Spatial data
Spatial, or geographical, data is any information that can be geographically referenced. It describes a location or any information that can be linked to a location.
The Australian and New Zealand Land Information Council (ANZLIC) is Australia's Spatial Information Council. It is working with Australian, and state and territory governments to develop the Australian Spatial Data Infrastructure to provide easy and cost effective access to spatial data and services.
ANZLIC has prepared a range of policies on access and pricing, data description, and spatial data management as well as developing guidelines for data custodians.
The Office of Spatial Data Management is coordinating the Australian government's application of these policies, and will also provide links to key Australian government spatial data custodians.
Links and sources for spatial data
Some datasets from these web sites are available for download.
- ANZLIC - home
- ANZLIC - policies and guidelines for data custodians
- Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics Data
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Australian Natural Resources Data Library
- Australian Soil Resource Information System
- Australian Spatial Data Infrastructure
- Australian Spatial Data Directory - online searches of all connected nodes for Australian spatial data maintained by GeoScience Australia.
- Bureau of Meteorology
- Discover Information Geographically
- Geoscience Australia
- Murray Darling Basin Commission
- Office of Spatial Data Management
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