This product brings together a selection of AGSO's continental-scale digital datasets in one digital data package (on two CD's). Datasets have been compiled using a standardised coastline, projection and central meridian enabling easy integration of any of the individual datasets. Some datasets are primary (geology, metamorphism, regions), whilst others are subsets of AGSO's major databases and datasets (magnetics, whole-rock geochemistry, mineral deposits etc). Several datasets (e.g., geology, regolith, regions and ROCKCHEM) have more than one attribute and hence from the one dataset, several different themes can be derived and displayed or plotted. Datasets have been formatted for use with Arcinfo/Arcview and Mapinfo software. This two CD package contains the digital data (Disc 1) and A3 postscript files of the more popular base maps and integrations so that you can print out your own maps (Disc 2).

The Cocos (Keeling) Islands Geographic Information System (CocosGIS) is a collection of spatial data, viewing and analysis tools dealing with the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. The data include orthophotography, topographic, cultural and environmental features both of the islands and the ocean immediately surrounding them.

The Northern Australian Project online GIS, which has been chiefly designed to highlight the results of geochronological research within the project area, was first published in 2003 and updated in July 2004. GIS data reference layers include 1: 250,000, 1: 1 million, and 1: 2,500,000 geological data, regional geophysical images and a topographic map image. The geochronology and fluid inclusion points have been linked live to Geoscience Australia's OZROCKS, OZCHRON and PETROG Oracle databases. Forms display data to the user from these databases using customised query statements. Queries directed to geological layers display information derived from static ArcInfo shapefiles. The North Australia Project geochronology research has chiefly targeted the Arunta Block, Davenport Geosyncline, and the Granites-Tanami Block provinces within the project area. This map has been produced as a GeoPDF, which is an extension to the standard PDF file format viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Layers can be turned off and on to customise the view of the data, similar to using Geographic Information System tools. In addition, GeoPDF maps are georeferenced to be compatible with other coordinated geographic data. Coordinate locations and distances can be retrieved automatically. A plug-in to view GeoPDF using Adobe Acrobat Reader is available as a free download ( http://terragotech.com/solutions/map2pdf_reader.php ).

The Christmas Island Geographic Information System (CIGIS) is a collection of spatial data, viewing and analysis tools dealing with Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. The data includes orthophotography, topographic, mining, cultural and environmental features of the island. This work is part of an ongoing service to the Territories West of the Attorney General's Department.

Population centres such as major centres (associated with political Digital Chart of the World (DCW) dataset (polys) for built up areas), populated places and villages (dataset derived from the Digital Chart of the World). Generic information on DCW data sets The primary source for DCW is the US Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) Operational Navigation Chart (ONC) series produced by the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The ONCs have a scale of 1:1,000,000, where 1 inch equals approximately 16 miles.The charts were designed to meet the needs of pilots and air crews in medium and low altitude en route navigation and to support military operational planning, intelligence briefings, and other needs. Therefore, the selection of ground features is based on the requirement for rapid visual recognition of significant details seen from a low perspective angle. The DCW database was originally published in 1992. Data currency varies from place to place depending on the currency of the ONC charts. Chart currency ranges from the mid 1960s to the early 1990s. Compilation dates for every ONC chart are included in the database. For more information on the Digital Chart of the world please browse the DCW website where you can download these data in VPF format. GA has converted these VPF format files to common GIS formats Arcview and Mapinfo. Available datasets include drainage, roads and railway networks, political areas and boundaries and population centres. Available for free download.

