The NSW Base Map Web Service depicts a map of New South Wales (NSW) using layers from the Digital Topographic Database, the Geocoded Urban and Rural Addressing System database and the Digital Cadastral Database. This base map includes: Roads, Points of Interest, Localities, Landform, Drainage, Cultural data, Parks and forests, Property boundaries and Street address numbers.

NOTE: Please contact the Customer HUB https://customerhub.spatial.nsw.gov.au/ for advice on datasets access.

This data is maintained by Transport for NSW Roads and Waterways.

Boating maps are a vital tool for negotiating NSW waterways. They include handy hints for safe boating. This dataset provides Boating maps for the following areas:

\* North Coast maps

\* Hunter Inland maps

\* Hawkesbury River/Broken Bay maps

\* Sydney maps

\* South Coast maps

\* Murray Inland maps

\* Coastal maps

\* Australian Capital Territory maps

You will find the map number, area and date it was last update. The maps capture, restricted waters, navigation aids, restricted activities and cautions, boating facilities and general information.

Click on Go to Resource to access the website.

We have introduced free 15-minute ticket parking zones in the retail areas of village main streets outside the city centre. The trial of free 15-minute ticket parking covers the geographic areas in this layer View the interactive map

Dynamic Map Service of Plan, Section and Lot extents designed primarily for display over raster data. Control of the display of symbology, labelling or both is available.

NSW Cadastre web service is a dynamic map of cadastral features extracted from the NSW Digital Cadastral Database (DCDB). It provides access to a state wide integrated database and a component of the foundation spatial datasets within the New South Wales.

A “cadastre” is an official register of property showing boundaries. The DCDB contains current land titles only.

The cadastral feature class layers provided through this web service includes:

• Large Rural Plan Extent

• Rural Plan Extent

• Section Extent

• Plan Extent

• Lot

• Plan Extent Labels

• Section Extent Labels

• Lot Labels

The available attributes for point queries are:

• Lot/Section/Plan string

• CadID

This web service allows users to easily integrate NSW Cadastre into Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) compliant spatial platforms and applications. The NSW Cadastral web service can be used for resource management, environmental management, land use planning, agriculture management, emergency management and recreational purposes This service can be used to aggregate information for analytical purposes.

Cadastral boundary data in combination with geo-coded address data, imagery, demographic information and agency specific business information underpins the ability to perform high quality spatial analysis.

NSW Local Government Area spatial boundaries (polygons)

Current Extent\r \r The State Vegetation Type Map (SVTM) is a regional-scale map of NSW Plant Community Types. This map represents the current extent of each Plant Community Type, Vegetation Class and Vegetation Formation, across all tenures in NSW. This map is updated periodically as part of the Integrated BioNet Vegetation Data program to improve quality and alignment to the NSW vegetation classification hierarchy. \r \r An SVTM pre-clearing PCT map is available here .\r \r Further information about the mapping methods is available from the State Vegetation Type Mapping Program Page \r \r Current Release C2.0.M2.1 (November2024)\r \r This release includes revisions, using the most recent NSW PCT Classification Master list (represented by “C2.0” in the version release number). PCT spatial distributions were manually edited based on user and community feedback since the previous C2.0.M2.0 release. In addition, changes were made to the Native Vegetation Extent mask which is used to create the Native Extent map.\r \r Detailed technical information is available here .\r \r Data Access\r \r Map data may be downloaded, viewed within the SEED Map Viewer, or accessed via the underlying ArcGIS REST Services or WMS for integration in GIS or business applications. \r \r The Trees Near Me NSW app provides quick access to view the map using a mobile device or desktop. Download the app from Google Play or the App Store, or access the web site at https://treesnearme.app .\r \r Map Data Type\r \r The map is supplied as ESRI Feature Class (Quickview) and 5m GeoTiff Raster, and can be viewed and analysed in most commercial and open-source spatial software packages. If you prefer to use the download package, we supply an ArcGIS v10.4 mxd and/or a layer file for suggested symbology. The raster attributes contain PCT, Vegetation Class and Vegetation Formation.\r \r Feedback and Support\r \r We welcome your feedback to assist us in continuously improving our products. To help us track and process your feedback, please use the SEED Data Feedback tool available via the SEED map viewer. \r \r For further support, contact the BioNet Team at _ bionet@environment.nsw.gov.au. _\r \r Useful Related Data\r \r NSW BioNet Flora Survey Plots – PCT Reference Sites : full floristic plots used in the development of the quantitative Plant Community Type (PCT) classification. Currently available for eastern NSW PCTs version C2.0.\r \r NSW State Vegetation Type Map - technical notes \r \r Eastern NSW - percentage cleared calculation technical notes .

