Mangrove Mapping of Darwin Harbour, 1996

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Metadata
Citation
Description

Dataset Status
Data Quality
Contact Information
Data Dictionary
Supplementary Information

Metadata Details:

Name:AS/NZS ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata, ANZLIC Metadata Profile

Version:1.0

Date Metadata Extracted:2024-04-20

Date Metadata Last Updated:2020-03-18

Current URL (HTML format) : http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=html&metadata_id=2DBCB7711FCE06B6E040CD9B0F274EFE

Current URL (XML format) : http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=xml&metadata_id=2DBCB7711FCE06B6E040CD9B0F274EFE

Citation

ANZLIC Identifier:2DBCB7711FCE06B6E040CD9B0F274EFE

Title:Mangrove Mapping of Darwin Harbour, 1996

Citation Date:2000-01-14

Date Type:publication

Custodian:Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security

Description

Abstract:

This polygon spatial dataset describes the mangrove communities for Darwin Harbour and its environs. The original field survey was undertaken in 1995 at a mapping scale of 1:25,000.
The associated report notes an area of approximately 20,400 hectares of mangroves in Darwin Harbour and describes ten main mangrove associations or communities.
The data provides a basis for identifying the extent and distribution of mangrove communities for Darwin Harbour and its environs.

Mangrove mapping was updated over this area in a 2016 survey. See metadata record for Mangrove Community Mapping - Charles Point to Gunn Point.
www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=html&metadata_id=87F656131848A609E050CD9B214417E1

ANZLIC Search Words:

biota

farming

imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

oceans

Spatial Domain:

Bounding Coordinates:

North Bounding Coordinate:-12.428601

South Bounding Coordinate:-12.738601

East Bounding Coordinate:131.051214

West Bounding Coordinate:130.711215

Dataset Status

Dataset ID:ANZNT0001000082

Language:English

Character Set: Latin 1

Progress:completed

Maintenance and Update Frequency:notPlanned

Data Currency Start Date:1995-01-07

Data Currency End Date:1996-01-06

Access Constraint:

Download the spatial data package (contains spatial data, maps and reports) via data.nt.gov.au/

You are licensed to use the DENR geospatial products on the terms and conditions set out in: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC BY 4.0) at: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

If you do not agree to the terms and conditions you must not use the geospatial products.

You are free to copy, communicate and adapt the licensed material, provided that you abide by the licence terms (including Attribution) and attribute the licensed material using the statement:

Supplied by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Copyright Northern Territory Government.

Data Quality

Lineage:Original map unit boundaries delineated from aerial photographs and stereoscope interpretation. Map units transferred to topographic map sheets via a mapograph. Original maps were hardcopy only. With the advent of geographic information systems polygons were digitised by rectifying the original hard copy maps.
Map unit boundaries derived using aerial photography and digital satellite imagery, geological and topographic data. Field data (site information) described and classified according to national standards at the time of capture.
Map unit polygons collected via geographic information system. (ESRI ArcInfo) Vegetation attributes attached to map units may be unique to individual surveys.

Positional Accuracy:POLYGON DATA - Map unit boundaries transferred from aerial photographs to topographic maps, using the best available topographic mapping at the time (generally 1:100 000) via a mapograph. Level of accuracy depends on the number of control points on individual aerial photographs. 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 to high.

POINT DATA - Site point coordinates collected from a geographic positioning system with general accuracy of within 100m. Selective availability during this time prevented increased accuracy.

Attribute Accuracy:The attribute information conforms to the 'Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook' at time of capture.
In November 2013 additional attribute values, as described in the Data Dictionary below, have been added to each polygon in the spatial dataset.

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:complete

Contacts

Name Organisation Position Role Phone Fax Email

Data Requests Officer Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security Geospatial Services Branch (on behalf of department) distributor datarequests.depws@nt.gov.au

Name	Organisation	Position	Role	Phone	Fax	Email
Data Requests Officer	Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security	Geospatial Services Branch (on behalf of department)	distributor			datarequests.depws@nt.gov.au

Data Dictionary

Attribute Attribute Description Possible Code Code Description

GEOMORPH Alias: Geomorphic Unit
A summary notation to describe the geomorphological unit for the veg map unit.

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 / report that the mapping refers to.

TIDALLEVEL Alias: Tidal Level
A summary notation to describe the Tidal Level for the veg map unit.

VEG_DESC Alias: Vegetation Description
The vegetation description applicable only at the mapping scale 1:25 000.

VEG_TYPE Alias: Vegetation Broad Type
A broad classification used to group the veg map unit communities; Mangrove Closed Forests, Mangrove Open Forests, Mangrove Woodlands/Open Woodlands, Samphire/Salt Flat, Beach, Not Recorded.

VEG_UNIT Alias: Veg Map Unit
The vegetation mapping unit used to describe the vegetation community and label the polygon in the spatial dataset.

Attribute	Attribute Description	Possible Code	Code Description
GEOMORPH	Alias: Geomorphic Unit A summary notation to describe the geomorphological unit for the veg map unit.
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 / report that the mapping refers to.
TIDALLEVEL	Alias: Tidal Level A summary notation to describe the Tidal Level for the veg map unit.
VEG_DESC	Alias: Vegetation Description The vegetation description applicable only at the mapping scale 1:25 000.
VEG_TYPE	Alias: Vegetation Broad Type A broad classification used to group the veg map unit communities; Mangrove Closed Forests, Mangrove Open Forests, Mangrove Woodlands/Open Woodlands, Samphire/Salt Flat, Beach, Not Recorded.
VEG_UNIT	Alias: Veg Map Unit The vegetation mapping unit used to describe the vegetation community and label the polygon in the spatial dataset.

Supplementary Information

Department Survey Code (Vegetation Survey): MANGD_25

Bibliographic Reference: Brocklehurst, P. and Edmeades, B. (1996) THE MANGROVE COMMUNITIES OF DARWIN HARBOUR; Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment, Darwin, NT.
Supplementary Post - Brocklehurst, P.S. (2013) THE MANGROVE COMMUNITIES OF DARWIN HARBOUR - BIOMASS UPDATE.

The technical reports are available for download (PDF) via the Northern Territory Library, hdl.handle.net/10070/213495

RELATED SURVEYS
Mangrove Mapping Bynoe Harbour, 2003
Mangrove Mapping Charles Point to Gunn Point, 2016

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