Data Product Delivery

Geoscape Australia is the crucial link between the supply and demand sides of the market for the fundamental national spatial datasets that it offers under the banner of Geoscape Data. The organisation eliminates the difficulties of negotiating multiple license agreements with Australian governments and the problems of integrating the data into a seamless consistent national dataset. Furthermore, the existence of Geoscape Australia minimises the duplication of effort within the market for organisations wishing to access national data.

Access to Geoscape Data is enabled through a network of value-added resellers who are licensed by, and work closely with Geoscape Distribution, the wholly owned subsidiary of Geoscape Australia. Value-added resellers create many powerful and varied applications that use Geoscape Data. Geoscape Distribution provides strategic support to value-added resellers to ensure that both the public and private sectors obtain the maximum benefit from the use of Geoscape Data. Geoscape Australia’s website www.geoscape.com.au provides a value-added reseller directory to assist those interested in accessing Geoscape Data.

Current users of Geoscape Data should contact their value-added reseller for clarification or guidance before contacting Geoscape Distribution.

For further information on accessing Geoscape Data, or becoming a value-added reseller contact:

Geoscape Distribution
Unit 6, 113 Canberra Avenue, Griffith ACT 2603
T: 02 6260 9000
E: sales@geoscape.com.au
W: www.geoscape.com.au

Delivery format information

MapInfo TAB

Format name
TAB – MapInfo Professional™

Specification
The MapInfo TAB format is a popular geospatial vector data format for geographic information systems software. It is developed and regulated by MapInfo as a proprietary format. This format includes files with the following extensions: *.tab, *.dat, *.id, *.map
TAB files support geospatial standards such as Open GIS, the OGC, ISO, W3C and others.

Language
English

ESRI Shapefile

Format name
Shape – ESRI™

Specification
This format includes files with the following extensions: *.shp, *.shx, *.dbf
ESRI Shapefile Technical Description, an ESRI White Paper, July 1998. Follow this link: www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/shapefile.pdf

Language
English

File Geodatabase

Format name
File Geodatabase – ESRI™

Specification
This format includes files with the following extensions: *.gdb
ESRI File Geodatabase Technical Description. Follow this link: desktop.arcgis.com/en/desktop/latest/manage-data/administer-file-gdbs/file-geodatabases.htm

Language
English

GeoJSON

Format name
GeoJSON

Specification
This format includes files with the following extensions: *.geojson
GeoJSON specification: tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7946

Language
English

Note

The GeoJSON specification states that the coordinate reference system for all GeoJSON coordinates is:

“a geographic coordinate reference system, using the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84) datum, with longitude and latitude units of decimal degrees”

Cadastre will be provided with coordinates using the datum selected for download (GDA94/GDA2020) with longitude and latitude units of decimal degrees.

JSON

Format name
JSON

Specification
This format includes files with the following extensions: *.json
JSON specification: www.json.org/json-en.html

Language
English