Data identifying where in the LGA alcohol restrictions apply. Alcohol restrictions are applied in some locations in response to police and community requests to help prevent alcohol-related anti-social behaviour and crime in public places. Alcohol-free zones apply to road related public spaces such as roads and footpaths. Alcohol-prohibited areas apply to parks and civic spaces. Timed restrictions are also used. More information on alcohol free zones

Statewide soil and land information can be discovered and viewed through eSPADE or SEED. Datasets include soil profiles, soil landscapes, soil and land resources, acid sulfate soil risk mapping, hydrogeological landscapes, land systems and land use. There are also various statewide coverages of specific soil and land characteristics, such as soil type, land and soil capability, soil fertility, soil regolith, soil hydrology and modelled soil properties.

Both eSPADE and SEED enable soil and land data to be viewed on a map. SEED focuses more on the holistic approach by enabling you to add other environmental layers such as mining boundaries, vegetation or water monitoring points. SEED also provides access to metadata and data quality statements for layers.

eSPADE provides greater functions and allows you to drill down into soil points or maps to access detailed information such as reports and images. You can navigate to a specific location, then search and select multiple objects and access detailed information about them. You can also export spatial information for use in other applications such as Google Earth™ and GIS software.

eSPADE is a free Internet information system and works on desktop computers, laptops and mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets and uses a Google maps-based platform familiar to most users. It has over 42,000 soil profile descriptions and approximately 4,000 soil landscape descriptions. This includes the maps and descriptions from the Soil Landscape Mapping program. eSPADE also includes the base maps underpinning Biophysical Strategic Agricultural Land (BSAL).

For more information on eSPADE visit: https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/land-and-soil/soil-data/espade

The City of Sydney Library has 9 branches where you can browse and borrow from the collection, access free wifi and use our public computers and printers. There are also 2 unstaffed branches in the network where you can pick up and drop off loans and access free wifi.More information on Libraries

This regional scale mapping of wetlands in the Lachlan River Catchment was produced to trial methods for Wetland Inventory in NSW. Wetland boundaries were determined by combining existing vegetation mapping with remote sensing analyses of inundation. Wetland attributes were determined using existing mapping and remote sensing datasets. The project produced two spatial datasets:

1. Non vegetation information about the wetlands (inundation, soils, and more) - WetlandsLachlan

2. Vegetation within the wetland areas - WetlandsVegLachlan

These maps are suitable for viewing at 1:50 000. They are not free from error. Please read the accompanying report to understand data limitations and accuracy:

Building a NSW wetland inventory: Lachlan River Catchment wetland mapping methods. Report for NSW Office of Environment and Heritage. M. Powell, G. Hodgins, A. Cowood, J. Ling, L. Wen, D. Tierney, C. Wilson (2017)

The Government Property Index (GPI) allows the general public to view and search basic information on NSW Government-owned land and view it on a map through the NSW Planning Portal – Spatial Viewer.\r \r The final dataset was derived through the implementation of the following inputs - \r \r - GPR \r \r - Crown Lands (DCDB)\r \r - National Parks \r \r - Land Parcels (DCDB)\r \r - Spatial Services\r \r - PlanningDB\r \r - Property (GURAS)\r \r Furthermore, there are five data fields which are in-scope for the GPI - \r \r 1.\tLot / Section / Plan \r \r 2.\tAddress \r \r 3.\tArea\r \r 4.\tZone \r \r 5.\tLocal Government Area (LGA)\r \r Two special cases are Crown Land data and National Parks data, which were obtained by ‘intersecting’ the land parcels (Lot/Section/Plan) against the Crown Land Polygon and the National Parks (Estate) Polygon respectively.\r \r Through the combined processing of these inputs into the GPI database, the final spatial data was added onto the NSW Planning Portal – Spatial Viewer for consumption by the public.\r

Important Note: This item is in mature support as of December 2024. See blog for more information.This 3D scene layer presents OpenStreetMap (OSM) buildings data hosted by Esri. Esri created buildings and trees scene layers from the OSM Daylight map distribution, which is supported by Facebook and others. The Daylight map distribution has been sunsetted and data updates supporting this layer are no longer available. You can visit openstreetmap.maps.arcgis.com to explore a collection of maps, scenes, and layers featuring OpenStreetMap data in ArcGIS. You can review the 3D Scene Layers Documentation to learn more about how the building and tree features in OSM are modeled and rendered in the 3D scene layers, and see tagging recommendations to get the best results.OpenStreetMap is an open collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world. Volunteers gather location data using GPS, local knowledge, and other free sources of information and upload it. The resulting free map can be viewed and downloaded from the OpenStreetMap site: www.OpenStreetMap.org. Esri is a supporter of the OSM project.Note: This layer is supported in Scene Viewer and ArcGIS Pro 3.0 or higher.

