Victorian Land Use Information System 2006/2007

From 2006 to 2015, this dataset provides biennial land tenure and use, and annual land cover information for every cadastral parcel across the entire state of Victoria, Australia. It was created by the Spatial Information Sciences Group of the Agriculture Research Division in the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport, and Resources using a method designed for regular and consistent data over time. The data is structured as a feature class and is part of an ongoing project to maintain Victorian land use mapping.

Use Cases

• Analyzing changes in agricultural land use over time based on the biennial land use component.
• Mapping physical land cover types (e.g., vegetation, water, built environments) for environmental modeling.
• Studying land ownership patterns and tenure across Victoria based on the reported tenure data.
• Integrating parcel-level land information with other spatial datasets for regional planning.

Strengths

• Covers the entire landmass of Victoria, providing state-wide coverage.
• Separately describes land tenure, land use, and land cover for each cadastral parcel.
• Provides temporal coverage from 2006 to 2015, with annual updates for land cover.
• Uses a methodology designed to create regular and consistent data over time.

Limitations

• Land cover classification accuracy varies between classes, and overall accuracy may be misleading for individual classes.
• Irrigation activity data was not available for 2006-07 and had incomplete coverage in 2012-13.
• The methodology is still being refined, and the dataset is subject to improvements in later versions.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Information Sciences Group, Agriculture Research Division, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport, and Resources (now Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action).

Collection Method

Created using a method significantly different from traditional land use mapping, designed for regular and consistent data over time.

Time Range

2006 to 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026 04 08 23:12:52.416418; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Victoria, Australia