km. Data is provided by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Mapping species richness and distribution patterns based on aggregated record counts per grid cell.
• Analyzing temporal trends in species presence using the first and last recorded dates per cell.
• Conducting regional conservation assessments by comparing fauna data across standardized 10-minute grids.
• Filtering for higher-quality spatial data by excluding records with accuracy worse than +/- 9 km.

Strengths

• Data is aggregated on a standardized 10-minute longitude/latitude grid (GDA94), enabling spatial consistency.
• Excludes records with spatial accuracy worse than +/- 9 km, which likely improves locational reliability.
• Summarizes both record counts and temporal range (first and last date) for each taxon per cell.
• Available 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 is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (Victoria, Australia).

Collection Method

Summarizes fauna records from the Victorian Biodiversity Atlas (VBA) onto a standard grid.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 02:23:52.637682; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Victoria, Australia.