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 Vicmap Bulletins for 2009-10 Keeping you informed on changes to Vicmap Vicmap Bulletin September 2009 Quarterly summary  Vicmap Bulletin Sept 2009 Quarterly summary (PDF - 1.3 MB)Please print this summary off and place in the rear sleeve of your Vicmap Catalogue 2009-10 to ensure you have the very latest information on Vicmap. The next Quarterly Bulletin will be released January 2010. Vicmap Bulletin No 40, 17 September 2009 Feature Articles - NEW Annual Vicmap Catalogue 2009/10 - NEW Vicmap Bulletin Quarterly Summaries - Coastal DEM and Contours now available - Vicmap Features of Interest available 28 September - Vicmap Features to be retired 23 September. Changes to Vicmap Products - Two changes Product Development - Thirteen product developments Distribution News - Two distribution news items Website Development - One key website item Related Spatial Information Infrastructure Projects - Four SII Projects Full text Feature Articles NEW Annual Vicmap Catalogue 2009/10 The new look annual catalogue of all Vicmap Products is now available. A full colour published version is available by emailing vicmap.info@dse.vic.gov.au. Individual Vicmap Product sheets in PDF are available from http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/vicmap NEW Vicmap Bulletin Quarterly Summaries The Catalogue features a sleeve at the back for NEW Vicmap Bulletin Quarterly Summaries. A PDF version is published on the website, to ensure customers have the very latest information on their products. These summaries include all changes to Vicmap, featured articles, a development update of each Vicmap product, distribution and website development news and related Spatial Information Infrastructure projects.The December Quarterly Bulletin will be released January 2010. NOTE- Bulletin items, as they occur will still be emailed out to customers who have registered their interest at receiving them, see http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/vicmap > Vicmap Bulletins. Further information Jeffrey.Green@dse.vic.gov.au Coastal DEM and Contours now available Department of Sustainability and Environment has just released Vicmap Elevation- Coastal 1m DEM and 0.5m Contours. This product provides a high resolution representation of natural relief features along the coast of Victoria. It includes a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) at 1m grid resolution and Contours with an interval of 50cm up to the 10 metre contour. The entire coastline is now available except for pockets within in Phillip & French Islands and some areas in Corner Inlet. It is expected that the areas not covered, will be included in the next update later this year. For more information http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/vicmap > Digital Products > Elevation. For access http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/vicmapdsp. Further information- Christina.ratcliff@dse.vic.gov.au Vicmap Features of Interest available 28 September Vicmap Features of Interest database assist users in asset management, web based search and find, dispatch delivery and routing, and map production. DSE will be providing a dynamic database catalogue of features and sub features such as education centres, care and emergency facilities, fire lookout and transmission lines. See http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/vicmap >Digital Products > Features of Interest, for more information such as the Vicmap features of interest catalogue and Subfeatures completeness report. Further information- Geraldine.karla@dse.vic.gov.au Vicmap Features to be retired 23 September Vicmap Features will be retired on the 23rd September. This product has had minimal maintenance over the years and ALL maintenance ceased in March 2009. The release of Vicmap Features of Interest will more than cover any previous requirement customers had for the original Vicmap Features data. Some points of difference to note:
Changes to Vicmap Products Change #111 Withdrawal of redundant datasets in Vicmap Products The following Vicmap datasets have been withdrawn from the indicated Vicmap product. These datasets contain no valuable information which is not present in the corresponding polygon dataset. For instance water area features are found in HY_WATER_AREA_POLYGON with redundant information found in the two datasets- HY_WATER_AREA_CENTROID and HY_WATER_AREA_LINE. The latter two datasets will be withdrawn from VMHYDRO. VMADMIN
AD_LGA_AREA_LINE AD_LOCALITY_AREA_CENTROID AD_LOCALITY_AREA_LINE
EL_GRND_TYPE_AREA_LINE
HY_WATER_AREA_LINE HY_WATER_STRUCT_AREA_CENTROID HY_WATER_STRUCT_AREA_LINE
