Annual Woody Vegetation Change Classification 2012-2013

Vegetation change products identify transitions in perennial woody cover between forest, sparse woody, and non-woody classes. The dataset, produced by Landgate, covers the annual period from 2012 to 2013 using 30-meter resolution Landsat imagery.

Use Cases

• Classify land cover transitions using change categories like 'non-woody to forest' and 'forest to non-woody' for environmental monitoring.
• Analyze trends in woody vegetation cover by mapping the 'sparse to non-woody' and 'forest to sparse' change classes over time.
• Integrate annual change products with other spatial data via the provided WMS or ArcGIS Server Map Service formats.

Strengths

• Derived from Landsat imagery at a consistent 30-meter ground pixel resolution.
• Provides annual products with defined change classes for tracking vegetation dynamics.
• Maintained by Landgate, a government land information authority.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column structure, and dataset size are unknown.
• Limited to a single annual period (2012-2013) without confirmed multi-year continuity.
• Data access relies on service formats (WMS, API) rather than direct tabular downloads.

Provenance

Source

Landgate

Collection Method

Produced from vegetation cover datasets based on Landsat satellite imagery analysis.

Time Range

2012-2013

Freshness

Metadata was last updated in March 2026, but the underlying data covers 2012-2013.

Geography

Western Australia, Australia (implied by data.wa.gov.au source)