Places to find Data
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Australia
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Discover Information Geographically: Compilation site including most governmental GIS data, such as land cover, boundaries and biodiversity data.
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Geoscience Australia: Australian Government GIS data site, including a lots of free data such as topographic maps, geological data, hydrological maps and more.
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Australian Government Data: Data from the Australian Government’s OpenData programme, including soil, climate and census data. This link shows only data available as shapefiles. Click the KML link to show KML data instead.
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South Australia Bushfire Protection Areas: Shapefiles showing extent of bushfire protection areas introduced in 2006.
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Queensland GIS service: Data from the government of Queensland including biodiversity, pests, census data and more.
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New South Wales Office of the Environment and Heritage: Data from the NSW government which includes conservation reserves, biodiversity data, vegetation mapping and soil mapping.
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Spatial Layers
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NSW Spatial Data
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As yet I haven't located a source for downloadable NSW spatial data. Government data can be viewed by registering at the NSW Spatial Data Catalogue
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Mapping Software
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