MCAS-S Data Pack-Update 2022

Brief description

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

Full description

MCAS-S Data Pack 2022 zipped - This zip file (1GB unzips to 4GB) contains a sample MCAS-S project alongside a data folder. Within the data\r\nfolder are 290 layers in four sub-folders: Primary (raster data in GeoTIFF format for analysis) ~269 layers, Mask (raster data\r\nin GeoTIFF format for reporting and restricting the view) ~13 layers (note that categorical primary layers can now be used as\r\nmasks by modifying the .tip file), Overlay (vector data in shapefile format – point, line, or polygons for context) ~17 layers,\r\nand Classified (empty folder for storage of layers created by using MCAS-S).\r\nThe layers in the Data pack are listed in the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet MCAS-S-datapack2022-contents.xlsx.\r\nTo use this data pack\r\n• Save the entire folder in a location with read/write access.\r\n• Open the MCAS-S project to access the data. The structure of this data folder (Primary, Mask, Overlay, and\r\nClassified) must be maintained, and data should not be moved without the use of a GIS program.\r\n• Users should also read the software user guide.\r\n\r\nThe MCAS-S-Data-Pack2022.zip was updated 19 September 2023 to correct the tip (info) files in the Data/Primary/ folders Pests, Social and Soils. No data has changed.
Descriptive Metadata - MCAS-S Data Pack - Update 2022 - Descriptive Metadata for the MCAS-S Data Pack - Update 2022. This PDF document describes the data pack.
Descriptive Metadata - MCAS-S Data Pack - Update 2022 - Descriptive Metadata describing the MCAS-S Data Pack - Update 2022. Microsoft Word version
ABARES MCAS-S website - Website for more information about the Multi-Criteria Shell for Spatial Decision Support MCAS-S
Contents file - MCAS-S Data Pack - Update 2022 - Excel spreadsheet listing the data layers contained in the MCAS-S Data - Pack Update 2022
ABARES Publication library catalogue entry - Listing in ABARES publication library catalogue for MCAS-S Data Pack - update 2022. This listing provides links to the descriptive metadata.