NSW Administrative Theme

Please Note

WGS 84 = GDA94 service 

This dataset has a spatial reference of [WGS 84 = GDA94] and can NOT be easily consumed into GDA2020 environments. A similar service with a ‘multiCRS’ suffix is available which can support GDA2020, GDA94 and WGS84 = GDA2020 environments. In due course, and allowing time for user feedback and testing, it is intended that these original services will adopt the new multiCRS functionally. 

The Administrative Boundaries theme from NSW Foundation Spatial Data Framework (FSDF) is a collection of legislative, regulatory, political, maritime and general administrative boundaries. 

The Administrative Boundaries theme from NSW Foundation Spatial Data Framework (FSDF) is a collection of legislative, regulatory, political, maritime and general administrative boundaries sourced from local and state boundary datasets. 

They include: 

• Parish 
• County 
• Suburb 
• Local Government Area 
• State Electoral District  
• Federal Electoral Division 
• Mines Subsidence District 
• NSW Parks and Wildlife Service Reserve 
• State Forest 
• State Border 
• Domestic Water Front Precinct

The Administrative Boundaries theme is used to show administrative areas that represent:

• Voting Districts 
• Redistributions 
• Zoning 
• Socio-Economic analysis 
• Regional Planning 
• Service Distribution 
• Local and State Government Boundaries 

In addition, Administrative Boundaries can also be used for analysis and to look at trends over time. Administrative boundary data in combination with geo-coded address data, demographic information and agency specific business information underpins the ability to perform high quality spatial analysis. 

The use of this data in combination with other data includes: 
 

• Evidence-based development and assessment of government policy 
• Providing the ability to undertake spatial accounting 
• Regional analysis for government, health, education, business and a range of other purposes 
• Support for emergency management 
• Market catchment analysis, micromarketing, customer analysis and market segmentation 
• Emergency management. 

Update frequencies vary for each dataset. Individual current status can be found under each spatial data profile. 

Metadata

Type  

Esri Map Service   

Update Frequency  

As required   

Contact Details  

Contact us via the Spatial Services Customer Hub

Relationship to Themes and Datasets  

Administrative Theme of the Foundation Spatial Data Framework (FSDF)  

Accuracy 

The dataset maintains a positional relationship to, and alignment with, the Lot and Property digital datasets. This dataset was captured by digitising the best available cadastral mapping at a variety of scales and accuracies, ranging from 1:500 to 1:250 000 according to the National Mapping Council of Australia, Standards of Map Accuracy (1975). Therefore, the position of the feature instance will be within 0.5mm at map scale for 90% of the well-defined points. That is, 1:500 = 0.25m, 1:2000 = 1m, 1:4000 = 2m, 1:25000 = 12.5m, 1:50000 = 25m and 1:100000 = 50m. A program of positional upgrade (accuracy improvement) is currently underway.  

Spatial Reference System 
(dataset) 

Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94), Australian Height Datum (AHD)  

Spatial Reference System    
(web service)  

EPSG 4326: WGS84 Geographic 2D  

WGS84 Equivalent To 

GDA94  

Spatial Extent  

Full state  

Standards and Specifications  

Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) implemented and compatible for consumption by common GIS platforms. Available as either cache or non-cache, depending on client use or requirement.  

Distributors  

Service Delivery, DCS Spatial Services
346 Panorama Ave Bathurst NSW 2795

Dataset Producers and Contributors  

Administrative Spatial Programs, DCS Spatial Services
346 Panorama Ave Bathurst NSW 2795