Collection of Geoscience Australia's high-resolution elevation surveys collected using Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) and other instrument systems. <b>Value: </b>Describes Australia's landforms and seabed is crucial for addressing issues relating to the impacts of climate change, disaster management, water security, environmental management, urban planning and infrastructure design. <b>Scope: </b>Selected areas of interest around Australia.

The Macquarie Barwon LiDAR survey provides elevation and photographic data over approximately 17,326 km² along the Macquarie and Barwon Rivers, north-west of Dubbo NSW. The LiDAR was captured between November 2013 and May 2014, at a nominal density of two outgoing laser pulses per square metre. Photography was captured simultaneously and provided as an ortho-rectified mosaic with a resolution of 20cm. The LiDAR was delivered in a full waveform format that retains a higher level of precision and significantly more above ground information than traditional LiDAR. A set of seamless products, including hydro-flattened bare earth terrain surfaces (DEMs), were produced to the ICSM specification. Other derived surfaces include a Digital Surface Model (DSM), Canopy Height Model (CHM) and Foliage Canopy Model (FCM). The outputs of the project are compliant with National ICSM LiDAR Product Specifications and the NEDF.

These datasets cover approximately 3360 sq km of coastal areas of Northern and South-eastern Tasmania. The project covered three areas: - Greater Hobart 1283 square km - Huon Valley 460 square km - Launceston, Burnie, Devonport 1612 square km This project, undertaken by RPS Mapping on behalf of Geoscience Australia produced accurate LiDAR and derived products to ICSM specifications and medium format digital ortho-photo mosaics.

AAM was commissioned by the Department of Primary Industries, Water &amp; Environment to conduct an airborne LiDAR survey over 2 regions known as Coal Mines and Port Arthur. The project area comprises approximately 5.7km². The area was acquired on 14th March 2014.

Aerometrex - Adelaide was contracted by Department for Environment and Heritage to capture data along the Murray River from Lock 1 to Wellington

AAM Pty Ltd was commissioned by NSW Government's Office of Environment &amp; Heritage to conducted an airborne LiDAR and Imagery survey over sections of the Gwydir Valley Floodplain west of Moree in north west NSW to assist with the development of Valley Wide Floodplain Management Plains under the Healthy Floodplain program. There has already been some LiDAR acquisition and this data will supplement this information. Collection of both LiDAR and simultaneous imagery utilizing the Optech ALTM Pegasus LiDAR sensor and DiMAC Ultralight medium format digital camera occurred from 31 May 2013 until 19 June 2013 (total of 7 separate flights). The primary use of the LIDAR data will be to provide topographical information necessary to define flood behaviour and undertake hydraulic modeling of floods in the area. Data is to be provided to LPI Classification 3 This project report provides specific information on: Project Details; Project Plan; Pre-Survey Quality Assurance Plan; Post-Survey Spatial Accuracy Report; Unforeseen/Extra-ordinary circumstances faced; Project Deliverable details; Statement of compliance; Control Reporting; Metadata documentation; Further project requirements.

