Victorian Land Use Information System 2016-2017

The Victorian Land Use Information System (VLUIS) 2016/17 dataset describes the land tenure, land use, and land cover for the entire state of Victoria at the cadastral parcel level. It was created by the Spatial Information Sciences Group of Agriculture Victoria Research within the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport, and Resources. The dataset uses the Australian Land Use and Management (ALUM) Classification version 8 and is provided as an ESRI feature class.

Use Cases

• Analyzing land use change patterns based on the ALUM classification and recorded source dates.
• Modeling agricultural land suitability based on land cover and tenure attributes.
• Integrating cadastral parcel-level land data with other spatial datasets for regional planning.
• Studying the distribution of built-up areas and voids (e.g., roads) based on the masking and merging methodology.

Strengths

• Covers the entire landmass of the state of Victoria.
• Uses a standardized national classification (ALUM version 8).
• Records the source dataset and source date for each parcel.
• Data is provided in multiple common geospatial formats (SHP, GDB, etc.).

Limitations

• Land cover is not attributed for parcels smaller than 12.5 hectares due to MODIS resolution limits.
• Land cover for Built Up Areas and Voids is listed as null.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Information Sciences Group, Agriculture Victoria Research, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport, and Resources.

Collection Method

Created using a base of 2014 land use data from the Office of the Valuer-General of Victoria, updated with government and industry sources, following a methodology described in Morse-McNabb et al. (2015).

Time Range

2016-2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 06:32:53.036305; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Victoria, Australia