Christmas Island Vegetation and Clearing Dataset

The Christmas Island Vegetation and Clearing Map was developed through a collaborative project by Geoscience Australia, Christmas Island Phosphates, and Christmas Island National Park during the 2013/2014 financial year. The map classifies the full extent of Christmas Island into vegetation and land cover classes. The dataset contains four attribute fields;

- Level 1 classification

- Level 2 classification

- Mean tree height (Mean_TreeH)

- Area (square m)

The majority of data was gathered in 2011, with an exception being the rehabilitation boundaries which are up to date as of May 2014.


The data represent the best position achievable with the limited resources available during the project's timespan. Geoscience Australia recognises that some data inputs could be improved with additional field checking. The boundaries of cleared areas have been verified in some cases only and may extend into primary, uncleared vegetation in places; ground-truth verification is strongly advised. Consequently, this information should not be relied upon as the sole information source when making operational decisions.

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Identification info

Date (Publication)
2014-01-01T00:00:00
Date (Revision)
2019-05-09T02:56:09
Citation identifier
Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/82430

Cited responsible party
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Publisher

Geoscience Australia

 Canberra
Author

Walker, K.

 1
Author

Porritt, K.

 2
Author

Sexton, M.

 3
Point of contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Custodian

MNHD
Owner

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Custodian

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

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Topic category
  • Geoscientific information

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Maintenance and update frequency
Unknown
Keywords

  • GIS Dataset

  • Regional

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)

  • Earth Sciences

Keywords

  • Published_External

Resource constraints

Title

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

Alternate title

CC-BY

Edition

4.0

Website

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

Access constraints
License
Use constraints
License

Resource constraints

Title

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Distributor

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
OnLine resource

File download

Download the GIS data (shapefile format)

Distribution format

  • shp

Resource lineage

Statement

The 2014 Christmas Island Vegetation and Clearing dataset was produced using an initial segmentation process in eCognition (based on canopy height, foliage cover, elevation and orthophotography-RGB), followed by a semi-automated classification process in ArcMap.

Field visits and stakeholder collaboration meetings were carried out in May 2014. A detailed description of the lineage is included in the metadata document available for download.

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Description

Data source not available as yet

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/GDA94 / MGA zone 48 (EPSG:28348)

Metadata constraints

Title

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/068a83fa-5736-7037-e054-00144fdd4fa6

Title

GeoNetwork UUID

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Name

dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title

Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with

uuid

Citation identifier
eCatId/82430

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/068a83fa-5736-7037-e054-00144fdd4fa6

Date info (Revision)
2018-04-20T06:06:16
Date info (Creation)
2014-10-29T00:00:00

Metadata standard

Title

AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3

Title

Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014

Edition

Version 2.0, September 2018

Citation identifier
https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551

 
 

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