Showing posts with label Morphum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Morphum. Show all posts

Saturday, 13 August 2011

mapping Oakley Creek

Mapping Oakley Creek turned out to be quite difficult! The Linz website didn't have accurate data, so I had to use a combination of the data I could find and google maps... (see map 1 below). I identified 8 zones which are points of change in the creek's 'story',  something I think is manageable. However...




Then I came across the Morphum website, a consultant employed by Metrowater to report on and map Oakley creek more accurately (they found a total of 37 assets were recorded as having incorrect data in the Metrowater GIS records and a further 91 not recorded in the GIS system). I altered my map accordingly (map 2), and discovered more areas of interest, places where the creek runs a different direction for some time, or appears and disappears under the land. I may have to re-examine my points of interest (they currently are at 18), a number I think is too large if I intend to go back at different times. Morphum also mapped 17 restoration opportunities (shown as green areas), and overland flow (dashed lines).