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MCAS-S Data Pack-Update 2022

Created 08/12/2022

Updated 21/08/2025

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The MCAS-S data pack – update 2022 supports the Multi-Criteria Analysis Shell for Spatial Decision Support (MCAS-S) software tool.

*The downloadable zip file was updated 19 September 2023 to add metadata (.tip files) for Data/Primary folders Pests, Social and Soils. No data has changed.

This package of nationally consistent Australian spatial layers at one-kilometre resolution contains publicly available national data for use with MCAS-S up until December 2022. It replaces the 2014, 2011 and 2009 MCAS-S data packs. The downloadable zip file (1GB unzips to 4GB) contains a sample MCAS-S project alongside a data folder. Within the data folder are more than 290 layers in four sub-folders: Primary (raster data in GeoTIFF format for analysis) ~269 layers, Mask (raster data in GeoTIFF format for reporting and restricting the view) ~13 layers (note that categorical primary layers can now be used as masks by modifying the .tip file), Overlay (vector data in shapefile format – point, line, or polygons for context) ~17 layers, and Classified (empty folder for storage of layers created by using MCAS-S). The layers in the Data pack are listed in the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet MCAS-S-datapack2022-contents.xlsx. For instructions to use this data pack read the descriptive metadata.

This publication (and any material sourced from it) should be attributed as: ABARES 2022, Multi-Criteria Analysis Shell for Spatial Decision Support MCAS-S Data pack – update 2022, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, Canberra, December 2022 CC BY 4.0. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25814/jp8z-et06

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title MCAS-S Data Pack-Update 2022
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/f02215dd-3d08-4310-8f0f-8c946a7a164b
Contact Point
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
land_management@agriculture.gov.au
Reference Period 01/01/1991 - 30/11/2022
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    117.9209,
    -27.57371
  ],
  "type": "Point"
}
Data Portal Data.gov.au
Geospatial Topics
  • Farming
  • Boundaries
  • Climatology meteorology atmosphere
  • Environment
  • Location