Catchment Scale Land Use of Australia - Update March 2015  

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This dataset is the most current national compilation of catchment scale land use data for Australia (CLUM), as at March 2015. It is a seamless raster dataset that combines land use data for all state and territory jurisdictions, compiled at a resolution of 50 metres by 50 metres. It has been compiled from vector land use datasets collected as part of state and territory mapping programs through the Australian Collaborative Land Use and Management Program (ACLUMP). Catchment scale land use data was produced by combining land tenure and other types of land use information, fine-scale satellite data and information collected in the field. The date of mapping (1997 to 2014) and scale of mapping (1:20 000 to 1:250 000) vary, reflecting the source data capture date and scale. This information is provided in a supporting polygon dataset.

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ABARES has produced this raster dataset from vector catchment scale land use data provided by state and territory agencies, as follows: Catchment Scale Land Use Mapping for the Australian Capital Territory 2012; Land Use Mapping - Moree Floodplain NSW 2013 Update; Land Use Mapping - Sydney 1:100 000 Map Sheet 2012; Land Use Mapping - Cumberland Plain Sub IBRA Bioregion 2012; Land Use Mapping - Hunter Catchment 2004-2005 update; Land Use Mapping - Upper Hunter Catchment 2007-2008 update; Land Use: New South Wales (2009); Land Use Mapping of the Northern Territory 2008 (LUMP 2008); Land use mapping - Queensland current (November 2014); South Australia South East Land Use 2014; Land Use South Australia 2008; Tasmanian Summer 2009/2010 Land Use; Victorian Land Use Information System (VLUIS) 2010 version 4; Land Use in Western Australia, Version 5, (1997); WA Cape to Cape Land Use 2014; and, Land Use in Western Australia, v7 (2008). Links to land use mapping datasets and metadata are available at the ACLUMP data download page at http://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/aclump/pages/land-use/data-download.aspx. State and territory vector catchment scale land use data were produced by combining land tenure and other types of land use information, fine-scale satellite data and information collected in the field, as outlined in the document 'Guidelines for land use mapping in Australia: principles, procedures and definitions, Edition 4'. Specifically, the attributes adhere to the ALUM classification, version 7. For Victoria, ABARES converted the VLUIS vector data to the ALUM classification, based on an agreed method using Valuer General Victoria land use codes, land cover and land tenure information. This method has been updated since the March 2015 release to improve the translation for agricultural land uses. The VLUIS-ALUM translation table is available on request.. All contributing polygon datasets were gridded by ABARES on the ALUM code and mosaiced to minimise resampling errors. NODATA voids in Adelaide were filled with Australian Bureau of Statistics mesh blocks land use attributes with modifications based on: 1:250 000 scale topographic data for built up areas from GEODATA TOPO 250K Series 3 (Geoscience Australia 2006); land tenure data from Tenure of Australia's Forests (ABARES 2008); and, native and plantation forest data from Forests of Australia (ABARES 2008). All other NODATA voids were filled using data from Land Use of Australia, Version 4, 2005/2006 (ABARES 2010).

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