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Metadata : The Land Resources of Larapinta Valley and the Undoolya Area, Alice Springs |
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Name:AS/NZS ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata, ANZLIC Metadata Profile
Version:1.0
Date Metadata Extracted:2025-10-17
Date Metadata Last Updated:2025-10-15
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Citation
ANZLIC Identifier:411774703C736F42E0632144CD9B500D
Title: The Land Resources of Larapinta Valley and the Undoolya Area, Alice Springs
Citation Date:2025-10-14
Date Type:creation
Custodian:Department of Lands, Planning and Environment
Description
This polygon spatial data set provides information on the land unit boundaries of the Eastern Sector of the Larapinta Valley and Undoolya area of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, and describes dominant landform, soils and vegetation of the area. The Larapinta Valley survey area encompasses 10.8km2 and is located immediately to the west of Alice Springs. The Undoolya survey area encompasses 25km2 and is located 5km to the east of Alice Springs.
The original field survey was undertaken in 1978, and was completed at a mapping scale of 1:10,000.
Core attributes describing the land units, as defined by the department, were added to the spatial data set in October of 2025.
- biota
- environment
- geoscientificInformation
Bounding Coordinates:
- North Bounding Coordinate:-23.674666
- South Bounding Coordinate:-23.726582
- East Bounding Coordinate:133.978731
- West Bounding Coordinate:133.811122
Dataset Status
Dataset ID:
Language:English
Character Set: Latin 1
Progress:underDevelopment
Maintenance and Update Frequency:notPlanned
Data Currency Start Date:2025-10-14
Data Currency End Date:
Access Constraint:Standard access notes
Download the spatial data package via ftp-dlrm.nt.gov.au/main.html?download&weblink=f7913d594bcec1bd16d693079068368d&realfilename=LandUnits_larun_10.zip
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Supplied by the Department of Lands, Planning and Environment. Copyright Northern Territory Government
Data Quality
Lineage:Original map unit boundaries are delineated from aerial photographs and stereoscope interpretation. Map units transferred to clean dyeline sheets via a mapograph. Original maps were hardcopy only. With the advent of geographic information systems, polygons were digitised by georeferencing the original hard copy maps.
Original map unit boundaries derived using hard copy aerial photography and stereoscope geological and topographic maps. Field data (site data) described and classified according to national standards at the time of capture.
Map unit polygons collected via geographic information system (ESRI ArcGIS). Core landform, soil and vegetation attributes attached to map units with additional attributes unique to individual surveys.
Positional Accuracy:POLYGON DATA
Hardcopy maps rectified using control points marked on original hardcopy maps. Control points include creek lines, cadastre and other topographic features. Depending on the nature of the landscape (the number of control points) positional accuracy may vary. Positional accuracy generally considered moderate.
POINT DATA
Survey teams navigated during field operations with topographic maps, aerial photographs and prismatic compass. Point source locations marked on aerial photography in the field. Positional accuracy considered within 300m but generally below 200m depending on the terrain. Site coordinates derived by transferring site locations from aerial photographs to topographic maps and coordinates calculated. In some cases, sites have been georeferenced directly from aerial photography to Google Earth Web Map Server in ArcGIS.
Attribute Accuracy:The attribute information conforms to the 'Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook' at time of capture.
Attributes assigned according to the dominant feature. For example, where ten sites have been grouped to describe a particular map unit and two different soils described from these sites then the dominant soil is chosen. The department has assigned a list of core attribute values, described in the Data Dictionary below, to each polygon.
The attribute naming format uses 10 characters with no spaces to be suitable for an ESRI shape-file format. An alias attribute name is applied to an ESRI file geo-database format.
Logical Consistency:GIS editing tools were used to rectify all overshoots and undershoots in line work. Polygon topology rules applied are; must not overlap, must not have gaps and each polygon has only one label.
Completeness:Completed
Contacts
Name Organisation Position Role Phone Fax Data Requests Officer Department of Lands, Planning and Environment Geospatial Services Unit (on behalf of department) distributor Datarequests.DLPE@nt.gov.au
Data Dictionary
Attribute Attribute Description Possible Code Code Description LAND_UNIT Alias: Land Unit
The LAND_UNIT field is the land unit label from the spatial dataset (ie 9a2).
LF_CLASS Alias: Landform Class
Landform class is a system adopted by the department. The categories do not conform to national criteria even though some have been sourced from Australian Soil and Land Survey - Field Handbook (Mc Donald et.al. 1998).
LF_DESC Alias: Landform Description
Landform description includes details about landform, and general notes pertaining to slope, surface gravel and other details describing the land unit.
SOIL Alias: Dominant Soil Order
The dominant soil order described in a land unit is recorded.
SOIL_DESC Alias: Soil Description
Soil description includes an ASC or Northcote/other soil classification and usually includes colour, soil depth and other notes describing the soil.
SOIL_SYS Alias: Soil Classification System
The soil classification system used to describe the soil in the land unit description
SPECIES_1 Alias: Veg Dom Species 1
The dominant vegetation species described in a land unit. The order of species listed determines their dominance.
SURVEY_ID Alias: Survey Identifier
A department code that usually refers to the first five characters from the original survey site sheet.SURVEY_NME Alias: Survey Name
The name of the survey area or report to which the mapping refersVEG_DESC Alias: Vegetation Description
The dominant species and its structure are recorded. Occasionally it will include minor vegetation communities also noted in the land unit description and/or notes specific to the community.
VEG_STRUC Alias: Dominant Veg Structure
Vegetation structural classes from NVIS (ESCAVI 2003), Walker and Hopkins (1998) and Specht (1970) classification schemes
VEG_SYS Alias: Veg Classification System
The National Vegetation Information System (NVIS) classification system.
Supplementary Information
Department Survey Code: LARUN_10
This spatial dataset should not be used at scales greater than 1:10,000.
Bibliographic reference:
Fogarty, P. J., Wood, B. G. (1978). The land resources of Larapinta Valley and the Undoolya area, Alice Springs (1978). Report no. LC 78/6. Land Conservation Section, Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory; hdl.handle.net/10070/674165.
Download the report (PDF) via the Northern Territory Library: hdl.handle.net/10070/674165
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