Steer Clear areas in Port Phillip

dataset: STEER_CLEAR_AREA
This polyline dataset represents the areas for recreational boats to Steer Clear of shipping in Port Phillip. Port Phillip Bay is a popular place for boating, fishing, yachting and other aquatic pastimes - but it is also a gateway for commercial shipping. This means big ships such as container ships, car carriers and cruise ships are using the bay 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, going to and from the ports of Melbourne and Geelong.
 
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(2019)

Steer Clear areas in Port Phillip

Victorian Ports Corporation
 

Description

Title
Steer Clear areas in Port Phillip 
Alternate title
STEER_CLEAR_AREA 
Resource Type
Dataset  
Purpose
The purpose of this dataset is to provide the public information on safe recreational boating in Port Phillip Bay 
Supplemental Information
History: Data provided by email to Kalu Ribush in October 2019 from Scott Black Related Documents: None 
Status
Completed  
 
 

Temporal

Time period
2019-10-01 
 
 

Spatial

Spatial representation type
Vector  
Code
4283 


 

 

Maintenance

Maintenance and update frequency
As needed  
 
 

Format

 
 

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Keywords

Topic category
  • Transportation
 
 

Resource Constraints

Use limitation
Unrestricted 
Classification
Unclassified  
 
 

Lineage

Statement
Dataset Source: The data was created by the Victorian Port Corporation (Melbourne) Dataset Originality: Primary 
Description
Collection Method: On screen digitising relative to other spatial data 
Description
The polygons were digitized using the Aids to Navigation beacons as a reference and mainly follows the shipping channels and spoil grounds in Port Phillip. 
 
 

Metadata Constraints

Classification
Unclassified  
 
 

Quality

Attribute Quality
Positional Accuracy
Conceptual Consistency
Missing Data
Comments
Port Phillip - Victoria 
Excess Data
 
 

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