Wastewater artificial wetlands listed as important wetlands in Australia - point locations

Dataset description contents:

Note: this dataset description is metadata (data about data) which describes the actual dataset in accordance with the ANZLIC (Australia New Zealand Land Information Council) Core Metadata Guidelines Version 2 (February 2001)


Citation

ANZLIC unique identifier: ANZCW1003100029

Title: Wastewater artificial wetlands listed as important wetlands in Australia - point locations

Custodian: IndexGeo Pty Ltd

Jurisdiction: Australia


Description

Abstract:

"A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia Database" provided at Environment Australia classifies and describes certain wetlands that are of national significance. One category is "Wastewater Wetlands".

This dataset lists the point locations for that category of wetlands. A few wetlands are excluded because their waste water component was minor.

The actual spatial data is made available in various ways: a structured xml file with sites and site details, a simple a comma-separated values (CSV) file, and as a web mapping service.

Note: This service is under development.

ANZLIC search words:

Spatial domain:

Geographic extent name:
Australia excluding external territories - AUS

Note: The format for each Geographic extent name is: Name - Identifier - Category - Jurisdiction (as appropriate)

Geographic bounding box:
The bounding box encloses the maximum extents of the dataset. There may be voids or gaps within the bounding box, depending on the defined coverage of the dataset. Outer bounding rectangle as Latitude/Longitude coordinates based on the WGS84 datum (expressed as both Degrees Minutes Seconds and as decimal Degrees):

austral


Data currency

Beginning date: Not known
Ending date: Current

Dataset status

Progress: In Progress
Maintenance and update frequency: As required

Access

Stored data format:
Digital Self-describing xml file.
Available format type:
Digital Self-describing xml file. Digital Comma-separated values (CSV files). Digital GIF locality images.
Access constraints:
No cost (free data). A liberal licence covers the use and distribution of the dataset.

Distributor transfer options:

OnLine resource:

Linkage: http://www.indexgeo.com.au/cgi-bin/wms-location?request=GetMap&styles=default&layers=wastewet&bbox=130,-40,180,-35&SRS=EPSG:4326&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&width=738&height=369&format=image/gif&version=1.1

Protocol:

http

Application profile:

ogc:WMS-1.1.0-http-get-map

Name:

IndexGeo: Wastewater artificial wetlands - point locations

Description:

A web mapping service showing these locations.

Function:

OnFunctCd:

download

OnLine resource:

Linkage: http://www.indexgeo.com.au/data/wastewet/ANZCW1003100029.tar.gz

Protocol:

http

Name:

IndexGeo: Wastewater artificial wetlands - point locations

Description:

The full dataset as a gzipped tar archive (ANZCW1003100029.tar.gz) including the xml file, the csv files, licence, and the dataset description.

Function:

OnFunctCd:

download

OnLine resource:

Linkage: http://www.indexgeo.com.au/cgi-bin/wms-location?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

Protocol:

http

Application profile:

ogc:WMS-1.1.0-http-get-capabilities

Name:

WMS Capabilities: IndexGeo Point Location Mapserver

Description:

The Web Map Server capabilities description file.

Function:

OnFunctCd:

information

OnLine resource:

Linkage: http://www.indexgeo.com.au/ec/pub/crossley/dataset/ANZCW1003100029.html

Protocol:

http

Application profile:

anzlic:metadata:anzmeta-1.3

Name:

ANZLIC metadata: Wastewater artificial wetlands listed as important wetlands in Australia - point locations

Description:

The full dataset description of this layer of the web mapping service.

Function:

OnFunctCd:

information

Data quality

Lineage:

The online database was consulted "A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia Database" (http://www.ea.gov.au/water/wetlands/database/) and a search conducted for wetlands category "C6: wastewater treatment; sewage farms, settling ponds, oxidation basins". The reports for each entry were consulted to glean summary details (identifier, name, location).

The initial datafile was prepared on 2003-01-02 and verified on 2003-04-17.

Positional accuracy:

Not documented.

Attribute accuracy:

Not documented.

Logical consistency:

Not documented.

Completeness:

Each wetland of classification C6 is listed, but only if the entry is substantially a wastewater wetland. Thus three major wetlands were excluded because the waste water component was only a small part of a large flood-plain. So 5 out of the total 8 sites are listed.

Included:

Excluded:


Contact information

Contact organisation: IndexGeo Pty Ltd
Contact position: Data Manager
Postal address: 160 Cowper Street
Locality: Goulburn
State: NSW
Country: Australia
Postcode: 2580
Telephone: +61 2 48221404
Electronic mail address: data@indexgeo.com.au

Metadata information

Metadata date: 17 April 2003 (2003-04-17)
Metadata reference: http://www.indexgeo.com.au/ec/pub/crossley/dataset/ANZCW1003100029.html

Additional metadata

The mapserver is available at: http://www.indexgeo.com.au/cgi-bin/wms-location

This is a test metadata record using an extended ANZMETA DTD to add the onLineSrc/linkage element (and its supporting elements borrowed from ISO 19115) to enable online links, directly from metadata to data (and services) and vice versa.

See explanation of how this discover-and-get capability is implemented - http://www.indexgeo.net/zap/onlink/

This dataset description complies with ANZLIC Core Metadata Guidelines Version 2 (February 2001) and XML DTD ANZMETA Resource 1.1 which extends ANZMETA 1.3 (metadata validation date: 2003-04-21)


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