What's New on the Australian Natural Resources Atlas
June 2007
- Commonwealth Marine Area data has been added as a coasts layer to the Map Maker .
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May 2007
- The latest Australian Maritime Boundaries (AMB) data from Geoscience Australia has been added to the Map Maker. See the metadata at http://www.ga.gov.au/meta/ANZCW0703007842.html .
- Updates to Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia (IMCRA) data have recently been completed by the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Both Meso-scale and Provincial Bioregions have been added to the Map Maker .
- Topographic data including localities, water bodies and drainage, built up areas and roads have been updated with the latest Topo 250K data from Geoscience Australia.
January 2007
- The second instalment of data from Australian Water Resources 2005 (AWR 2005) has been added to the Map Maker. Layers showing 'Environmental Water Provision', 'Protected Wetlands and River Catchments' and 'Protected Rivers' are now available.
View the data in the Map Maker .
November 2006
- New data showing irrigation, agriculture and landuse areas for the years 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2001 have been made available on the Map Maker . They have been added under the topic of 'Land - Land Use'.
These are the first digital national land use maps at regional scale to be published since the release of the 1996/97 Land Use of Australia, Version 2 data set of the National Land and Water Resources Audit.
October 2006
- The first instalment of data from Australian Water Resources 2005 (AWR 2005) has been added to the Map maker. The new water availability data includes information on the management of both surface water and groundwater. In addition, new data on river and wetlands health has been added. Click on 'Add layers' in the Map maker and select 'Australian Water Resources 2005' under the 'Water' topic. Alternatively, open the Map maker with data pre-loaded for surface water , groundwater and river health . AWR 2005 is the baseline assessment of water resources undertaken by the National Water Commission to support the National Water Initiative. For more information go to www.water.gov.au
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What's new
New 'Land Use of Australia, Version 3' data showing irrigation, agriculture and landuse for the years 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2001 have been added to the Map Maker.
More on land use data....
Australian Water Resources 2005 data has been added to the Map Maker.
More on the water data...
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