Annual Woody Vegetation Change in Western Australia 2019-2020

Landgate's annual vegetation change product identifies transitions in perennial woody cover between forest, sparse woody, and non-woody classifications for 2019-2020. The dataset is derived from 30-meter resolution Landsat imagery and includes change classes such as non-woody to forest and forest to non-woody.

Use Cases

• Analyze transitions between forest, sparse woody, and non-woody classifications to monitor land cover change.
• Map areas of forest to non-woody change to identify deforestation or clearing events.
• Identify regions of non-woody to sparse woody change for reforestation or natural regrowth studies.
• Use the annual change classes to track trends in woody vegetation cover over time.

Strengths

• Annual production cycle provides consistent, comparable yearly snapshots.
• Based on 30-meter ground pixel Landsat imagery, offering moderate spatial resolution.
• Classifies changes between three distinct cover types: forest, sparse woody, and non-woody.

Limitations

• Specific row count, geographic extent, and sample data are unavailable for assessment.
• Limited to perennial woody vegetation change; does not capture other land cover or vegetation types.
• Temporal coverage is restricted to a single annual period (2019-2020).

Provenance

Source

Landgate (Western Australian Land Information Authority).

Collection Method

Derived from vegetation cover datasets based on Landsat satellite imagery.

Time Range

2019-2020.

Freshness

Product updated annually; metadata last updated March 2026.

Geography

Western Australia, Australia (implied by source).