Natural Vegetation - Pre-European Settlement (1788)

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Abstract

Two vegetation maps (sold separately) - Natural Vegetation (1788) and Post-European Vegetation (1988) reconstruct Australia`s vegetation in the 1780s and the mid-1980s. Areas over 30,000 hectares are shown, plus small areas of significant vegetation such as rainforest. Attribute information includes: growth form of tallest and lower stratum, foliage cover of tallest stratum and dominant floristic types. Data was captured from 1:5 million source material. These maps are also available as free vector GIS data. Product Specifications Coverage: Australia Currency: Compiled mid-1980s Coordinates: Geographical Datum: AGD66 Projection: Simple Conic on two standard parallels 18S and 36S

Product Type

nonGeographicDataset

eCat Id

42280

Contact for the resource

Custodian

EGD

Owner

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

Custodian

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia

Keywords

Thematic MapEnvironment

( Theme )

mapping

( Theme )

vegetation

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)

Earth Sciences

Published_External

Publication Date

2001-01-01T00:00:00

Creation Date

Security Constraints

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

Classification - unclassified

Legal Constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

Access - license

Use - license

Status

Purpose

Maintenance Information

unknown

Topic Category

geoscientificInformation

Series Information

Lineage

Unknown

Parent Information

Extents

[-44.0, -9.0, 112.0, 154.0]

Reference System

Spatial Resolution

Service Information

Associations

Association Type - crossReference

Present Vegetation - Post-European Settlement (1988)

eCat Identifier - 42281,

UUID - a05f7892-dbc5-7506-e044-00144fdd4fa6

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