FEATURE TYPE (FEATURETYPE) [String; No; 32; Pop_Req] The code which identifies the type of topographic feature represented

Cleared Line

FEATURE RELIABILITY DATE (FEATURERELIABILITY) [Date; Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Req]
The reliability date of the spatial object; Date to be adjusted only during spatial change or verification of an existing feature location or the capture of a new feature (see Section 1 Chapter 3.6);

Most Recent Reliability Date of Revision Source Material (or Base Material/digitial data for inital capture) used for Spatial Verification

FEATURE SOURCE (FEATURESOURCE) [String; Yes; 50; Pop_Req]
This primary source used to determine the spatial location of a feature (For use in TOPO100K only;).

ATTRIBUTE RELIABILITY (ATTRIBUTERELIABILITY) [Date; Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Req]
The reliability date of the attribute object; Date to be adjusted only during attribute change or verification of an existing feature's item values or the capture of a new feature (see Section 1 Chapter 3.6);

Most Recent Reliability Date of Revision Source Material (or Base Material/digitial data for inital capture) used for Attribute Verification.

ATTRIBUTE SOURCE (ATTRIBUTESOURCE) [String; Yes; 50; Pop_Req]
The primary source used to populate the attribute fields of a feature (For use in TOPO100K only;).

PLANIMETRIC ACCURACY (PLANIMETRICACCURACY) [Short Integer; No; 4; Pop_Req] The standard deviation of the horizontal positional accuracy.The default value, when not specified in project instructions, will be as follows;
10 / 40 / 100

DATA SOURCE (SOURCE) [String; No; 50; Pop_Req] This is the official name of the agency that originally captured the spatial object for the TOPO250K NTDB (For use in TOPO250K only) ; The default value when unknown or not specified in project instructions will be GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

UNIQUE FEATURE IDENTIFIER (UFI) [String; Yes; 10; Pop_Aut] Alphanumeric feature identifier defined for GEODATA SERIES 2 (For use in TOPO250K only;) (see Section 3 chapter 5.14)

FEATURE CREATION DATE (CREATIONDATE) [Date; Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Aut] Date of creation of feature in the database. This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

FEATURE RETIREMENT DATE (RETIREMENTDATE) [Date;Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Aut] Date of retirement of feature in the database.This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (PID) [Long Integer; Yes; 8; Pop_Aut] This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

SYMBOL (SYMBOL) [Short Integer; No; 4; Pop_Req] (Link to Symbol Dictionary)Symbol number/s applicable;

99

TEXT NOTE (TEXTNOTE) [String; Yes; 50; Pop_Dep] Descriptive note to appear on map. Text Note field should be added when directed in the Geodatabase Rules or if descriptive information is known about a feature that is not covered by any other item in the feature class and expands on the definition of the feature.

At 1:250 000 Cleared Lines shown on the TOPO250K NTDB will be retained, where there is clear evidence they exist. New Cleared Lines may be added.

At 1:100000 Cleared Lines shown on the latest previous edition map and in the TOPO250K NTDB will be shown, where there is clear evidence they exist. New Cleared lines may be added.
 
Cleared lines will be TextNoted e.g ‘cleared line’. No reference to seismic lines should be made in the text_note field. If pre-existing features have been identified as seismic lines and are still visible on imagery, they will be redefined as 'cleared line' in the text_note field.

Cleared lines cannot overlap;
Sea, Lake, Reservoir, Watercourse Area or Canal Area.  

Cleared lines will be labelled, for example ‘cleared line’.

Cleared lines will be masked where black type unavoidably overprints the feature. The break measurement will be 0.2 mm on either side of the type where it crosses the feature. (Note: the feature will be masked only on the map and will be complete in the data.)  

Appendix U chapter 2.2.2, 2.5.1

FEATURE TYPE (FEATURETYPE) [String; No; 32; Pop_Req] The code which identifies the type of topographic feature represented

Forest Or Shrub

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Long Integer; No; 5; Pop_Req] The numeric value assigned to sub classify the feature
1

DESCRIPTION OF SUBTYPE (TYPE_DESCRIPTION) [String; No; 32; Pop_Req] The textual description of the subtype classification.
ForestOrShrub

FOLIAGE COVER DENSITY (COVERDENSITY) [String; Yes; 20; Pop_Dep] Density of foliage coverage;For use in TOPO100K only;
This field must be populated with one of the following values:
Sparse
Dense
Closed

