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Title

Greater Sydney Region Tree Canopy to Modified Mesh Block 2022

Abstract

The Greater Sydney Region Tree Canopy to Modified Mesh Block 2022 provides both an area and percentage of canopy for city blocks and infrastructure corridors in the Greater Sydney Region as of 2022. With this dataset users can estimate tree canopy for many geographic areas (map scales), from larger local government area and precincts down to mesh block (ABS) and modified mesh block (smallest scale). The geographic extent of the 2022 canopy cover dataset includes the metropolitan urban area and metropolitan rural area of Greater Sydney.  Having current and accurate estimates of tree canopy supports citizens and governments to reliably identify areas of tree canopy and confidently develop urban greening and heat island mitigation strategies and actions.

This dataset provides the user with information at a known spatial accuracy. The dataset uses vegetation information derived from 0.48m resolution ArborCarbon Pty Ltd height stratified vegetation cover data combined with boundary and land use information from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Mesh Block polygon dataset.

The Greater Sydney Region Tree Canopy to Modified Mesh Block 2022 dataset uses the Modified Mesh Block boundaries from the ‘Greater Sydney Region Tree Canopy to Modified Mesh Block 2019’ dataset. Care should be taken when comparing canopy cover between datasets, especially in LGAs with a lower proportion of Metropolitan Urban Area, as some observed differences may be a result of variations in methodologies rather than actual change in canopy cover.

In the dataset, “tree canopy” is classified as all vegetation greater than 3m. “All vegetation” includes all vegetation, including tree canopy, greater than 0m. Note: due to data limitations, not all grass areas have been identified in their entirety.

Resource locator

Show on SEED Web Map

Name: Show on SEED Web Map

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

Description:

Display dataset on SEED's map

Function: download

Data Quality Statement

Name: Data Quality Statement

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

Description:

Data quality statement for Greater Sydney Region Tree Canopy to Modified Mesh Block 2022

Function: download

Metadata for 2022 Greater Sydney canopy data to Modified Mesh Block

Name: Metadata for 2022 Greater Sydney canopy data to Modified Mesh Block

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

Description:

Metadata for 2022 Greater Sydney canopy data to Modified Mesh Block

Function: download

Download Package

Name: Download Package

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

Description:

Data (Shapefile in GDA94 Datum)

Function: download

Download Package

Name: Download Package

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

Description:

Data (Shapefile in GDA2020 Datum)

Function: download

ArcGIS REST Service - Greater Sydney all veg canopy cover 2022

Name: ArcGIS REST Service - Greater Sydney all veg canopy cover 2022

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

Description:

An ArcGIS Server web service represents a GIS resource such as a map, locator, or image that is located on an ArcGIS Server site and is made available to client applications. Depending on the layers enabled, this web service allows a user to query its features and/or visualise the dataset. This service is aimed at advanced geographical information users, and will require access to geographical information system (GIS) software such as ArcGIS/ArcMap.

Function: download

ArcGIS REST Service - Greater Sydney tree canopy cover 2022

Name: ArcGIS REST Service - Greater Sydney tree canopy cover 2022

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

Description:

Server site and is made available to client applications. Depending on the layers enabled, this web service allows a user to query its features and/or visualise the dataset. This service is aimed at advanced geographical information users, and will require access to geographical information system (GIS) software such as ArcGIS/ArcMap.

Function: download

Tree Canopy Summarised by LGA and Suburb (2022 and 2019)

Name: Tree Canopy Summarised by LGA and Suburb (2022 and 2019)

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

Description:

The excel document “Tree Canopy Summarised by LGA and Suburb (2022 and 2019)’’ provides statistics for canopy cover for the metropolitan urban area of Greater Sydney. The primary 2022 data was calculated using the underlying 2022 raster imagery, the comparison 2019 dataset was calculated using the 2019 raster imagery modified to the same boundaries as the 2022 dataset. The statistics are summarised by Local Government Area and suburb, for the 2019 and 2022 Greater Sydney canopy datasets. The statistics have been summarised for the metropolitan urban area of Greater Sydney as this is the geographic area previously analysed.

Statistics for the Total LGA and Suburb areas for the 2019 dataset have also been included for reference.

Best efforts were made to develop comparable statistics for the 2019 and 2022 canopy datasets using the raster base imagery. However due to differences in data acquisition and processing methods, there may be some variation in the summary statistics. Care should be taken when comparing canopy cover between datasets, especially in LGAs with a lower proportion of Metropolitan Urban Area, as some observed differences may be a result of variations in methodologies rather than actual change in canopy cover.

Function: download

2022 Canopy Data Methodology Report

Name: 2022 Canopy Data Methodology Report

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

Description:

This report contains the methodology used to acquire, process and analyse the 2022 Greater Sydney canopy data.

Function: download

Unique resource identifier

Code

1ddde3f8-5ac3-4a33-9163-1763436d02a0

Presentation form

Map digital

Edition

1

Dataset language

English

Metadata standard

Name

ISO 19115

Edition

2016

Dataset URI

https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/1ddde3f8-5ac3-4a33-9163-1763436d02a0

Purpose

Tree canopy planning and management

Status

Completed

Spatial representation

Type

vector

Geometric Object Type

surface

Spatial reference system

Code identifying the spatial reference system

4283

Spatial resolution

48 cm

Classification of spatial data and services

Field Value

Topic category

Keywords

Field Value

Keyword set

keyword value

VEGETATION-Structural

HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT-Planning

Originating controlled vocabulary

Title

ANZLIC Search Words

Reference date

2008-05-16

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

150.16937

East bounding longitude

151.52

North bounding latitude

-34.48392

South bounding latitude

-33.46811

NSW Place Name

Greater Sydney Region

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

2022-03-10

End position

N/A

Dataset reference date

Resource maintenance

Maintenance and update frequency

Not planned

Contact info

Contact position

Data Broker

Organisation name

NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure

Telephone number

131555

Email address

data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Web address

https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/department-of-planning-housing-and-infrastructure

Responsible party role

pointOfContact

Quality and validity

Field Value

Lineage

The Greater Sydney Region Tree Canopy to Modified Mesh Block 2022 data is sourced from 0.48m resolution ArborCarbon Pty Ltd height stratified vegetation cover data and uses the Modified Mesh Block boundaries from the ‘Greater Sydney Region Tree Canopy to Modified Mesh Block 2019’ dataset. In the dataset, “tree canopy” is classified as all vegetation greater than 3m. “All vegetation” includes all vegetation, including tree canopy, greater than 0m. Note: due to data limitations, not all grass areas have been identified in their entirety. LGA and suburb boundary source: 2019 GSR Footprint, Greater Sydney Region Tree Canopy to Modified Mesh Block 2019, NSW SEED.

Constraints related to access and use

Field Value

Limitations on public access

Responsible organisations

Field Value

Responsible party

Contact position

Data Broker

Organisation name

NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure

Telephone number

131555

Email address

data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Web address

https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/department-of-planning-housing-and-infrastructure

Responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Field Value

Metadata point of contact

Contact position

Data Broker

Organisation name

NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure

Telephone number

131555

Email address

data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Web address

https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/department-of-planning-housing-and-infrastructure

Responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-07-17T04:49:05.610571

Metadata language