The NSW BioNet Flora Survey Data Collection is maintained via the Flora Survey Module of the NSW BioNet-Atlas application. This collection is a central, authoritative database for systematic vegetation survey data in NSW. Among other applications, this plot data is used to construct and maintain the quantitative Plant Community Type classification & Vegetation Integrity Benchmarks held in the BioNet Vegetation Classification Data Collection. These plots are also used to construct and update State Vegetation Type Maps held in the BioNet Vegetation Map Data Collection.

ACCESS: Full datasets (site and species) may be accessed via the BioNet-Atlas application http://www.BioNet.nsw.gov.au/. Survey site level data is available in a machine readable form via the BioNet OData Web Service https://data.bionet.nsw.gov.au/. That data service is delivered to SEED where it is rendered as a Web Map Service. Further detail is available from http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/research/VISplot.htm.

This data collection includes over 100,000 survey plots, that are generally compatible with standard vegetation survey methodologies outlined in the NSW Native Vegetation Interim Type Standard http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/nativeveg/10060nvinttypestand.pdf. The Type Standard and application accommodate a range of data types from various surveys, including: 1. full floristic survey data associated with vegetation classification and mapping; 2. rapid survey sites associated with field validation and vegetation type mapping; and 3. land-use data associated with the Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting Program (MER) Vegetation Condition site assessment.

Species records in the Flora Survey Data Collection are also queried through the species sightings searches in BioNet-Atlas.

Data in BioNet is made available in accordance with OEH's Sensitive Species Data Policy http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/policiesandguidelines/SensitiveSpeciesPolicy.htm. For species categorised as "sensitive", location information may be withheld depending on the species' status under the policy, and on the access rights of the user. Records in BioNet are not guaranteed to be free from error or omission.

The Soil and Land Information System (SALIS) of New South Wales (NSW) provides a substantial database of information on soils, landscapes, and other geographic features, and is used by the NSW Government, other organizations and individuals to improve planning and decision-making for natural resource management. SALIS contains: (1) physical and chemical soil profile data from more than 70,000 points across NSW; AND (2) several soil map data sets, including the NSW Soil Landscapes (based on 1:100,000 or 1:250,000 map tiles), NSW Soil and Land Resources (seamless coverages based on major catchment areas), and Land Systems of Western NSW. Data users can access soil and land information from SALIS free-of-charge using the eSPADE spatial viewer system, which provides access to both soil profile and soil map information from SALIS and other sources. Digital spatial soil data are also accessible from the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) data download site. The SALIS database is constantly updated as new information on the State's soil resources becomes available.

Geoscape G-NAF is the geocoded address database for Australian businesses and governments. It’s the trusted source of geocoded address data for Australia with over 50 million contributed addresses distilled into 15.4 million G-NAF addresses. It is built and maintained by Geoscape Australia using independently examined and validated government data.

From 22 August 2022, Geoscape Australia is making G-NAF available in an additional simplified table format. G-NAF Core makes accessing geocoded addresses easier by utilising less technical effort.

G-NAF Core will be updated on a quarterly basis along with G-NAF.

Further information about contributors to G-NAF is available here.

With more than 15 million Australian physical address record, G-NAF is one of the most ubiquitous and powerful spatial datasets. The records include geocodes, which are latitude and longitude map coordinates. G-NAF does not contain personal information or details relating to individuals.

Updated versions of G-NAF are published on a quarterly basis. Previous versions are available here

Users have the option to download datasets with feature coordinates referencing either GDA94 or GDA2020 datums.

Changes in the May 2025 release

• Nationally, the May 2025 update of G-NAF shows an overall increase of 47,194 addresses (0.30%). The total number of addresses in G-NAF now stands at 15,753,927 of which 14,909,770 or 94.64% are principal.

• At some locations, there are unit-numbered addresses that appear to be duplicate addresses. Geoscape is working to identify these locations and include these addresses as separate addresses in G-NAF. To facilitate this process, some secondary addresses have had the word RETAIL added to their building names. In the first instance, this process is being progressively rolled out to identified locations, but it is expected that the requirement for this will become ongoing.

• There is one new locality in G-NAF: Keswick Island, QLD.

• The source data used for generating G-NAF STREET_LOCALITY_POINT data in New South Wales has an updated datum and changed from GDA94 to GDA2020. This has resulted in updates to the STREET_LOCALITY_POINT geometry for approximately 91,000 records, however, more than 95% of these have moved less than a metre.