GROWTH FORM (GROWTHFORM) [String; No; 20; Pop_Dep] The Majority Growth Form Type; For use in TOPO100K only;
This item must be populated with one to the following values:
Tree
Tree Mallee
Shrub
Mallee Shrub
Heath Shrub
Chenopod Shrub
Other (unknown)

FEATURE RELIABILITY DATE (FEATURERELIABILITY) [Date; Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Req]
The reliability date of the spatial object; Date to be adjusted only during spatial change or verification of an existing feature location or the capture of a new feature (see Section 1 Chapter 3.6);

Most Recent Reliability Date of Revision Source Material (or Base Material/digitial data for inital capture) used for Spatial Verification

FEATURE SOURCE (FEATURESOURCE) [String; Yes; 50; Pop_Req]
This primary source used to determine the spatial location of a feature (For use in TOPO100K only;).

ATTRIBUTE RELIABILITY (ATTRIBUTERELIABILITY) [Date; Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Req]
The reliability date of the attribute object; Date to be adjusted only during attribute change or verification of an existing feature's item values or the capture of a new feature (see Section 1 Chapter 3.6);

Most Recent Reliability Date of Revision Source Material (or Base Material/digitial data for inital capture) used for Attribute Verification.

ATTRIBUTE SOURCE (ATTRIBUTESOURCE) [String; Yes; 50; Pop_Req]
The primary source used to populate the attribute fields of a feature (For use in TOPO100K only;).

PLANIMETRIC ACCURACY (PLANIMETRICACCURACY) [Short Integer; No; 4; Pop_Req] The standard deviation of the horizontal positional accuracy.The default value, when not specified in project instructions, will be as follows;
9999 / 9999 / 9999

DATA SOURCE (SOURCE) [String; No; 50; Pop_Req] This is the official name of the agency that originally captured the spatial object for the TOPO250K NTDB (For use in TOPO250K only) ; The default value when unknown or not specified in project instructions will be GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

UNIQUE FEATURE IDENTIFIER (UFI) [String; Yes; 10; Pop_Aut] Alphanumeric feature identifier defined for GEODATA SERIES 2 (For use in TOPO250K only;) (see Section 3 chapter 5.14)

FEATURE CREATION DATE (CREATIONDATE) [Date; Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Aut] Date of creation of feature in the database. This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

FEATURE RETIREMENT DATE (RETIREMENTDATE) [Date;Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Aut] Date of retirement of feature in the database.This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (PID) [Long Integer; Yes; 8; Pop_Aut] This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

SYMBOL (SYMBOL) [Short Integer; No; 4; Pop_Req] (Link to Symbol Dictionary)Symbol number/s applicable;

Polygons (250K only)
2
Polygons (100K only)
201 – Sparse
200 – Dense
2 – Closed

TEXT NOTE (TEXTNOTE) [String; Yes; 50; Pop_Dep] Descriptive note to appear on map. Text Note field should be added when directed in the Geodatabase Rules or if descriptive information is known about a feature that is not covered by any other item in the feature class and expands on the definition of the feature.

This classification excludes mangroves, orchards, plantations and rainforest.

Size criteria will not apply where 'Forest Or Shrub' completely covers small islands, i.e. such islands will have a matching 'Forest Or Shrub' polygon.

Fire Scars will be considered as defined holes (areas on universe polygon) within vegetation polygon feature classes. Regrowth of vegetation in these areas will not be anticipated.

The classification of Foliage cover density have the following meanings:
Classification: Meaning
Sparse : Foliage coverage of 10–30%
Dense : Foliage coverage of 30-70%
Closed : Foliage coverage of 70%+

Plantations and Rainforest which are under their minimum size criteria, and are adjoined or surrounded by 'Forest Or Shrub' will be reclassified as 'Forest Or Shrub' and merged with its adjoining polygon.

Forest Or Shrub cannot overlap;
Other polygons in the Vegetation Dataset.

Forest Or Shrub can overlap Built-up area.

Forest Or Shrub cannot overlap;
Mine Area, Building Area, Sand Area, Sand Dune, AircraftFacilityArea, Airport Area, Canal Area, Flood Irrigation Storage, Town Rural Storage, Outcrop, Settling Pond, Aquaculture Area, Salt Evaporator, Lake perennial, Watercourse Area perennial, and Sea.  