<p>Development of floodplains in the western rural areas of NSW is managed through Part 8 of the Water Act 1912. Part 8 was gazetted in 1984 and makes provisions concerning 'flood control works' that affect, or are likely to affect, flooding or floodplain functions. Part 8 was amended in 1999 to allow for more strategic control of flood control works through the preparation of rural Floodplain Management Plans (FMPs) and a more streamlined and resource efficient approval process. The amendments also required that rural FMPs be developed in accordance with the provisions and policies of the operative NSW Manual (currently, Floodplain Development Manual, NSW Government, 2005). <p>The manual supports the primary objective of the New South Wales Government's Flood Prone Land Policy to reduce the impact of flooding and flood liability on individual owners and occupiers of flood prone property, and to reduce private and public losses resulting from floods, utilising ecologically positive methods wherever possible. The formulation and implementation of FMPs is the cornerstone of the policy and the process for their preparation is described in the manual. <p>Administrative orders published in April 2007, inter alia, divided the responsibilities under Part 8 of the Water Act 1912 between the Department of Environment and Climate Change (preparing rural FMPs) and the Department of Water and Energy (implementing the plans through licensing and compliance functions). <p>On 1 July 2009, following a Reorganisation of Government Agencies, the licensing and compliance functions regarding Part 8 were transferred to the newly established Office of Water within the renamed Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW). Please note that any reference in this document to the Department of Environment and Climate Change, and Department of Water and Energy, is to be construed as a reference to DECCW. <p>The development of a rural FMP progresses through three (3) key stages: Data Collection & Flood Study (FS) - in general, includes data collection for hydrology, hydraulic and environmental aspects; defines the nature and extent of flooding, including development of a computer-based hydraulic model of flood behaviour; Floodplain Risk Management Study (FRMS)- in general evaluates management options based on hydraulic modelling, analysis of the floodplain environment and social and economic considerations, to address existing and future floodplain risk management issues; and Floodplain Management Plan (FMP) - presents the recommended management measures for the floodplain, as determined in the Floodplain Risk Management Study, and includes an implementation program with priorities. <p>This current project, overseen by the Darling River Floodplain (Bogan River confluence to Louth) Floodplain Management Committee (the Committee) and prepared for DECCW, includes only the first of the above three elements of the Floodplain Management Plan process, and is structured as follows: <p>Stage 1: Data Compendium and Digital Terrain Model <p>All information and knowledge of the flood regime in the study area are included in a Compendium of Data (COD), as a permanent record, and for later use in Stage 2 of the FS. <p>A Digital Terrain Model was prepared for hydraulic modelling use in Stage 2 of the FS and the results presented on an appropriate Geographic Information System (GIS). <p>Stage 2: Calibrated Hydraulic Model and Final Flood Study Report <p>A calibrated computer based hydraulic model was developed to quantify the distribution of floodwaters during historical flood events and for later use in designing a floodway network (as part of the FRMS) in order to evaluate management options. <p>The Compendium of Data was completed in July 2008. This Report covers Stage 2: Calibrated Hydraulic Model and Final Flood Study Report. <p>The Commonwealth Government's Natural Disaster Mitigation Program (NDMP) and the New South Wales State Government through the NSW State Emergency Management Committee (SEMC) have jointly provided funding for the project.

This document details the methods and results of the project Adelaide LiDAR Classification and Derived Products¿ performed by RPS for Geoscience Australia in 2013. Lineage and Accuracy Statements for ANZLIC metadata documents for each of the project deliverables are included. Airborne LiDAR data was acquired over Adelaide in September 2008 and North Adelaide in September 2011. Differences in the level of classification reduced the ability to integrate the data into an accurate, seamless and consistent coastal DEM suitable for detailed modelling the potential impacts of coastal inundation or riverine flooding. The objective of this project was to reclassify both the 2008 and 2011 point clouds to ICSM Level 3 and derive hydro flattened 1m bare earth DEMs and; 0.25m cartographic contours, all inline with the ICSM LiDAR Acquisition Specifications. Figure 1. Adelaide LiDAR Reclassification 2012 overview map The LiDAR The LiDAR was provided as tiled LAS files. RPS did not apply any vertical or horizontal adjustments to the LiDAR and is unable to comment on the spatial accuracy of the point cloud. The deliverables were: Classified ICSM Level 2 and Level 3 point clouds in LAS format 1 metre DEMs in ESRI Binary grid format 0.25 metre contours in ESRI Shape format Break lines in ESRI Shape format. This report All files were named according to the ICSM file naming specifications.

Victor Harbour Lidar

The capture and processing of aerial lidar and coincident imagery products is required for the Nulla Basalt Geological Province in the upper Burdekin catchment of north Queensland. The Nulla Basalt Province project is the second of a series of high resolution elevation data acquisition projects required to support Geoscience Australia’s Exploring for the Future programme focussed on northern Australia. Products created in the project will primarily be used for high precision modelling of surface water movement across the landscape, identification of potential interactions with ground water resources in the region and modelling of structural geology from subtle surface expression of fault line steps indicative of historical seismic events.