Australian Import Catalogue

Overview

This page documents the catalogue of imports that have been performed in Australia. Most imports introduce data from approved data sources.

Import Catalogue

Community Imports

Name	Data source	Area	License	Source tag	Tag prefix	Status	Start date	End date	Contact	Notes	License
VIC Traffic Lights	discover.data.vic.gov.au	VIC	CC-BY	See wiki page	none	Planning	2023-03	N/A	AHarvey (on osm)	N/A	OK
Melbourne Address Points	melbourne.vic.gov.au	City of Melbourne, Melbourne Australia	CC-BY	See wiki page	none	Planning	2016-12	N/A	CloCkWeRX (on osm)	N/A	OK
Queensland GTFS Data	qld.data.gov.au	Queensland	CC-BY 3.0	data.qld.gov.au	N/A	Planning	2013-12		Jward101 (on osm)	N/A	OK
South Australian Suburb Boundaries	data.sa.gov.au	South Australia	CC-BY 4.0 with waiver	data.sa.gov.au	N/A	1799/1865 imported	2013-10		CloCkWeRX (on osm)	N/A	OK
ABS Suburb Boundaries	data.gov.au	Australia	Any free and open	source=ABS2011	none	Ongoing as needed	2012		inas (on osm)	N/A	Explicit Permission
NSW LPI Base Map	NSW LPI	New South Wales	CC-BY 4.0	source=NSW LPI Base Map	N/A	In Progress	2015-12	N/A	talk-au	N/A	Explicit Permission
Hobsons Bay City Council data	data.gov.au Hobsons Bay City Council	Hobsons Bay City Council, Victoria, Australia	CC BY 2.5 and 3.0 with waiver	source=data.gov.au:Hobsons Bay City Council	N/A	Planned	2019-04		Dssis1 (dssis1 on osm)	N/A	OK
Vicmap Address	State of Victoria (Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning)	Victoria, Australia	CC BY 4.0 with waiver	source=Vicmap Address		Completed	2021-05-01	2024-12-30	Aharvey (aharvey on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)		LWG CC BY waiver
Melbourne Address Points	melbourne.vic.gov.au	City of Melbourne, Australia	CC-BY	See wiki page	none	Planning	2016-12	N/A	CloCkWeRX (on osm)	N/A	OK
Queensland GTFS Data	qld.data.gov.au	Queensland	CC-BY 3.0	data.qld.gov.au	N/A	Planning	2013-12		Jward101 (on osm)	N/A	OK
Geelong Building Import	data.gov.au	Geelong, Victoria	CC-BY 3.0	data.gov.au	N/A	Planning			CloCkWeRX (on osm)	N/A	OK
South Australian Suburb Boundaries	data.sa.gov.au	South Australia	CC-BY 4.0 with waiver	data.sa.gov.au	N/A	1799/1865 imported	2013-10		CloCkWeRX (on osm)	N/A	OK
ACT Schools	ACT schools	ACT, Australia	CC BY-2.5 (Australia)	N/A	N/A	Done	2009-11	2009-11	N/A	N/A	N/A
ACT Toilets	TOLT – Public Toilets (ACT)	ACT, Australia	CC BY-2.5 (Australia)	N/A	N/A	Done	2009-11	2009-11	N/A	N/A	N/A
PSMA Administrative Boundaries	Data.gov.au	Australia	Modified CC-BY 4.0	source=PSMA_Admin_Boundaries	N/A	Done	2020-09-27	2020-10-04	https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au	N/A	Waiver has been signed.

