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DIWA nationally important wetlands – spatial metadata

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Data structure

diwa-wetland

Field name Type Bytes Label Description
AreaID Text (UTF-8 encoded) 70 AreaID The unique identifier used in WetlandSummary
Name Text (UTF-8 encoded) 57 Name The name of the area used in WetlandSummary, excluding the area type
FullName Text (UTF-8 encoded) 91 Full name The name of the area used in WetlandSummary, including the area type
Wetlands Text (UTF-8 encoded) 126 Wetland summary information The URL of the WetlandSummary page of this area
KML Text (UTF-8 encoded) 157 KML The URL of a simplified KML file depicting this area
TotalArea Double (8 byte floating point) 8 Area (km²) The total area in km²
WET_AGGR Text (UTF-8 encoded) 50 WET_AGGR
AREA_HA Double (8 byte floating point) 8 AREA_HA
AGGR_AREA Double (8 byte floating point) 8 AGGR_AREA
ANCACODE Text (UTF-8 encoded) 14 ANCACODE
LOCATION Text (UTF-8 encoded) 48 LOCATION
BGR Text (UTF-8 encoded) 3 BGR
FEAT_CODE Text (UTF-8 encoded) 12 FEAT_CODE
REFCODE Text (UTF-8 encoded) 6 REFCODE
WNAME Text (UTF-8 encoded) 57 WNAME
SOURCE Text (UTF-8 encoded) 60 SOURCE
STATE Text (UTF-8 encoded) 3 STATE
DATE_SUPPL Double (8 byte floating point) 8 DATE_SUPPL
UPDATED Double (8 byte floating point) 8 UPDATED
CODE Long (4 byte integer) 4 CODE
ORIGINAL Double (8 byte floating point) 8 ORIGINAL
AGGR_CODE Text (UTF-8 encoded) 6 AGGR_CODE
FEATURES Text (UTF-8 encoded) 68 FEATURES

Modifications

The DIWA nationally important wetlands layer used by WetlandSummary is based on the source layers below, with the following modifications:

  • Name is the value of the WNAME field
  • Excluded features where WNAME="void" or empty
  • Fixed 1 invalid geometry
  • Excluded a total of 45 features by filtering
  • Dissolved 290 source features into 210 DIWA nationally important wetlands

Source layer: Queensland Directory of Important Wetlands

(diwa-wetland/envwet-qld-wetland-doiw.shp.xml)

Esri
Creation Date
2020-11-29
Creation Time
22:37:45
Modification Date
2020-08-13
Modification Time
08:21:42
Data Id Info
Id Citation
Title
Queensland Directory of Important Wetlands
Date
Publication date
2005-01-01
Cit Resp Party
Contact—organization name
DES
Rp Cnt Info
Cnt Address
details available on request
Role
details available on request
Cit Resp Party
Contact—organization name
Department of Environment Science
Contact—individual name
Wetlands Team
Contact—position name
Principal Project Officer
Rp Cnt Info
Cnt Address
Contact email address
wetlands♲des.qld.gov.au
City
Brisbane
Role
details available on request
Additional human language abstract/description

Wetland locations for Queensland wetlands described in A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia, 3rd Edition, Environment Australia 2001 by Wetland Inventory Team, Northern Region, EPA. Updated by Resource Assessment Unit, Qld. EPA 2005.

Resource purpose/summary
Wetland locations for Queensland as described in Directory of Important Wetlands.
Theme Keys
Thesa Name
Title
ANZLIC
Date
Creation date
2005-11-30
Keyword
WATER Wetlands
Keyword
HERITAGE Natural
Keyword
VEGETATION
Keyword
biota
Keyword
environment
Theme Keys
Thesa Name
Title
ISO 19115 Topic Category
Date
Creation date
2005-11-30
Keyword
Directory of Important Wetlands; DOIW
Search Keys
Keyword
WATER Wetlands
Keyword
HERITAGE Natural
Keyword
biota
Keyword
State or Territory
Keyword
environment
Keyword
VEGETATION
Res Const
Leg Consts
Security use limitations
While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this information, the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection makes no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaims all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a result of the information being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason.
Legal constraints; text
Restricted to within the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection. View access permitted. Dataset is available for viewing to registered users via web delivery tools, for example, through an access controlled internet site like NAP RIS Portal. Conditions apply. The conditions of use are detailed in the data usage agreement, signed between the Custodian and the Recipient. No third party usage is permitted other than indicated in the agreement. Data which is downloaded from the NAP RIS Portal, can only be used for the purpose of project-related work for the client / regional body who downloaded the data. The data is not to be supplied to a third party and also is not to be used for commercial purposes.
Res Const
Consts
Security use limitations

The Department of Environment and Science recommends that the Directory of Important Wetlands data should not be used for decision making purposes when the layer is displayed at scales greater than 1:250000.

Id Po C
Contact—organization name
Department of Environment and Science
Contact—individual name
Wetlands Team
Contact—position name
Principal Project Officer
Rp Cnt Info
Cnt Address
City
Brisbane
Contact email address
wetlands♲des.qld.gov.au
Role
details available on request
Dq Info
Report
Data quality report, measure description
The main area of inconsistency is the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park wetland, which should be put into a separate data layer.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
Issues of overlapping coastal wetlands, mapping of Mulga wetlands and ground truthing, are still unresolved.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
All attribute fields are populated and checked.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
Approximately as per relevant topo map sheet.
Entity and Attribute Information
details available on request
Dist Info
details available on request

This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (n.d.) DIWA nationally important wetlands – spatial metadata, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/get-mapping-help/metadata/diwa-wetland/

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