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Description

This collection contains the data used in the Multi-Criteria Analysis Shell for Spatial Decision Support (MCAS-S) software tool. From the Data menu, explore and download individual supplementary layers, or download the entire datapack. The Multi-Criteria Analysis Shell for Spatial Decision Support (MCAS-S) is a software tool developed by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences that enables multi-criteria analysis (MCA) using spatial data. It is a powerful, easy-to-use and flexible decision-support tool that promotes: - framework for assessing options
- common metric for classifying, ranking and weighting of the data
- tools to compare, combine and explore spatial data
- live-update of alternative scenarios and trade-offs.

Credit
We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
Australian Collaborative Land Use and Management Program (ACLUMP, https://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/aclump/about-aclump) and its project partners.

Purpose
TERN provides the MCAS-S data download utlity as a partner in the Australian Collaborative Land Use and Management Program (ACLUMP, https://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/aclump/about-aclump).

Temporal coverage

From 6/1/2011

Dates

Creation date

7/20/2017

Publication date

2/15/2022

Revision date

12/16/2024

Citation information

How to cite this collection:

Howorth, J. & Randall, L. (2022): Multi-Criteria Analysis Shell for Spatial Decision Support (MCAS-S) Data Packages. Version 1.0. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.25901/5e5f5651856ae

Access data

These data can be accessed from following links:

Access metadata

Point-of-truth metadata URL

Rights and Licensing

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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Keywords

Parameters

present land use

GCMD Science

ANZSRC - FOR

Horizontal Resolution

1 km - < 10 km or approximately .01 degree - < .09 degree

Temporal Resolution

Annual

Topic Categories

People and Organisation

Authors

Point of Contact

Publisher

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network

Distributor's Organisation

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network

Publications

Publications

Data Quality

Data Quality

Data Quality Assessment Scope:
The MCAS-S datapacks are convenient packages of nationally consistent Australian spatial layers at one-kilometre and five-kilometer resolutions ready for use in MCAS-S. The Datapack is comprised of three types of data: Primary (raster), Mask (raster) and Overlay (vector) data.
Data Quality Assessment Result:
Australian national map layers have been provided by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), Geoscience Australia, CSIRO Land and Water, the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (Environmental Resources Information Network), the Australian Bureau of Statistics, and the National Centre for Social Applications of Geographic Information Systems.

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Contacts

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
QLD 4068
Australia

Spatial coverage

Spatial description

Australia