Land Resources of Wildman River Station, Northern Territory.

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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:2024-04-25

Date Metadata Last Updated:2021-11-17

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Citation

ANZLIC Identifier:2DBCB771204D06B6E040CD9B0F274EFE

Title:Land Resources of Wildman River Station, Northern Territory.

Citation Date:2000-01-14

Date Type:publication

Custodian:Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security

Description

Abstract:

This spatial dataset provides polygon information on the land unit boundaries of Wildman River Station Northern Territory and describes dominant landform, soils and vegetation.

The survey area covers 490 km2 and is located approximately 100 km south east of Darwin off the Arnhem Highway. 50% of the survey area is situated over the Mary River National Park. The original field survey was undertaken in 1977 at a mapping scale of 1:50,000. The main purpose of the survey was to provide an inventory of the land resources of the area and also provide some land utilization alternatives for future property development.

Core attributes describing the land units were added to the spatial dataset in 2011.

ANZLIC Search Words:

biota

environment

geoscientificInformation

imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

Spatial Domain:

Bounding Coordinates:

North Bounding Coordinate:-12.608596

South Bounding Coordinate:-12.758597

East Bounding Coordinate:131.931207

West Bounding Coordinate:131.641206

Dataset Status

Dataset ID:ANZNT0001000246

Language:English

Character Set: Latin 1

Progress:completed

Maintenance and Update Frequency:notPlanned

Data Currency Start Date:1977-07-01

Data Currency End Date:2013-09-18

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

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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, Parks and Water Security. Copyright Northern Territory Government.

Data Quality

Lineage:Original map unit boundaries delineated from aerial photographs and stereoscope interpretation. Map units transferred to clean dyeline sheets or topographic maps 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 hard copy aerial photography and stereoscope, satellite imagery (post 1993), 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 (ARC/MapInfo). 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.

Attribute Accuracy: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. Attribute values, as described in the Data Dictionary below, have been added to each polygon.

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

DR_CLASS Alias: Drainage Class
Categorized into 3 classes 1 Nil to low level of seasonal soil waterlogging

2 Moderate to high level of seasonal soil waterlogging

3 Severe level of seasonal soil water logging or inundation for extended periods

DR_DESC Alias: Drainage Description

HORT_DESC Alias: Horticultural Potential Description

HORT_POT Alias: Horticultural Potential
Categorized into 3 classes HIGH Soils exhibit minor constraints to horticultural development

LOW Soils exhibit numerous constraints to horticultural development

MODERATE Soils exhibit some constraints to horticultural development

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
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 related text field from the map legend. The amount of detail may vary between surveys.

LU_DESC Alias: Land Unit Description
General text field from the map legend. The amount of detail may vary between surveys

SOIL_DESC Alias: Soil Description
Soil related text field from the map legend. The amount of detail may vary between surveys.

SOIL_SYS Alias: Soil Classification System
soil classification system used to describe the soil in the land unit description

SPECIES_ 3 Alias: Veg Species 3
Where 3 dominant vegetation species described in a land unit.The order of species listed determines their dominance

SPECIES_1 Alias: Veg Species 1
The dominant vegetation species described in a land unit. The order of species listed determines their dominance

SPECIES_2 Alias: Veg Species 2
Where 2 dominant vegetation species were described in a land unit. The order of species listed determines their dominance

SURVEY_ID Alias: Survey Identifier
The SURVEY_ID field is the first five characters from the corporate survey code

SURVEY_NME Alias: Survey Name
The SURVEY_NME is the full name of the report to which the mapping refers

VEG_DESC Alias: Vegetation Description
The VEG_DESC is the vegetation related text field from the map legend. The amount of detail may vary between surveys.

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

Attribute	Attribute Description	Possible Code	Code Description
DR_CLASS	Alias: Drainage Class Categorized into 3 classes	1	Nil to low level of seasonal soil waterlogging
		2	Moderate to high level of seasonal soil waterlogging
		3	Severe level of seasonal soil water logging or inundation for extended periods
DR_DESC	Alias: Drainage Description
HORT_DESC	Alias: Horticultural Potential Description
HORT_POT	Alias: Horticultural Potential Categorized into 3 classes	HIGH	Soils exhibit minor constraints to horticultural development
		LOW	Soils exhibit numerous constraints to horticultural development
		MODERATE	Soils exhibit some constraints to horticultural development
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 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 related text field from the map legend. The amount of detail may vary between surveys.
LU_DESC	Alias: Land Unit Description General text field from the map legend. The amount of detail may vary between surveys
SOIL_DESC	Alias: Soil Description Soil related text field from the map legend. The amount of detail may vary between surveys.
SOIL_SYS	Alias: Soil Classification System soil classification system used to describe the soil in the land unit description
SPECIES_ 3	Alias: Veg Species 3 Where 3 dominant vegetation species described in a land unit.The order of species listed determines their dominance
SPECIES_1	Alias: Veg Species 1 The dominant vegetation species described in a land unit. The order of species listed determines their dominance
SPECIES_2	Alias: Veg Species 2 Where 2 dominant vegetation species were described in a land unit. The order of species listed determines their dominance
SURVEY_ID	Alias: Survey Identifier The SURVEY_ID field is the first five characters from the corporate survey code
SURVEY_NME	Alias: Survey Name The SURVEY_NME is the full name of the report to which the mapping refers
VEG_DESC	Alias: Vegetation Description The VEG_DESC is the vegetation related text field from the map legend. The amount of detail may vary between surveys.
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 (Land Units): WR_50

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE:
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Day, K.J. Harrison, C.J. and VanCuylenburg, H.R. (1979). LAND RESOURCES OF WILDMAN RIVER STATION, NT (1979). REPORT NUMBER LC 79/6. Land Conservation Unit, Territory Parks and Wildlife Commission.
Download the report (PDF) via the NT Library, hdl.handle.net/10070/228582

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
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Land Resources of the Mary River Catchment.
A compilation of 8 land resource surveys, including the Land Resources of Wildman River Station, were appended to a single dataset. No report was written for this survey.
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