One-Time Imports

Name	Data source	Area	License	Source tag	Tag prefix	Status	Start date	End date	Contact	Notes	License
South Australian Waterbodies	South Australian Government	South Australia	CC BY 4.0 with waiver	data.sa.gov.au	datasa:	Done	2014-12	2015-02	henryh (on osm)	N/A	Explicit permission given
QLD Parks	Queensland national parks, state forests and conservation areas	Queensland, Australia	CC BY	dds.qld.gov.au (No such URL, perhaps dds.information.qld.gov.au)	N/A	In progress	2010-07	N/A	James Livingston (on osm)	N/A	N/A
SA Parks	South Australia National parks and Conservation Areas	South Australia, Australia	CC BY 2.5 (Australia)	source_ref= data.australia.gov.au/589 attribution= www.naturemaps.sa.gov.au	N/A	Done	2010-03	2010-10	Markus g (on osm)	N/A	N/A
Caltex Australia	Caltex service stations	Australia	Being checked	caltex_au	None	License enquiry	2012-01	N/A	Michael Collinson (on osm)	N/A	Being checked
NSW Geographic Names Import (Geographic Names Board)	Geographic Names Board places	New South Wales, Australia	(NSW?) Copyright Act 1968	CC BY 4.0 with waiver	N/A	Done	2007-11	2008-11	Brent Easton (on osm)	N/A	non-commercial use being checked with NSW GNB
ACT Schools	ACT schools	ACT, Australia	CC BY-2.5 (Australia)	N/A	N/A	Done	2009-11	2009-11	N/A	N/A	N/A
ACT Toilets	TOLT – Public Toilets (ACT)	ACT, Australia	CC BY-2.5 (Australia)	N/A	N/A	Done	2009-11	2009-11	N/A	N/A	N/A
ACT BBQs	ACT barbecues	ACT, Australia	CC BY-2.5 (Australia)	N/A	N/A	Done	2009-11	2009-11	N/A	N/A	N/A
Victoria Police	Victorian police stations	Victoria, Australia	CC BY 2.5 (Australia)	N/A	N/A	Done	2009-12	2009-11	N/A	N/A	N/A
BP Australia	BP service stations	Australia	Explicit permission to use without any restriction	bp_au	None	Not yet imported	2012-01	N/A	Michael Collinson ( on osm)	N/A	no restrictions
PSMA Administrative Boundaries	Data.gov.au	Australia	Modified CC-BY 4.0	source=PSMA_Admin_Boundaries	N/A	Done	2020-09-27	2020-10-04	https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au	N/A	Waiver has been signed.
Australian Dedicated Indigenous Protected Areas 2020	https://fed.dcceew.gov.au/search search Indigenous Protected Areas - Dedicated	Australia	CC-BY-SA	source: Dedicated Indigenous Protected Areas 2020, Commonwealth of Australia 2020. Indigenous Protected Areas - Dedicated [Updated: June 21, 2023].	N/A	Completed	Late 2021	Early 2022, April 2024 (data Updated: June 21, 2023)	nevw	N/A	Waiver has been signed
Tasmania Parks Import	Tasmanian Reserve Estate Spatial Layer 2012	Tasmania, Australia	Attribution	None	None	Ongoing	2013-06	Open ended	Porjo	N/A	OK
Australia NSW Property and Address Import	NSW LPI Access Web Services	NSW, Australia	Attribution/New South Wales Government Data has been explicitly donated to us in terms of CC BY 3.0 AU.	source:import=NSW LPI Web Services	None	Ongoing	2018-07	N/A	talk-au mailing list	N/A	OK
Brisbane City Council Property and Address Import	Brisbane City Council	Brisbane City, QLD, Australia	CC BY 4.0 with waiver	source=Brisbane City Council source:date=2018-12-14	none	Planning	2019-01	By 2019-02	talk-au mailing list
The Department of Environment and Resource Management/Protected Areas Import
The Department of Environment and Resource Management/Peaks And Mountains Import
Australia NSW Marine Protected Areas Import
Brisbane City Council CBD Bike Rack Import	Brisbane City Council	Brisbane City, QLD, Australia	CC BY 4.0 with waiver	source=Brisbane City Council source:date=2015-07-01	None	Planning	2023-01-30	2023-06-01	BrisbaneBikeRackImport (CodedBinary on osm, edits, contrib, heatmap, chngset com.)	N/A	Signed waiver

See also

• Import/Catalogue - Global Import Catalogue Page