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Overview

Vicmap Hydro helps customers design and manage infrastructure with the state’s hydrographic dataset. The Department of Transport and Planning provides an accurate, current and maintained representation of hydrographic features across Victoria at a capture scale of 1:25,000 or better.

Topologically structured, Vicmap Hydro depicts natural and water infrastructure including:

  • selected water-related structures
  • coastal navigational features.

Vicmap Hydro, combined with clients’ business datasets, provides information on:

  • water storage
  • water management
  • utilisation of water and related assets.

Explore data

You can explore Vicmap data in a web mapping service before you download:

Although this site contains the core Vicmap datasets, it may not include the full suite of available products.

Access data

You can access Vicmap Hydro from the Data.Vic platform under a Creative Commons license.

Technical detail

Source informationRefer to the Vicmap Hydro product description
CoverageStatewide
CurrencyUpdated weekly
Scale of captureRanges from 0.1 m to 25 m

Where reasonably practicable, Vicmap complies with the FAIR data principle: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. This is why Vicmap is available in a range of data formats and datums.

For details, please review the Vicmap product specification below.

Product resources

View Vicmap Hydro product metadata

How to get help

Vicmap customers and business custodians can contact the Vicmap helpdesk for product information and support.

Page last updated: 27/05/24