TR_AIRPORT_AREA_LINE TR_AIR_INFRA_AREA_CENTROID TR_AIR_INFRA_AREA_LINE
Change #109 Withdrawal of redundant datasets from Vicmap Elevation- 1-5m Contours & Relief The EL_CONTOUR_TEXT_1TO5M dataset will be removed from the Vicmap Elevation- 1-5 Contours & Relief Product. Annotation height information held in the Elevation Product will be sourced from the base dataset- EL_CONTOUR_1TO5M. Further information- george.mansour@dse.vic.gov.au. Product Development Address- Completion initiative The Property Identifier Quality Audit (PIQA) identified local government assigned property addresses not apparent in Vicmap Address. Over the period February to June 2009, 26 local government areas were targeted, to include as many addresses in Vicmap Address as possible. The focus was on integrating properties with numbered addresses to Vicmap, although thousands of road names were amended following Council ratification. Almost 33,000 addresses were either added or amended, continuing the rapid increase in quality and completeness of Vicmap Address in the past three years. Further information- colin.salmon@dse.vic.gov.au Elevation- DTM20m & DTM10m An updated version of these Digital Terrain Models is expected in October. Further information Christina.ratcliff@dse.vic.gov.au Hydro- Melbourne Water re-aligning waterways within their jurisdiction Melbourne Water are utilising the Custodianship Program with DSE to improve the data quality and location of waterways within their area of responsibility. Melbourne Water is increasing the spatial accuracy by realigning the waterways data to suit their business needs to an improved accuracy of around 1:5,000. Customers will benefit from the more accurate positioning. Further information Darren.Mckinty@dse.vic.gov.au Imagery- More 2009 Aerial Photography now available Various projects of varying resolutions, spectral bands, date of capture and project area are now available from 2005. All Projects are listed online. The imagery has been obtained from various projects over the State with most through the Coordinated Imagery Program. Seventeen new projects were released August 2009, which include the 2009 fires and the Mallee area. See http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/vicmap > Imagery from 2005. Imagery project extents are online Refer to the Annual Index Maps for the approximate extent of each Project. Extent files from all projects are available detailed boundaries of each project can be viewed through the free map viewer ESRI ArcExplorer. Zipped attachments can be imported into those map viewers. See http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/vicmap > Digital Products > Vicmap Imagery- Aerial Photography from 2005. Further information john.white@dse.vic.gov.au Position- Additional GPSnet Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) A number of new GPSnet CORS have been proposed to be installed by the Vicmap Position- GPSnet team by the end of 2009. Now GPSnet CORS sites include Pyramid Hill, Seymour, Newhaven, Wonthaggi and Mortlake. Completion of these sites will further densify the GPSnet coverage in regional areas across the state. See http://www.land.vic.gov.au/gpsnet Position- Two new AuScope Geoscience Australia CORS Auscope’s Continuously Operating Reference Stations cover Australia. They fill some gaps in the Victorian CORS network and underpin the Geodetic framework across the country. Two new AuScope Geoscience Australia CORS are operational at Beechworth and Portland.These sites will form the 2nd and 3rd Victorian AuScope sites to be constructed with the assistance of the Office of the Surveyor General Victoria in 2009. The first AuScope site constructed at Granite Rock near Bairnsdale in Eastern Victoria has been operational for some months now. Further information: hayden.asmussen@dse.vic.gov.au Position- Two new Value Added Resellers for Precision Agriculture Market Two Value Added Resellers that provide Network Real Time Kinematic (RTK) correction signals within the agricultural users area from CORS reference stations with a horizontal accuracy of +/- 2cm is Leica Geosystems Pty Ltd & Geosolutions Australia. Others are being sought. See http://www.land.vic.gov.au/gpsnet > GNSS Useful Links or contact james.millner@dse.vic.gov.au Position- How different markets can use GPSnet in their business A number of videos are available online which demonstrates how customers can use Vicmap Position- GPSnet in the:
Property- Spatial Precision projects In preparation for adjusting the spatial geometry of the parcel boundaries, SII have engaged in two separate projects to obtain survey accurate coordinates of the cadastral corners.
