Spatial data describes the shape and location of features and boundaries such as natural features, buildings, survey marks, land parcels, street addresses and local government and administrative boundary areas.
Digital spatial data has become a vital tool for people who need information on land, the environment, transport, communications, utility services and demographics. It is also used everyday through tools like GPS and online navigation.
In using Geographical Information System (GIS) technology, organisations across local and NSW governments and the private sector can use digital data in combination with their own data for planning, management of assets, and operations. Individuals from the community can also access NSW Spatial Services, with many products and services offered free of charge from our self-service portal.
The NSW Foundation Spatial Data Framework includes 10 data themes:
- Administrative Boundaries
- Land parcel and Property
- Geocoded Addressing
- Transport
- Positioning
- Place names
- Elevation and Depth
- Imagery
- Water
- Land Cover
Spatial Services data supply options GDA94 / GDA2020 as at 1 July 2020
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Under Development |
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Not Available |
Not Available – Refer to topic notes.
- Service available from other Spatial Services platform.
- NSW Land Cover is provided as link(s) to 3rd party data custodian(s).
- NSW Place Names is available via the Geographical Names Register or ICSM
- NSW Historical Imagery Viewer does not deliver georeferenced or orthorectified data.
Service Delivery Supply Mechanism | Data File | GDA94 | GDA2020 |
CORSnet-NSW via Authorised Resellers |
Precision Positioning | ||
SCIMS Online (registration information) via SIX *The official source for SCIMS information |
Survey Control Information | ||
SCIMS web services via Spatial Collaboration Portal *See more information online |
SurveyMarkGDA94 SurveyMarkGDA2020 |
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Data Export Functions #Point Cloud and DEMS available from ELIVS |
NSW Imagery | ||
NSW Administrative Boundaries | |||
NSW Elevation and Depth# | |||
NSW Geocoded Addressing | |||
NSW Landcover2 | |||
NSW Land Parcel Property | |||
NSW Place Names3 | |||
NSW Positioning | |||
NSW Transport | |||
NSW Water | |||
NSW Physiography | |||
NSW Feature of Interest | |||
Foundation Spatial Data Web Services ** It is possible to align web services provided in WGS84 to a GDA2020 GIS environment by creating a custom WGS84 <> GDA2020 transformation (as a copy of the official GDA94 <> GDA2020 transformation). Refer to your GIS provider for further instruction. |
NSW Imagery | ||
NSW Administrative Boundaries | |||
NSW Elevation and Depth# | |||
NSW Geocoded Addressing | |||
NSW Landcover2 | |||
NSW Land Parcel Property | |||
NSW Place Names3 | |||
NSW Positioning | |||
NSW Transport | |||
NSW Water | |||
NSW Physiography | |||
NSW Feature of Interest | |||
Foundation Spatial Data Web Services ** It is possible to align web services provided in WGS84 to a GDA2020 GIS environment by creating a custom WGS84 <> GDA2020 transformation (as a copy of the official GDA94 <> GDA2020 transformation). Refer to your GIS provider for further instruction. |
NSW Imagery | ||
NSW Base Map | |||
NSW Points of Interest | |||
NSW Administrative Boundaries | |||
NSW Imagery Date | |||
NSW Address Location Service | |||
NSW Cadastre | |||
NSW Property | |||
NSW Topographic Map | |||
NSW SCIMS1 | |||
Web Mapping Viewers via Spatial Collaboration Portal |
NSW Historical Imagery Viewer4 | ||
NSW Spatial Map Viewer | |||
NSW Map Viewer | |||
Topographic Maps (softcopy) via Spatial Collaboration Portal *New map product GDA2020 under development |
GeoPDF 2020 Topographic Maps1 | ||
Topographic Maps (softcopy) via Six Maps Store |
GeoPDF 2017 Topographic Maps1 | ||
Clip & Ship via Six Maps *GDA2020 services under development to delivered via Spatial Collaboration Portal |
Cadastral1 | ||
Topographic1 | |||
Monthly Manual Extraction via Direct Supply by client request only *GDA2020 services under development |
GURAS Addressing | ||
NSW Cadastral | |||
NSW Topographic | |||
Incremental Feed via Direct Supply by client request only *Transitioning to GDA2020 from 1 July 2021 |
GURAS Addressing | ||
NSW Cadastral | |||
NSW Topographic | |||
Manual Delivery via Secure FTP Link at cost on request *GDA2020 services under development |
NSW Imagery | ||
NSW Administrative Boundaries | |||
NSW Elevation and Depth# | |||
NSW Geocoded Addressing | |||
NSW Landcover2 | |||
NSW Land Parcel Property | |||
NSW Place Names3 | |||
NSW Positioning | |||
NSW Transport | |||
NSW Water | |||
NSW Physiography | |||
NSW Historical Imagery Georeferenced |
Note: Transformation of DCS Spatial Services data between GDA94 and GDA2020, where applied, employs the 'NTv2 Conformal plus Distortion' grid method’ per NSW GDA2020 and AGRS Implementation Policy. For more information please refer to https://www.spatial.nsw.gov.au/surveying/geodesy/gda2020
Metadata
Metadata provides the means for discovering spatial information by identifying: what, where, who, when and how the data behind the information is constructed. Metadata is the means to disclose what the spatial data describes, as well as how it should and can be used.
For more information see the Spatial Services Creating spatial metadata (PDF 60.5 KB) information sheet.
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