The integrated spatial database of geological, geophysical, geochemical and cultural data. Provides users with means of integrating and analysing data for mineral exploration and research. The area covered by GIS encompasses Broken Hill and Euriowie Blocks and comprises six 1:100 000 mapsheets; the Corona, Fowlers Gap, Broken Hill, Taltingan, Redan and Thackaringa.

These pages comprise the National Geoscience Datasets Internet Facility which delivers AGSO clients online access to AGSO's National scale spatial geoscience information. AGSO has responsibility for the production and online access to primary geoscience information of relevance to resource issues for industry, government and the general public, provided in the form of digital datasets that cover the Australian continent and/or Australian marine jurisdictional areas. This facility will provide efficient, modern digital-era access to all the geoscience information available in current maps and associated digital databases at the best possible resolution. To add to this as new geoscience datasets are released they will become available on the National Geoscience Datasets download page and be viewable within the National datasets online GIS web mapping tool.

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.

These datasets are compiled from a mosaic of NMD`s TOPO250K data product for the transport datasets (rail, roads and airfields) and drainage datasets (alig5md and alig250d). The population centres datasets (alig25mc and alig250mp) are derived from NMD`s mosaiced localities dataset. alig25mp is a subset based on the attribute location for populated places only. The alig25mc is a subset containing the capital cities and selected regional centres. The alig5md is the 1:5,000,000 scale drainage network which includes lakes (alig5ml). These AUSLIG datasets are much more accurate than the DCW datasets and have more attributes. More information on the AUSLIG 250K datasets can be found in the Overview.txt file in /d/geo/store/data/topo/geodata/topo~250k/aus_mosaic. NOTE : THERE ARE NO ARCINFO DATASETS stored in the arcinfo/culture/auslig directory only shapefiles held in arcview/culture/auslig. The reason for this is the original arcinfo datasets are available from the data store at /d/geo/store/data/topo/geodata/topo~250k/aus_mosaic.

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.

The South Australia Geoscientific Geographic Information System is a state wide integration of geological, geophysical, geochemical and cultural data. It provides the Geological Survey, Minerals & Energy Division, PIRSA, with its primary mechanism for distributing regional geoscientific information for exploration and research, via digital media. Datasets in this package are projected in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Map Grid of Australia (MGA) coordinates relative to GDA94. The datasets are split into the three grid zones 52, 53 and 54, which span South Australia.

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 ).

Road network extracted from Digital Chart of the World (DCW) Transport dataset (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.

In this study, a methodology is developed to assess the vulnerability of individuals within households to risk from natural hazards. The methodology introduces a technique for measuring certain attributes of individuals living within a household that contribute to their vulnerability to a natural hazard impact. The methodology has four main steps; 1) indicator selection 2) a risk perception questionnaire 3) decision tree analysis 4) synthetic estimation. Step four involves an application to an area in Perth, Western Australia. The study found that, through the application of this new methodology, eleven unique combinations of specific attributes contribute to the vulnerability of an individual within a household. The attributes, referred to as vulnerability indicators, of most importance relate to various levels of; injury sustained, residence damage, house insurance, income and type of house ownership. This finding suggests that individual and household finances, when combined with other specific indicators, play a significant role in determining an individual's vulnerability to a natural hazard impact. The combinations of indicators can be mapped in order to provide a useful tool for representing aspects of social vulnerability to natural hazard impacts.

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 include orthophotography, topographic, mining, cultural and environmental features of the island. This work is part of ongoing service to the Department of Transport and Regional Services.