The NSW SDT is a powerful cross-sector collaboration tool which allows the NSW Government to make data-driven decisions to create better, smarter cities, and plan for Australia’s future. Read more on the NSW SDT here.
The Policy Framework will undergo a review every 2 years but new versions will be initiated where there are substantive changes to legislation or the operating environment.
Yes, government agencies who choose to share data in the NSW Spatial Digital Twin are required to utilise the Policy Framework. See DCS-2025-02 NSW Spatial Digital Twin Policy Framework for more information.
You should include spatial information in the NSW SDT if your agency is deemed to be the data custodian and is recognised as the authoritative source for this data. See the NSW SDT Contributor Guideline for more information.
The NSW SDT Guideline for Spatially Enabling Information provides advice to agencies wanting to spatially enable their data so it can be used in the NSW SDT.
The NSW SDT Open Data Guideline should be used to determine if your API is deemed to be ‘open’ or ‘shared’. DCS-SS may further review the data and metadata submitted against this guideline to ensure inappropriate data is not unintentionally published.