Tree data
Luke Bacon made this Government Information (Public Access) request to City of Sydney
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Hello City of Sydney,
I would like the most up to spreadsheet/database file that contains data about the location, type etc. of all trees in the City of Sydney area. I'm looking for the equivalent data of what you can see for LGAs in Australia in OpenTrees.org http://www.opentrees.org/#Launceston-243...
If possible could you just provide a link to the data if it's public, or treat this as an informal/administrative request. If that's not possible, please treat this as a formal GIPA request.
Best wishes,
Luke Bacon
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Dear Luke,
Thank you for your below Enquiry (ref: 2016/529077), "requesting the most current information about the locations and types of all trees in the City of Sydney area".
Your request was forwarded to Council's City Greening and Leisure Section. Please see below their reply:
" I've had a review of this request. The location and type(species of trees) within the City of Sydney LGA are listed on the precinct plans of the Street Tree Masterplan
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/live/...
Please do not hesitate to call if you have any questions.
Kind regards
Makrina Poljakova
Archives Officer
Information Services
Telephone: +61 2 9265 9754
Dear Makrina Poljakova,
Thanks for passing that along and the quick response Makrina.
I'm actually looking for “the equivalent data of what you can see for LGAs in Australia in OpenTrees.org”. I should have clarified that the crucial bit is longitude and latitude coordinates for every single tree. The spreadsheet or database I'm looking for is probably what was used to create the street tree maps in those master plan PDFs. The document I'm after will probably be in a spreadsheet format.
Thanks for your help,
Luke Bacon
Hello Luke,
I shall make further enquiries with the staff in Council's City Greening and Leisure Section. As most of the staff are currently at a two day conference, I shall aim to respond to you next week.
Kind regards
Makrina Poljakova
Archives Officer
Information Services
Telephone: +61 2 9265 9754
Good morning Luke,
Many thanks for your patience in receiving the information you have requested.
Please find attached the information received from Council's City Greening and Leisure Section.
Kind regards
Makrina Poljakova
Archives Officer
Information Services
Telephone: +61 2 9265 9754
Hi Makrina,
Thanks very much for this. Would you be able to send this through in a spreadsheet or text format, rather than the PDF format?
Also, would you mind asking the team if they could explain what the different columns are? :) I'm not familiar with this location format. Thanks a lot for your help, people will really appreciate this.
Yours sincerely,
Luke Bacon
Hello Luke,
My apologies for not forwarding the spreadsheet earlier. Please find it attached. Also, please find below an explanation of the columns:
Column A:Tree species name
Column B: Easting (X coordinate)
Column C:Northing (Y coordinate)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easting_an...
Kind regards
Makrina Poljakova
Archives Officer
Information Services
Telephone: +61 2 9265 9754
Many thanks Luke. However, I shall pass on your thanks to my work colleague's in Council's City Greening and Leisure Section who have done all the hard work.
Many thanks once again.
Kind regards
Makrina Poljakova
Archives Officer
Information Services
Telephone: +61 2 9265 9754