A NativeVegetationAreas edge (feature class polygon) must be coincident with the following features if they fall within 50m at 1:250 000 and 20m at 1:100 000 or if the area created between these features and the NativeVegetationAreas edge (feature class polygon) is less than 62 500 sq m at 1:250 000 and 10 000 sq m at 1:100 000:
Sea Wall
Shoreline
Airport Area edge (feature type polygon)
Building Area edge (feature type polygon)
Built Up Area edge (feature type polygon)
Cemetery Area edge (feature type polygon)
Foreshore Flat edge (feature type polygon)
Landmark Area edge (feature type polygon)
Mine Area edge (feature type polygon)
Rubbish Tip edge (feature type polygon)
AircraftFacilityAreas edge (feature class polygon)
MarineHazardAreas edge (feature class polygon)
RecreationAreas edge (feature class polygon)
Sands edge (feature class polygon)
WaterbodyBoundaries edge (feature class polygon) where they bound Flood Irrigation Storage, Town Rural Storage, Settling ponds, Aquaculture Areas, Salt evaporators, Lakes and Perennial Watercourse areas. (Does Not Include junction or Limit of Data feature types)

Forest Or Shrub will be masked for Built Up Areas on the map  

Mangrove, Orchard, Plantation, Rainforest, Sand Area, Cleared Line and Windbreak 

Section 2 chapter 2.2.3
Section 3 chapter 5.11.1, 5.11.2, 5.18, 5.19 and 6.3

FEATURE TYPE (FEATURETYPE) [String; No; 32; Pop_Req] The code which identifies the type of topographic feature represented

Mangrove

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Long Integer; No; 5; Pop_Req] The numeric value assigned to sub classify the feature
2

DESCRIPTION OF SUBTYPE (TYPE_DESCRIPTION) [String; No; 32; Pop_Req] The textual description of the subtype classification.
Mangrove

FOLIAGE COVER DENSITY (COVERDENSITY) [String; Yes; 20; Pop_Dep] Density of foliage coverage;For use in TOPO100K only;
Currently not to be populated.

GROWTH FORM (GROWTHFORM) [String; No; 20; Pop_Dep] The Majority Growth Form Type; For use in TOPO100K only;
Currently not to be populated.

FEATURE RELIABILITY DATE (FEATURERELIABILITY) [Date; Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Req]
The reliability date of the spatial object; Date to be adjusted only during spatial change or verification of an existing feature location or the capture of a new feature (see Section 1 Chapter 3.6);

Most Recent Reliability Date of Revision Source Material (or Base Material/digitial data for inital capture) used for Spatial Verification

FEATURE SOURCE (FEATURESOURCE) [String; Yes; 50; Pop_Req]
This primary source used to determine the spatial location of a feature (For use in TOPO100K only;).

ATTRIBUTE RELIABILITY (ATTRIBUTERELIABILITY) [Date; Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Req]
The reliability date of the attribute object; Date to be adjusted only during attribute change or verification of an existing feature's item values or the capture of a new feature (see Section 1 Chapter 3.6);

Most Recent Reliability Date of Revision Source Material (or Base Material/digitial data for inital capture) used for Attribute Verification.

ATTRIBUTE SOURCE (ATTRIBUTESOURCE) [String; Yes; 50; Pop_Req]
The primary source used to populate the attribute fields of a feature (For use in TOPO100K only;).

PLANIMETRIC ACCURACY (PLANIMETRICACCURACY) [Short Integer; No; 4; Pop_Req] The standard deviation of the horizontal positional accuracy.The default value, when not specified in project instructions, will be as follows;
9999 / 9999 / 9999

DATA SOURCE (SOURCE) [String; No; 50; Pop_Req] This is the official name of the agency that originally captured the spatial object for the TOPO250K NTDB (For use in TOPO250K only) ; The default value when unknown or not specified in project instructions will be GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

UNIQUE FEATURE IDENTIFIER (UFI) [String; Yes; 10; Pop_Aut] Alphanumeric feature identifier defined for GEODATA SERIES 2 (For use in TOPO250K only;) (see Section 3 chapter 5.14)

FEATURE CREATION DATE (CREATIONDATE) [Date; Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Aut] Date of creation of feature in the database. This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

FEATURE RETIREMENT DATE (RETIREMENTDATE) [Date;Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Aut] Date of retirement of feature in the database.This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (PID) [Long Integer; Yes; 8; Pop_Aut] This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

SYMBOL (SYMBOL) [Short Integer; No; 4; Pop_Req] (Link to Symbol Dictionary)Symbol number/s applicable;

7

TEXT NOTE (TEXTNOTE) [String; Yes; 50; Pop_Dep] Descriptive note to appear on map. Text Note field should be added when directed in the Geodatabase Rules or if descriptive information is known about a feature that is not covered by any other item in the feature class and expands on the definition of the feature.

At 1:100 000 size and any other selection criteria apply to all feature occurrences.

