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World Heritage areas – spatial metadata

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Data structure

world-heritage-area

Field name Type Bytes Label Description
AreaID Text (UTF-8 encoded) 62 AreaID The unique identifier used in WetlandSummary
Name Text (UTF-8 encoded) 44 Name The name of the area used in WetlandSummary, excluding the area type
FullName Text (UTF-8 encoded) 64 Full name The name of the area used in WetlandSummary, including the area type
Wetlands Text (UTF-8 encoded) 118 Wetland summary information The URL of the WetlandSummary page of this area
KML Text (UTF-8 encoded) 156 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
SECTION Text (UTF-8 encoded) 218 SECTION
SOURCE Text (UTF-8 encoded) 14 SOURCE

Modifications

The World Heritage areas layer used by WetlandSummary is based on the source layers below, with the following modifications:

  • Name is the value of the NAME field
  • Clipped 1 feature extending partially beyond the Queensland border (some may be due to minor misalignment at the border)
  • Dissolved 18 source features into 5 World Heritage areas

Source layer: World Heritage Areas of Queensland

(world-heritage-area/qpws-sis-qld-world-heritage-area.shp.xml)

Esri
Creation Date
2022-10-24
Creation Time
11:46:34
Modification Date
2023-07-28
Modification Time
02:09:26
Data Id Info
Id Citation
Title
World Heritage Areas of Queensland
Date
Creation date
2022-10-27
Cit Resp Party
Contact—individual name
Leigh Harris
Contact—organization name
Department of Environment and Science
Contact—position name
Executive Director, Parks Services Branch
Role
details available on request
Cit Resp Party
Contact—individual name
Leigh Harris
Contact—organization name
Department of Environment and Science
Contact—position name
Executive Director, Parks Services Branch
Role
details available on request
Cit Resp Party
Contact—individual name
Shaun Kolomeitz
Contact—organization name
Department of Environment and Science
Contact—position name
Manager, Spatial Services
Role
details available on request
Resource purpose/summary
World heritage sites that are nominated for World Heritage listing are inscribed on the list after they have been carefully assessed as representing the best examples of the world's cultural and natural heritage. Australia currently has 20 properties on the World Heritage List of which Queensland has five.
Additional human language abstract/description

Combining the Wet Tropics Management Agency WHA with other exceptional heritage areas across the state of Queensland.

The Wet Tropics World Heritage Area lies between Townsville and Cooktown on the north-east coast of Queensland and covers an area of approximately 8940m^2. The area is composed of mostly public land, the majority of which is held in national park tenure. This dataset contains all of the sections that make up the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area as well as

The Great Barrier Reef along the Queensland coast

K’gari (Fraser Island)

Gondwana Rainforests of the border ranges of South Eastern (Queensland section)

Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh section)

Search Keys
Keyword
EPBC
Keyword
OSS
Keyword
UNESCO
Keyword
Heritage
Keyword
World Heritage
Keyword
Queensland
Theme Keys
Keyword
EPBC, OSS, UNESCO, Heritage, World Heritage, Queensland
Id Po C
Contact—individual name
Shaun Kolomeitz
Contact—organization name
Department of Environment and Science
Contact—position name
Manager Spatial Services
Role
details available on request
Res Const
Consts
Security use limitations

This material is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/">Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Australia</a> licence.<br /> <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" title="Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Australia License" style="border: 0;" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/au/88x31.png" /></a><br /> The Department of Environment and Science requests attribution in the following manner:<br /> &copy; State of Queensland (Department of Environment and Science) 2020. Updated data available at http://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue//.

Theme Keys
Thesa Name
Title
ANZLIC Search Words
Keyword
BOUNDARIES, BOUNDARIES Administrative, HERITAGE World, HERITAGE
Dist Info
details available on request
Entity and Attribute Information
details available on request
Dq Info
Data Lineage
Lineage statement, a general explanation
For the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area the areas defined in this dataset are based on the 1:50000 scale WTQ plans drafted in 1991-92.  The areas in this dataset were realigned to current cadastral information published 5 September 2022.

Data are derived by digital cadastre at the time of inscription, and potentially updated as required to reflect improvements in boundary accuracy.

This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (n.d.) World Heritage areas – spatial metadata, WetlandInfo website, accessed 18 March 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/get-mapping-help/metadata/world-heritage-area/

Queensland Government
WetlandInfo   —   Department of Environment, Science and Innovation