Title

Victorian Land Use Information System 2021/22 

Alternate title

VLUIS2122_release3 

Resource Type

Dataset  

Purpose

VLUIS 21/22 has been developed to provide. - contemporary and spatially detailed information to support ‘Agriculture Climate Spatial Tool’ (ACST) under Victoria’s ‘Agriculture Sector Pledge’ towards emission reduction targets. - a framework land use/cover and tenure dataset to support a broad range of land management applications 

Status

Completed  

Time period

2021-04-302022-03-31 

Spatial representation type

Vector  

Code

4283 

 

Maintenance and update frequency

Annually  

Title

ESRI File Geodatabase 

Topic category

• Farming
• Environment
• Planning cadastre

Use limitation

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY) The custodian should be contacted to assess the utility of this dataset for your purpose. 

Classification

Sensitive But Unclassified  

Description

The method used to create VLUIS was developed as part of the previous VLUIS program 2006-2017. This method has been updated to incorporate dataset and spatial/remote sensing technology improvements over the last 6 years. A review was undertaken to establish and document these changes (Sheffield et al, 2022). The VLUIS methodology has been designed to create regular and consistent data over time. It covers the entire landmass of Victoria and separately describes the land tenure, land use and land cover for each cadastral parcel across the state. The VLUIS dataset will be published annually with provision of updated statewide information for rural and agricultural land use categories and land cover linked to an ongoing process of updated land use data with linked source dates. The data is in the form of a both a table and a feature class. The table contains a Parcel_PFI column which links to the same code within the state-wide cadastral data layer, so that data on land use, land tenure and land cover is attached to each land parcel. To use the VLUIS data correctly it is important to understand the difference between the three components of VLUIS. The “Guidelines for land use mapping in Australia: principles, procedures and definitions, Edition 3” published in 2006 by the Commonwealth of Australia, defines them as follows: • Land tenure is the form of an interest in land. Some forms of tenure (such as pastoral leases or nature conservation reserves) relate directly to land use and land management practice. • Land use means the purpose to which the land cover is committed. Some land uses, such as agriculture, have a characteristic land cover pattern. These usually appear in land cover classifications. Other land uses, such as nature conservation, are not readily discriminated by a characteristic land cover pattern. For example, where the land cover is woodland, land use may be timber production or nature conservation. • Land cover refers to the physical surface of the earth, including various combinations of vegetation types, soils, exposed rocks, and water bodies as well as anthropogenic elements, such as agriculture and built environments. Land cover classes can usually be discriminated by characteristic patterns using remote sensing. Interpretation of information available for each land parcel should consider all three components where feasible, with limitations of data classes and potential accuracy or currency taken into account for assessing the data’s suitability for your intended application. 

Description

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Use limitation

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY) ( License Text ) 

Classification

Unclassified