Property- Parcel Cleansing Project Land Registry have systematically be verifying the parcel representation of Vicmap Property through the Parcel Cleansing project and to date have correct 190,000 aspatial records and have provided approximately 4000 advice Improvement notices for rectification of the parcel spatial representation. Further information Robert.morrison@dse.vic.gov.au Topographic- Hardcopy Maps & 1:30,000 Maps Online eNewsletter Development to these products are indicated in the Vicmap Topographic quarterly eNewsletter located at http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/vicmap > Hardcopy maps. Transport- Private access roads destination tags Trafficable roads on freehold land such as common property access on plans of subdivision and rural driveways have now been identified. The attribute of Road_Restriction = 5 identifies private access roads. All rural and metropolitan Local Government Areas have now been completed. This task was achieved using the most recent available Vicmap Imagery- Aerial Photography from 2005, and Vicmap Property as background layers. Further information David.blain@dse.vic.gov.au Distribution News Customers can now request weekly Vicmap data updates As of July 2009 the key Vicmap Digital Products are refreshed and available on a weekly basis. Vicmap Address, Property and Transport are the most dynamic. Customers can now request weekly updates from your Vicmap Data Service Provider indicated at http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/vicmapdsp Weekly Incremental supplies From the first of July al Vicmap incremental capable products have been provided via the Incremental Update Format on a weekly basis. The reduction of the incremental interval by half will provide customers with timelier updates for use in business applications. Further information emil.skender@dse.vic.gov.au Website Development Vicmap information to be migrated from www.land.vic.gov.au/vicmap to DSE web In November, all web information related to Vicmap will be moved the DSE web site at www.land.dse.vic.gov.au/vicmap. Future Bulletins will indicate when you may need to change your browser bookmarks or favourites. This will remove much duplication in Government website information. Hotlinks to Land Channel such as http://www.land.vic.gov.au/vicmap will be available as http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/vicmap Almost all 23 stage 1 PRV sites have been identified, with PRV hosts now in the process of finalising and signing hosting agreements. It is envisaged that Stage 1 will be completed, and provide near full Network RTK coverage in the area by the end of 2009. For your published Vicmap Bulletin Quarterly Summary- September 2009 from 1 October
Active feedback We rely on users of Vicmap to convey problems they may have had with our data, or any suggestions for improving it. Please email us at vicmap.info@dse.vic.gov.au explaining your problem or suggestion. Register (or de-register) Online for-
Spatial Information Infrastructure (SII) Department of Sustainability and Environment PO Box 500, East Melbourne, VIC 3002, AUSTRALIA Ph 61 3 8636 2333 Fax 61 3 8636 2813 vicmap.info@dse.vic.gov.au
It is proposed that the following Vicmap datasets will be withdrawn from the relevant Vicmap product on the 1 July 2009:
ad_lga_area_centroid ad_lga_area_line ad_locality_area_centroid ad_locality_area_line VMELEV el_grnd_type_area_centroid el_grnd_type_ara_line VMHYDRO hy_water_area_centroid hy_water_area_line hy_water_struc_area_centroid hy_water_struct_area_line VMSHARED fr_framework_area_centroid For instance water area features are found in hy_water_area_polygon with redundant information found in the two datasets; hy_water_area_centroid and hy_water_area_line. The latter two datasets will be withdrawn from VMHYDRO. Please provide any feedback to George Mansour at george.mansour@dse.vic.gov.au by Friday, 12 June, 2009. Change #95 Address- add_feature_id_quality_id field to Vicmap Transport There are thousands of Local Government assigned property addresses (number/road name/locality) where no constructed road exists, with some 2755 existing in the Shire of Wellington alone. These generally relate to inappropriate or undeveloped historical subdivisions, that continue to be rated as individual properties. george.mansour@dse.vic.gov.au The named but unconstructed roads are often termed paper roads as they are only visible on a paper subdivision plan. Vicmap Transport does not include unconstructed roads. It is intended that each paper road address identified by local government will be attributed with ‘PAPER ROAD ONLY’ road in the add_feature_id_quality_id field. Change #97 VMLITE_LOCALITY hierarchy codes re-order The change involves re-ordering of the hierarchy codes, resulting in making them more logical and allow future expansion. Change #100 Notice of Intention to remove Unconnected_Centroid table from Vicmap Property SII will remove the Unconnected_Centroid table from both the Vicmap Property Standard and the Vicmap Property Simplified 1 data models at the creation of the next set of Incremental Update Format (IUF) seed files. Change #104 New dataset in Vicmap Admin A new dataset named "Legislation_Leghold_Trap" has been added to the Vicmap Admin product. This dataset identifies regions where the Minister for Agriculture has authorised large leghold trap use under Sec 15B(3) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986. The dataset is statewide and based on parish areas. It will be released in Vicmap Admin in the next IUF load. All changes to Vicmap Products information location All changes made to Vicmap Products are copied to www.land.vic.gov.au/vicmap > Vicmap Bulletins Active feedback Register (or de-register) Online for-
Spatial Information Infrastructure (SII) Department of Sustainability and Environment PO Box 500, East Melbourne, VIC 3002, AUSTRALIA Ph 61 3 8636 2386 Fax 61 3 8636 2813 vicmap.info@dse.vic.gov.au This document was last reviewed on 13/10/2009.
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