Annual Woody Vegetation Change in Western Australia 2013-2014

Landgate's vegetation change product identifies transitions in perennial woody cover between 2013 and 2014 using 30-meter Landsat imagery. The dataset classifies pixel-level changes among forest, sparse woody, and non-woody categories. It includes change classes such as no change, non-woody to forest, and forest to non-woody.

Use Cases

• Analyze the spatial distribution of the 'forest to non-woody' change class to quantify deforestation.
• Model transitions between 'sparse woody' and 'non-woody' classifications to monitor land degradation or recovery.
• Use the 'non-woody to forest' class to identify areas of potential afforestation or natural regrowth.
• Validate land cover models by comparing predicted change against the annual change product classifications.

Strengths

• Derived from Landsat imagery providing a consistent 30-meter ground resolution.
• Focuses on perennial woody vegetation, a key indicator for environmental monitoring.
• Provides distinct change classes including forest to sparse and sparse to non-woody.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column count, and spatial extent are unknown from the input.
• Temporal coverage is limited to a single annual comparison between 2013 and 2014.
• Data access relies on specific service formats (WMS, ArcGIS Server) which may require specialized GIS tools.

Provenance

Source

Landgate, the Western Australian land information authority.

Collection Method

Produced from Landsat satellite imagery (30m pixel) analyzing changes in vegetation cover classifications.

Time Range

2013 to 2014.

Freshness

Product is generated annually; metadata was last updated in March 2026.

Geography

Western Australia, as indicated by the data.wa.gov.au source.