Forest Cover of Victoria in 1869

dataset: FCOV1000_1869
This layer delineates the extent of Forest Cover in Victoria in 1869 based on a historial map prepared by William Slight under the direction of R.Bough-Smyth FGS in 1866 and revised by A.Everett in 1869.
 
Citation proposal Citation proposal

(2017)

Forest Cover of Victoria in 1869

Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning

Description

Title
Forest Cover of Victoria in 1869 
Alternate title
FCOV1000_1869 
Purpose
This layer has primarily been used to quantify changes in forest cover since European settlement. 
Credit
A. Everett (1869), Adam Choma, Peter Woodgate. 
Supplemental Information
Relationship to other Datasets: The 1869 forest cover data set will constantly be used in conjunction with more contemporary version of forest cover to provide forest cover change estimates. The forest cover boundary has been registered to the 1:500 000 stream base. Current Design Issues: Since this data set is from the one source and only differentiates presence and absence of forest cover, only one attribute has been used in the layer design. Future Design Issues: The original manuscript from which the 1869 forest cover boundary was captured also differentiates broad forest types. There are proposals to capture this information, and this will subsequently require the addition of a forest type attribute. As the data set is refined using historical records, and biophysical data sets like landsystems to refine obvious anomalies, a source attribute will also be required. Related Documents: None Everett, A (1869) Victoria: Distribution of Forest Trees. Revision of color map engraved by William Sligh under the direction of R. Bough-Smyth FGS in 1866. The original map is held in the Museum of Victoria. 
Status
Completed 
 
 

Spatial

Horizontal Accuracy
1000m 
Code
4283 
 
 

Maintenance

Maintenance and update frequency
Unknown 
 
 

Contacts

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Keywords

Topic category
  • Biota
  • Farming
 
 

Constraints

Classification
Unclassified 
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY)
 
 

Lineage

Statement
Dataset Source: Historical color forest trees map engraved by William Sligh under direction of R. Bough-Smyth FGS, in 1866, and revised by A. Everett in 1869. The original map was compiled from record maps in the Office of the Surveyor-General, and other authentic sources. In 1987, a color print was manually interpreted by Peter Black onto a 1 : 000 000 base map and subsequently digitised by Adam Choma using the 1:500 000 streams as a base. Dataset Originality: Primary 
Description
Collection Method: Maps 
 
 

Metadata Constraints Metadata Constraints

Classification
Unclassified 
 
 

Quality

Attribute Quality
Comments
Due to the small number of areas involved, and checking procedure envoked, an attribute accuracy of 100% is estimated. 
 
Positional Accuracy
Comments
Precision: 1 km. to 10 km. Determination: Deductive Estimate. Based on the 1 1 000 000 scale at which information was captured, a 1 to 3 mm error translates to a 1 to 3 km positional accuracy. This does not take into account the inaccuracies present in the historical map. 
 
Conceptual Consistency
Comments
Not relevant, only one item. 
 
Missing Data
Comments
Completeness of coverage The data set is complete for Victoria. Completeness of coverage The data set is complete for Victoria. 
 
Excess Data
 
 

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