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Identifiers and Keywords

ANZLIC Id

ANZVI0803004163 

Victorian Spatial Data Library (VSDL) Schema

FLORAFAUNA1:VBA_FLORA25 

Jurisdiction

Victoria 

Topic category

• Biota

Resource Constraints

Use limitation

Not for commercial use. For the purposes of biodiversity management and conservation. 

Classification

Unclassified  

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY)

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Other Dataset Details

Date ( Revision )

2021-08-17

Date ( Publication )

2025-12-13T14:06:48

Status

Completed  

Purpose

This layer is to be used to indicate sites and general localities where flora taxa have been recorded. It is not a presence/absence dataset and includes both incidental records submitted by the public as well as the results of scientific surveys. Users should take particular note of the MAX_ACC_KM field which describes the MAXIMUM accuracy of the site as a radius around the point. Sites with an accuracy worse than +/- 500m are contained in the related dataset VBA_FLORA100. Taxon records considered sensitive by DELWP are contained in the related (but restricted) dataset VBA_FLORA_RESTRICTED, or the denatured VBA_RESTRICTED_1M. The dataset contains over 2.5 million points and is best used at large scales or by querying for particular taxa if it is to be drawn across larger areas. 

Supplemental Information

Relationship to other Datasets: - VBA unrestricted flora sites with site accuracies worse than +/- 500m are contained in VBA_FLORA100 - VBA restricted flora sites are contained in the restricted access dataset VBA_FLORA_RESTRICTED - A 1 minute grid polygon summary of all VBA flora data is contained in VBA_FLORA_GRID_1M These layers supercede FLORA100, THFLO100 and THFLOR500. Related Documents: None 

Maintenance and update frequency

Weekly  

Maintenance date ( Publication )

2022-11-11T02:52:52

Spatial

Spatial representation type

Vector  

Reference system identifier

4283

Temporal

Begin date

1750-01-01 

End date

now  

Resolution

Horizontal Accuracy

100m  

Quality

Missing Data

Records are available from throughout Victoria, although some area have extremely good coverage, e.g. Central Highlands, East Gippsland. Victoria 

Attribute Quality

The species records undergo a rigorous data validtion process, including being passed by relevant experts before the data are accepted into the VBA. 

Positional Accuracy

Precision: 15 to 500 metres Determination: Localities are generally read from 1:100,00 maps, or sometimes from GPS. A number of checks are made to verify geocode. The accuracy of each record is contained in the MAX_ACC_KM field as a +/- value in km, i.e the value represents a radius around the point. 

Lineage

Statement

Dataset Source: Victorian Biodiversity Atlas incorporating data from the Flora Information System and VROTPOP. These datasets include records from Departmental surveys, botanists, herbarium, field naturalists, consultants, universities, and the general public. Dataset Originality: Derived 

Attributes

Column Name	Obligation	Unique	Data Type	Data Length	Data Precision	Data Scale	Reference Table Owner	Reference Table Name	Reference Table Code Column Name	Short Column Name	Definition
EPBC_DESC	O	N	VARCHAR2	25						EPBC_DESC
FFG_DESC	O	N	VARCHAR2	40						FFG_DESC
FIRE_RESP	O	N	VARCHAR2	10						FIRE_RESP
PROJECT_ID	O	N	NUMBER	22	10	0				PROJECT_ID
VERS_DATE	O	N	VARCHAR2	10						VERS_DATE
ORIGIN	O	N	VARCHAR2	65						ORIGIN
COLLECTOR	O	N	VARCHAR2	50						COLLECTOR
OLDVICDESC	O	N	VARCHAR2	25						OLDVICDESC
FFG	O	N	VARCHAR2	4						FFG
NVIS_GF	O	N	VARCHAR2	15						NVIS_GF
STARTDATE	O	N	DATE	7						STARTDATE
UFI	O	N	NUMBER	22	20	0				UFI
LONG_DD94	O	N	NUMBER	22	8	5				LONG_DD94
TOTALCOUNT	O	N	NUMBER	22	10	0				TOTALCOUNT
COMM_NAME	O	N	VARCHAR2	60						COMM_NAME
ECOLOGY	O	N	VARCHAR2	25						ECOLOGY
COVERABUND	O	N	VARCHAR2	10						COVERABUND
LAT_DD94	O	N	NUMBER	22	8	5				LAT_DD94
SCI_NAME	O	N	VARCHAR2	60						SCI_NAME
SURVEYTYPE	O	N	VARCHAR2	50						SURVEYTYPE
EPBC	O	N	VARCHAR2	4						EPBC
START_MTH	O	N	NUMBER	22	8	0				START_MTH
SCALE_USE	O	N	NUMBER	22	8	0				SCALE_USE
ALTITUDE	O	N	NUMBER	22	5	0				ALTITUDE
UFI_CREATE	O	N	DATE	7						UFI_CREATE
RECORD_ID	O	N	NUMBER	22	10	0				RECORD_ID
SITE_ID	O	N	NUMBER	22	8	0				SITE_ID
VIC_LF	O	N	VARCHAR2	40						VIC_LF
MODEL_USE	O	N	VARCHAR2	25						MODEL_USE
MAX_ACC_KM	O	N	NUMBER	22	6	3				MAX_ACC_KM
QUADID_ETC	O	N	VARCHAR2	10						QUADID_ETC
TAXON_ID	O	N	NUMBER	22	10	0				TAXON_ID
LOCN_DESC	O	N	VARCHAR2	120						LOCN_DESC
AUTHORITY	O	N	VARCHAR2	50						AUTHORITY
START_YEAR	O	N	NUMBER	22	10	0				START_YEAR
RELIABILITY	O	N	VARCHAR2	25						RELIABILTY
OLD_VICADV	O	N	VARCHAR2	4						OLD_VICADV
SURVEY_ID	O	N	NUMBER	22	8	0				SURVEY_ID

About the Metadata Record

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