The links here are provided as a central resource for those who work in the Water, Environmental and Coastal industries. Water Technology cannot warrant the accuracy of the information contained in the websites listed.

Data

Bureau of Meteorology Intensity Frequency Duration Generator

• http://www.bom.gov.au/hydro/has/cdirswebx/cdirswebx.shtml

National weather Station Directory

• http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/cdo/about/sitedata.shtml

Planning Maps Online (DPCD)

• http://services.land.vic.gov.au/maps/pmo.jsp

The surface water data archive of the Department of Natural Resources and Water (NRW)

• www.derm.qld.gov.au/watershed/index.html

Worldwide 90m Digital Elevation Model data

• http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org/SELECTION/inputCoord.asp

Shape files available from Geoscience Australia

• https://www.ga.gov.au/products/servlet/controller?event=DEFINE_PRODUCTS

Planning Schemes Online

• http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/planningschemes/

Climate Data Online

• http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/data/index.shtml

Victorian Maps on-line

• http://services.land.vic.gov.au/landchannel/jsp/map/InteractiveMapIntro.jsp

Victorian Water Data Warehouse

• http://www.vicwaterdata.net/vicwaterdata/home.aspx

Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment Interactive Maps

• http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/DSE/dsencor.nsf/LinkView/836EE128E54D861FCA256DA200208B945FD09CE028D6AA58CA256DAC0029FA1A

National mapping data

• http://www.nearmap.com/

NSW spatial data directory

• http://www.users.on.net/~pvscc/SIX_map/SIX_Map.html

Victorian Spatial Data Directory

• http://www.land.vic.gov.au/VSDDcategory.htm

Tools

The e-water cooperative research centre

• http://www.ewater.com.au/

Geoscience Australia website for useful coordinate conversions

• http://www.environment.gov.au/erin/tools/index.html

Converting geographic coordinates to map grid coordinates

• http://www.environment.gov.au/erin/tools/geo2mga-gda.html

Calculate distance/bearing between coordinates of different types

• http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html

ET GeoWizards help, updates, and useful ArcGIS scripts

• http://www.ian-ko.com/

Hawths Tools help, updates, and useful ArcGIS scripts

• http://www.spatialecology.com/htools/tooldesc.php

Surveyors Board of Victoria coordinate systems definitions

• http://www.surveyorsboard.vic.gov.au/documents/surveypracticehandbook/SPH_S1_AppendA5.pdf

Decimal degrees to metres/kilometers Conversion table

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_degrees

GIS tools – AMG to Geographicals, Decimal Degrees conversions

• http://www.environment.gov.au/erin/tools/index.html

Guidelines and factsheets

Water quality pollutant information

• http://www.npi.gov.au/students/fact-sheets.html

Victorian Irrigation Water Quality guidelines

• http://epanote2.epa.vic.gov.au/EPA/publications.nsf/2f1c2625731746aa4a256ce90001cbb5/64c2a15969d75e184a2569a00025de63/$FILE/464.2.pdf

Victorian State environment protection policy No. S-13 (Waters of Victoria)

• http://www.gazette.vic.gov.au/gazette/Gazettes2003/GG2003S107.pdf

Melbourne Water Land Development Manual

• ldm.melbournewater.com.au/ –

Guidelines for macro-invertebrate monitoring

• http://ausrivas.canberra.edu.au/

Industry information

Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute

• http://www.spatialsciences.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

Geospatial magazine

• http://www.directionsmag.com/

Professional organisations

Engineers Australia

• http://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/

Stormwater Industry Association Victoria

• http://www.stormwater.asn.au/vic/awards.asp

River Basin Management Society

• www.rbms.com.au

Technical Support

ESRI support forums

• www.support.esri.com

12d support forums

• http://forums.12dmodel.com/

MapInfo forums

• http://community.mapinfo.com/forums/index.jspa

Daily rainfall data

• http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/data/index.shtml

Other

Peter Cullen Trust

• http://www.petercullentrust.com.au