Annual Woody Vegetation Change in Western Australia 2017-2018

Western Australia's Landgate agency provides annual vegetation change products identifying transitions in perennial woody cover. The data classifies changes between forest, sparse woody, and non-woody categories using 30-meter resolution Landsat imagery for the 2017-2018 period.

Use Cases

• Analyze transitions between forest, sparse woody, and non-woody classifications to monitor deforestation or regrowth.
• Map areas of no change to establish baseline stability in perennial woody vegetation cover.
• Identify locations of forest to non-woody change for targeted conservation or land management planning.
• Track sparse to non-woody conversions to assess degradation of woody vegetation in arid regions.

Strengths

• Produced annually, enabling time-series analysis of vegetation trends.
• Based on 30-meter ground pixel Landsat imagery, providing moderate spatial detail.
• Categorizes specific transitions between three distinct woody cover classes.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column count, and dataset size are unknown.
• Data is derived from satellite imagery and may contain classification errors or cloud cover artifacts.
• Limited to the 2017-2018 time period without immediate access to other years.

Provenance

Source

Landgate (Western Australian Land Information Authority).

Collection Method

Derived from analysis of Landsat satellite imagery (30m resolution).

Time Range

2017-2018.

Freshness

Last metadata update was March 18, 2026, but the underlying data covers 2017-2018.

Geography

Western Australia, Australia.