This dataset delineates political areas such as built up areas, land, ocean, pack ice and boundaries such as coastlines, city limits etc. (dataset derived from the Digital Chart of the World (DCW). Generic information on DCW data sets The primary source for DCW is the US Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) Operational Navigation Chart (ONC) series produced by the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The ONCs have a scale of 1:1,000,000, where 1 inch equals approximately 16 miles.The charts were designed to meet the needs of pilots and air crews in medium and low altitude en route navigation and to support military operational planning, intelligence briefings, and other needs. Therefore, the selection of ground features is based on the requirement for rapid visual recognition of significant details seen from a low perspective angle. The DCW database was originally published in 1992. Data currency varies from place to place depending on the currency of the ONC charts. Chart currency ranges from the mid 1960s to the early 1990s. Compilation dates for every ONC chart are included in the database. For more information on the Digital Chart of the World please browse the DCW website where you can download these data in VPF format. GA has converted these VPF format files to common GIS formats Arcview and Mapinfo. Available datasets include drainage, roads and railway networks, political areas and boundaries and population centres. Available for free download.

The dataset contains spatial locations, in point format, of the Australian High Court, Australian Federal Courts and the Australian Magistrates Courts.

The Gazetteer provides information on the location and spelling of 323,471 geographical names (plus 33,061 variants) covering all of Australia and its offshore regions, as at June 2007. The supply of data is coordinated by the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and derived from State, Territory and Australian Government agencies.  Copyright of the Gazetteer data and postcode data resides with the relevant State, Territory and Australian Government agencies who are custodians of the data. The Gazetteer fields include: <ul> <li>Record ID - unique identifier for each feature. </li> <li>Authority ID - custodian state or territory.</li> <li>State ID - state or territory where the feature is located. </li> <li>Place ID - unique record number for all records in the database.</li> <li>Name - name of the feature. </li> <li>Feature Code - code indicating the type of feature </li> <li>Status - indicates whether the name is authorised. </li> <li>Variant name - variant or alternative name used for the feature. </li> <li>Postcode - Australia Post postcode for the feature. </li> <li>Concise Gazetteer - indicates whether the feature is included in the concise gazetteer. </li> <li>Longitude - longitude of the feature in decimal degrees. </li> <li>Latitude - latitude of the feature in decimal degrees. </li> <li>100K map number - 1:100 000 scale map number in which the feature is located. </li> <li>CGDN - indicates whether the place name can be used in the <em>state.au</em> (e.g. nsw.au, act.au) second level domains by community website portals which reflect community interests. </li> </ul> Please note: Any organisation or individual wanting to use the Gazetteer data in a similar capacity to the Online Place Name Search or any other online application, will require an Internet user licence. (See the Licence Fees and Order Form below). The custodians of the place name data do not guarantee that the data is free from errors and omissions. If errors or omissions in the data are identified, please contact <A href=mailto:gazetteer@ga.gov.au>gazetteer@ga.gov.au</A>. Corrections will be forwarded to the State and Territories, Name Authorities for clarification and updates will appear in subsequent revisions of the Gazetteer. Product Specifications Coverage: Australia Currency: 2007 Coordinates: Geographical Datum: GDA94 Format: Fixed width ASCII and Microsoft Access Database Medium: CD-ROM Forward Program: Bi-annual revision

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Generic information on DCW (Digital Chart of the World) data sets :- The primary source for DCW is the US Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) Operational Navigation Chart (ONC) series produced by the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The ONCs have a scale of 1:1,000,000, where 1 inch equals approximately 16 miles.The charts were designed to meet the needs of pilots and air crews in medium and low altitude en route navigation and to support military operational planning, intelligence briefings, and other needs. Therefore, the selection of ground features is based on the requirement for rapid visual recognition of significant details seen from a low perspective angle. The DCW database was originally published in 1992. Data currency varies from place to place depending on the currency of the ONC charts. Chart currency ranges from the mid 1960s to the early 1990s. Compilation dates for every ONC chart are included in the database. For more information on the Digital Chart of the world please browse the DCW Internet Site http://www.maproom.psu.edu/dcw/ where you can download these data in VPF format. GA has converted these VPF format files to common GIS formats Arcview and Mapinfo available at www.ga.gov.au/geoscience/national on the download page. Available datasets include drainage, roads and railway networks, political areas and boundaries and population centres.