• Geoscape has moved product descriptions, guides and reports online to https://docs.geoscape.com.au.

Further information on G-NAF, including FAQs on the data, is available here or through Geoscape Australia’s network of partners. They provide a range of commercial products based on G-NAF, including software solutions, consultancy and support.

Additional information: On 1 October 2020, PSMA Australia Limited began trading as Geoscape Australia.

License Information

Use of the G-NAF downloaded from data.gov.au is subject to the End User Licence Agreement (EULA)

The EULA terms are based on the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). However, an important restriction relating to the use of the open G-NAF for the sending of mail has been added.

The open G-NAF data must not be used for the generation of an address or the compilation of an address for the sending of mail unless the user has verified that each address to be used for the sending of mail is capable of receiving mail by reference to a secondary source of information. Further information on this use restriction is available here.

End users must only use the data in ways that are consistent with the Australian Privacy Principles issued under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

Users must also note the following attribution requirements:

Preferred attribution for the Licensed Material:

_G-NAF © Geoscape Australia licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the _Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

Preferred attribution for Adapted Material:

Incorporates or developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

What to Expect When You Download G-NAF

G-NAF is a complex and large dataset (approximately 5GB unpacked), consisting of multiple tables that will need to be joined prior to use. The dataset is primarily designed for application developers and large-scale spatial integration. Users are advised to read the technical documentation, including product change notices and the individual product descriptions before downloading and using the product. A quick reference guide on unpacking the G-NAF is also available.

Asset of Intergenerational Significance (AIS) is land declared under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1975. Environmental values declared as AIS represent important habitat for entities listed as threatened under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.

AIS maps were generated for threatened entities with discrete populations on the national park estate, as well as socially iconic threatened entities widely dispersed and inhabiting specific locations on a temporary or transitory basis.

AISs capture:

• The most important habitat for the conservation of threatened entities including areas for breeding, nesting, feeding, shelter, etc. Not all mapped habitat will be declared an AIS although this may be the case for many entities, especially those with limited distributions.

• Feral predator-free areas and other reintroduction sites on national parks.

AISs will be declared on a staged basis taking into account a range of factors including available information; threat status; proportion of remaining distribution on national park; and the total area occupied. AIS declarations will be updated as available data improves – i.e. it is intended that AIS declarations evolve over time to reflect the most up to date information.

AISs are a key pillar in the new NPWS Threatened Species Framework which outlines a series of actions to meet our commitment of zero extinctions and restore threatened species populations. The objectives of NSW National Park zero extinctions framework are to:

• Stabilise or improve the on-park trajectory of at least 300 threatened entities,

• No extinctions on the national park estate,

• Remove species from the threatened species list as a result of on-park conservation measures.

AIS management involves the implementation of Conservation Action Plans (CAPs). CAPs set out the key risks to the declared area, priority actions to reduce these risks, and actions to measure and report on health/condition of the threatened entity. These objectives are being integrated in the design and delivery of NSW National Parks programs such as fire management, feral animal control, weed control and land acquisition.

Important note: The internal AIS layers contain sensitive information and cannot be shared externally. Some polygons are not discrete, overlap or are duplicated. The layers are therefore not topologically correct and quite complex to decipher. Please contact the AIS team for assistance if required.

For more information:

NPWS Threatened Species Framework for zero extinctions: https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/conservation-and-heritage/threatened-species-framework

NPWS AIS home page: https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/conservation-programs/assets-of-intergenerational-significance

AIS Interactive Map: https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/conservation-programs/assets-of-intergenerational-significance/map

This service will be decommissioned please use the following instead: https://cityofsydney.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=71bb12507a3240c4b12e7fbba5be58e1

Definition For the purposes of this dataset, Rail or Railway is defined as: A transportation system using one or more rails to carry freight or passengers. Abstract The Foundation Rail Infrastructure feature dataset is part of the Foundation Spatial Data Framework theme for Transport. The Foundation Rail Infrastructure feature dataset is specifically made up of Rail line features (Railways, Rail Sidings and Tramline including Light Rail) and Rail points (Stations). This feature class represents a national aggregation of the spatial locations and attributes of line and point features, of publicly available data. Rail Infrastructure information has been derived from various sources provided by data custodians including Spatial Services (NSW), Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy (QLD), Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (VIC), Land Tasmania (TAS) and Department of Infrastructure and Transport (SA). The coverage is across all states and territories however due to restrictive licensing, Geoscience Australia data was used as the source data for Western Australia (lines and points), the Northern Territory (lines and points) and South Australia (points). Data published by Victoria falling within South Australia has been included (points). Further information on datasets provided by State and Territory custodians can be found under Source Information in this metadata statement. Currency Date modified: 7 June 2021 Modification frequency: As needed Data extent Spatial extent North: -12.424680° South: -43.455040° East: 153.613384° West: 113.616611° Source information eCat published version at https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/145400 Lineage statement Data supplied to Geoscience Australia from the custodians was processed to perform geometry validation (checks to remove corrupt geometries) and transform the attribute values to the national schema. Minor spatial modifications have taken place to update attribute information in the source data for the national specification. During translation, the length of the features in kilometres was also calculated (LENGTH_KM) using a geodesic distance calculation. The Digital Atlas data team have republished and hosted the data as three separate layers:

