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Identification

Field Value

Title

Estuary Mouth Locations

Alternative title(s)

Catchment drainage basin area and mouth location of NSW estuaries

Abstract

Estuary Mouth Locations were captured to identify the central point coordinates (MGA Zone 56 eastings and northings, and latitude and longitude)of each estuary mouth in NSW. Whilst most of the estuaries will have only one location there are some that have multiple entrances. The point features are coincident with (have been snapped to) the respective estuary and catchment polygon boundaries contained in the Estuary Drainage Catchments dataset. The final spatial dataset contains 200 points.

Resource locator

NSWEstuaryMouthLocations20110331

Name: NSWEstuaryMouthLocations20110331

Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

Function: download

Unique resource identifier

Code

0586c6a9-453f-4a3e-95d9-49d18501847f

Presentation form

Document digital

Edition

Not known

Dataset language

English

Metadata standard

Name

ISO 19115

Edition

2016

Dataset URI

https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/0586c6a9-453f-4a3e-95d9-49d18501847f

Purpose

This estuary dataset was developed under a new Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (MER) Program initiated by the NSW Government in 2007 to assess and better manage the health of natural resources across the State. The MER Program is in response to the NSW Natural Resources MER Strategy which has the objective of providing appropriate information for decision-making by natural resource managers.

Status

Completed

Spatial representation

Type

vector

Spatial reference system

Code identifying the spatial reference system

4283

Equivalent scale

1:None

Additional information source

This mapping was done as part of the NSW Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting Program - Estuaries Theme; ; REPORT_NSWEstuariesCatchments.doc

Classification of spatial data and services

Field Value

Topic category

Keywords

Field Value

Keyword set

keyword value

OCEANOGRAPHY

WATER

Originating controlled vocabulary

Title

ANZLIC Search Words

Reference date

2008-05-16

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

148

East bounding longitude

154

North bounding latitude

-37.5

South bounding latitude

-28

Vertical extent information

Minimum value

-100

Maximum value

2228

Coordinate reference system

Authority code

urn:ogc:def:cs:EPSG::

Code identifying the coordinate reference system

5711

Temporal extent

Begin position

2010-08-01

End position

N/A

Dataset reference date

Resource maintenance

Maintenance and update frequency

Unknown

Contact info

Contact position

Data Broker

Organisation name

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Telephone number

131555

Email address

data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Web address

https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/dcceew

Responsible party role

pointOfContact

Quality and validity

Field Value

Lineage

The point features were manually digitised at the centre location between the banks of the estuary mouth and the polygons intersection with the coastline. The point features are coincident with (have been snapped to) the respective estuary and catchment polygon boundaries contained in the Estuary Drainage Catchments dataset.; ; In situations where estuary polygons do not intersect with the coastline (ie. are separated from the coast by a Nil Estuary) the point objects representing the estuary mouths were located by visual interpretation of either SPOT5 or Dept of Lands air photo mosaic imagery.; ; The attribute table for EstuaryMouthLocations contains fields to assist in the interpretation of the information. These attributes are the same as the respective estuary or catchment polygons in the Estuary Tidal Limit dataset.; ; Field Name Description; CatchmentName Catchments have been named in accordance with the Geographic Names Board (GNB) under the Geographic Names Act 1966; Name_Type Contains a combination of the CatchmentName and TYPE codes; EstuaryNo Number based on the latitude of the estuary mouth rounded to 4 decimal places and only applying to MER Catchments; NthSthNo Catchment number assigned from north (1) to south (198). ; Latitude Latitude coordinate of estuary mouth; Longitude Longitude coordinate of estuary mouth; MGA Zone Identifies which Map Grid of Australia zone the catchment is located, either 55 or 56.; Easting MGA Easting coordinate of estuary mouth; Northing MGA Northing coordinate of estuary mouth

Constraints related to access and use

Field Value

Limitations on public access

Data Quality

Field Value

Scope

dataset

DQ Completeness Commission

Effective date

2001-01-01

DQ Completeness Omission

Effective date

2001-01-01

Explanation

The dataset is complete.

DQ Conceptual Consistency

Effective date

1900-01-01

DQ Topological Consistency

Effective date

1900-01-01

Explanation

Checked for missing attributes All point objects are attributed.; Topological consistency is performed as part of the quality assurance procedures using ESRI ArcGIS software.

DQ Absolute External Positional Accuracy

Effective date

1900-01-01

Explanation

The data has a similar accuracy to that applying to DECC's NSWEstuaryCatchmentsTidalLimits dataset, which has been derived from the Department of Lands DTDB dataset.

DQ Non Quantitative Attribute Correctness

Effective date

1900-01-01

Explanation

The point objects have been given the same attributes as the respective estuary or catchment polygons in DECC's NSWEstuaryCatchmentsTidalLimits dataset.

Responsible organisations

Field Value

Responsible party

Contact position

Data Broker

Organisation name

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Telephone number

131555

Email address

data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Web address

https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/dcceew

Responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Field Value

Metadata point of contact

Contact position

Data Broker

Organisation name

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Telephone number

131555

Email address

data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Web address

https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/dcceew

Responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-02-26T15:24:51.549533

Metadata language