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Types of spatial data |
QSpatial includes data from participating Queensland Government agencies and displays metadata about downloadable data, either extracted on the fly or pre-packaged, available web map services, as well as information about offline resources.
Searching this repository you can discover, select and download spatial data over an area of interest. The data you download can be in a selected format which is specified by the publisher and advertised in the metadata: GDb, Shp, TAB, KMZ, map coverage data, image data and text file data as well as web services (APIs), or a pre-packaged format (DP).
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Viewing spatial data |
To view the spatial data downloaded from QSpatial you will need access to Geographic Information System (GIS) software. If you don't have access to GIS software, you don’t need to download the data, simply view most all of the data in the Queensland Globe.
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How do I know when the data is updated in a dataset |
Data alerts are available if you are logged in. They are under User Profile - Saved Subscriptions. When a subscribed dataset is updated by the data publisher, a notification is sent out the following day (6am) via email. Data available as a web service is ‘live’.
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How do I find the accuracy of data |
In the metadata you will find under Data Quality the Positional accuracy and Attribute accuracy statements. You can also determine accuracy by reviewing the History > lineage statement but this field is not mandatory.
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What is the accuracy of the Digital Cadastral data set |
The point of truth for property boundaries is the survey plan. The digital cadastral data set is a graphical representation of these boundaries. You can purchase buy a copy of a survey plan through the Titles Qld online title and image searches page.
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Details about accuracies and other attributes can also be found in the Queensland Digital Cadastral Database data dictionary (QIF).
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File name abbreviations |
CATEGORY | NAME | ABBREVIATION |
Gross Geographic Extent |
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National | Australia | AUS |
Great Artesian Basin | GAB | |
Murray Darling Basin | MDB | |
Lake Eyre Basin | LAB | |
States and Territories | Queensland | QLD |
New South Wales | NSW | |
South Australia | SA | |
Northern Territory | NT | |
Bioregions | Desert Uplands | DEU |
Einasleigh Uplands | EIU | |
Brigalow Belt North | BBN | |
Brigalow Belt South | BBS | |
Cape York Peninsula | CYP | |
Gulf Plains | GUP | |
Wet Tropics | WT | |
Mitchell Grass Downs | MGD | |
Mount Isa Inlier | MII | |
Channel Country | CHC | |
Mulga Lands | ML | |
Darling Riverine Plains | DRP | |
South East Queensland | SEQ | |
Central Mackay Coast | CMC | |
Nandewar | NAN | |
New England Tableland | NET | |
Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | SSD | |
Region | Far North Queensland | FNQ |
Central Queensland | CQ | |
Darling Downs | DD | |
Central west | CW | |
South west | SW | |
North west | NW | |
South east | SE | |
North East | NE | |
Brisbane | BCC | |
Bundaberg | BUNDABERG | |
Bundaberg | BUNDY | |
Moreton | MORETON | |
Themes | Vegetation | VEG |
Water | WAT | |
Surface Water | SW | |
Underground Water | GW | |
Salinity | SAL | |
Administrative Boundaries | ADM | |
Digital Elevation Models | DEM | |
Digital Terrain Models | DTM | |
Soil and Landscape | LAN | |
Satellite Remote Sensing | RS | |
Aerial Photography | AP | |
Field | FLD | |
Air | AIR | |
Climate | CLI | |
Description | Electrical | ELECTRICAL |
| Ferry | FERRY |
| Floodlines | FLOODLINES |
| Proposed | PROPD |
Scales | 1:10,000,000 | 10M |
1:2,500,000 | 2500K | |
1:250,000 | 250K | |
1:25,000 | 25K | |
1:2500 | 25C | |
Grid / Pixel | 250 metre | 250m |
30 metre | 30m | |
Data Type | Area or Polygon | A |
Line or Arc | L | |
Point | P | |
Text or Annotation | T | |
Raster | R | |
Grid or Lattice | G | |
Image | I | |
Database View | V | |
Database Table or Schema | S |