Railways, Rail Sidings, Tram Lines.

The symbology applied displays the layers as operational or not operational, however queries can be performed using any operational status, refer to the data dictionary for filters and query options. The date of extraction May 2023. Data dictionary Railway Lines

Attribute name Description

OBJECTID Automatically generated system ID

FEATURESUBTYPE An identifier for the type of feature represented: 90015 — Railway90016 — Rail Siding90017 — Tramline

NAME The name of the feature

OPERATIONAL_STATUS The Operational status of the feature: Operational — Fully capable of operation.Abandoned — Not in operation due to it being non-functional and operation is not scheduled to be restored.Disused — Temporarily not in operation due to it being non-functional and operation is scheduled to be restored.Proposed — Proposed infrastructure.Unknown — There is no information specified regarding the attribute value.Other — The attribute value is known, but is not currently a valid member of the attribute range.Under Construction — The feature is currently being constructedClosed — The feature is currently closed for use or accessDismantled — The feature has been physically removed

FEATURE_DATE This is the date of the latest edit of the source data.

FEATURE_SOURCE This is the name of the latest source used to add, update or verify a features existence or position. In most cases, this would be imagery (satellite, orthophotography, World Imagery).

ATTRIBUTE_DATE This is the date of the latest source material used to initially assign, or subsequently change or confirm the value of, one of the attributes of the feature.

ATTRIBUTE_SOURCE This is the name of the latest source material used to populate the attribute field/s of a feature.

PLANIMETRIC_ACCURACY The standard deviation of the horizontal positional accuracy.

SOURCE_UFI The unique identifier of the feature as represented in the source.

SOURCE_JURISDICTION The jurisdiction of the feature source.

CUSTODIAN_AGENCY The agency or organisation for the source of this feature.

CUSTODIAN_LICENCING Specific licensing relating to this feature.

LOADING_DATE Date of data loaded into national model.

SOURCE_SUPPLY_DATE Date of source supply to Geoscience Australia for loading into the national schema, usually the date the data is downloaded from the custodian site

TRACK_GAUGE The gauge is the spacing of the rails on a railway track and is measured between the inner faces of the load-bearing rails. Not Applicable — Gauge is not applicable for this featureStandard: 1435mm — Standard gaugeBroad: 1600mm — Broad gaugeNarrow: 1067mm — Narrow gaugeLight — Light rail gaugeOther — A different type of rail gaugeUnknown — The gauge is not known for this featureStandard-Broad — The feature has a mix of both standard and broad gaugesStandard-Narrow — The feature has a mix of both standard and narrow gauges

GROUND_RELATIONSHIP The relative relationship of the railway to the ground. Unknown — Relationship to the surface is unknownOnBridge — The feature utilises a bridgeInTunnel — The feature is a tunnel through the groundOn Ground — The feature is located on the groundOther — Other relationship exists for the feature

TRACKS The number of railway tracks the feature represents. Unknown — It is not known how many tracks the feature representsSingle — The feature represents a single railway trackMultiple — The feature represents multiple railway tracksNot Applicable — Tracks is not applicable to this feature

LENGTH_KM The length of the feature in kilometres (calculated by projecting SHAPE_LENGTH in the source data).

ALTERNATIVE_NAME An alternative name for the feature or section name.

OWNER The owner of the feature.

SHAPE_Length Automatically generated length in decimal degrees.

Known Limitations of the Data These data have some known issues. The content and quality of the data varies on the state provider. Contact Geoscience Australia, clientservices@ga.gov.au

These maps are arranged by ward and in addition to showing the location of water pipes, drains and sewers, show Sydney streets (some are named, others are only outlined) and the outlines of public buildings (sometimes named).

The maps showing water pipes as laid down show the locations of locks, plugs and fountains and differentiate 9", 8", 6" and 3" pipes. The maps showing drains and sewers differentiate drains constructed by the Government, by the Corporation and by private parties.

(SR Map Nos.23-35). 13 maps.

Note:
This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.