Victorian Rail Trails (recreation trails)

dataset: VIC_RAIL_TRAILS
This polyline dataset represents disused railway corridors which have been turned into "Rail Trails" in Victoria.
 
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(2021)

Victorian Rail Trails (recreation trails)

 

Description

Title
Victorian Rail Trails (recreation trails) 
Alternate title
VIC_RAIL_TRAILS 
Resource Type
Dataset  
Purpose
This layer was created to identify "Rail Trails" in Victoria. These are usually along disused railway corridors, with some sections which share a corridor with a tourist rail. 
Credit
Kalu Ribush 
Supplemental Information
History: The data is based in part on historic railway data maintained by the Department of Transport (DoT) Current Design Issues: The corridor dataset is a simplification of the rail network. The accuracy of some corridors is approximate. There are likely to be some missing elements to the network. Related Documents: None 
Status
Completed  
 
 

Temporal

Time period
2015-07-012015-07-31 
 
 

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 Transport Analysis and Assessment Branch of the Department of Transport (DoT) Dataset Originality: Primary 
Description
Collection Method: On screen digitising relative to other spatial data and aerial photography 
Description
The alignments have been checked against the most recent available aerial photography. 
 
 

Metadata Constraints

Classification
Unclassified  
 
 

Quality

Attribute Quality
Comments
The status of some corridors may not be reliable. There is no clear distinction between status of "dismantled" and "disposed" or "out of service" and "closed" 
Positional Accuracy
Comments
Estimated to be 1:10,000 
Conceptual Consistency
Comments
Not stated 
Missing Data
Comments
This dataset covers all of Victoria 
Excess Data
 
 

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