At 1:250 000 size and any other selection criteria apply to new feature occurrences. All feature occurrences existing in the TOPO250K NTDB will be retained unless there is clear evidence they no longer exist.

Mangroves will be revised from the imagery, ortho photography or vegetation revision databases to be supplied.

Size criteria will not apply where mangrove completely covers small islands i.e boundary of island is completely coincident with boundary of mangrove.

Polygons that are smaller than the minimum size for inclusion and are in groups may be aggregated into one larger representative polygon where the small areas of mangrove are less than 0.5 mm apart at map scale.

Fire Scars will be considered as defined holes (areas on universe polygon) within vegetation polygon feature classes. Regrowth of vegetation in these areas will not be anticipated.
 
 

Mangrove cannot overlap;
Windbreaks, Other polygons in the Vegetation Dataset.

Mangrove cannot overlap;
AircraftFacilityArea polygons, Airport Area, Sand, Mine area, Sand dunes, Sea, Building Area and polygons in the Waterbodies feature dataset.

A NativeVegetationAreas edge (feature class polygon) must be coincident with the following features if they fall within 50m at 1:250 000 and 20m at 1:100 000 or if the area created between these features and the NativeVegetationAreas edge (feature class polygon) is less than 62 500 sq m at 1:250 000 and 10 000 sq m at 1:100 000:
Sea Wall
Shoreline
Airport Area edge (feature type polygon)
Building Area edge (feature type polygon)
Built Up Area edge (feature type polygon)
Cemetery Area edge (feature type polygon)
Foreshore Flat edge (feature type polygon)
Landmark Area edge (feature type polygon)
Mine Area edge (feature type polygon)
Rubbish Tip edge (feature type polygon)
AircraftFacilityAreas edge (feature class polygon)
MarineHazardAreas edge (feature class polygon)
RecreationAreas edge (feature class polygon)
Sands edge (feature class polygon)
WaterbodyBoundaries edge (feature class polygon) where they bound Flood Irrigation Storage, Town Rural Storage, Settling ponds, Aquaculture Areas, Salt evaporators, Lakes and Perennial Watercourse areas. (Does not include Junction or Limit of Data feature types)

Connector, Forest Or Shrub, Limit of Data, Plantation, Orchard, Forest Or Shrub, Rainforest, Watercourse, Watercourse Area, Shoreline, WaterbodyBoundaries (Feature Class) 

Section 2 chapter 2.2.3
Section 3 chapter 5.11.2, 5.18, 5.19 and 6.3

FEATURE TYPE (FEATURETYPE) [String; No; 32; Pop_Req] The code which identifies the type of topographic feature represented

Orchard

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Long Integer; No; 5; Pop_Req] The numeric value assigned to sub classify the feature
1

DESCRIPTION OF SUBTYPE (TYPE_DESCRIPTION) [String; No; 32; Pop_Req] The textual description of the subtype classification.
Orchard

PRODUCT CODE (PRODUCT) [String; Yes; 35; Pop_Dep] Type of product produced or transported;
(For use in TOPO100k only. At 100k item must be populated.)
Grapes
Coffee
Bananas
Tree Nuts
Other Orchard type (unspecified).

FEATURE RELIABILITY DATE (FEATURERELIABILITY) [Date; Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Req]
The reliability date of the spatial object; Date to be adjusted only during spatial change or verification of an existing feature location or the capture of a new feature (see Section 1 Chapter 3.6);

Most Recent Reliability Date of Revision Source Material (or Base Material/digitial data for inital capture) used for Spatial Verification

FEATURE SOURCE (FEATURESOURCE) [String; Yes; 50; Pop_Req]
This primary source used to determine the spatial location of a feature (For use in TOPO100K only;).

ATTRIBUTE RELIABILITY (ATTRIBUTERELIABILITY) [Date; Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Req]
The reliability date of the attribute object; Date to be adjusted only during attribute change or verification of an existing feature's item values or the capture of a new feature (see Section 1 Chapter 3.6);

Most Recent Reliability Date of Revision Source Material (or Base Material/digitial data for inital capture) used for Attribute Verification.

ATTRIBUTE SOURCE (ATTRIBUTESOURCE) [String; Yes; 50; Pop_Req]
The primary source used to populate the attribute fields of a feature (For use in TOPO100K only;).

PLANIMETRIC ACCURACY (PLANIMETRICACCURACY) [Short Integer; No; 4; Pop_Req] The standard deviation of the horizontal positional accuracy.The default value, when not specified in project instructions, will be as follows;
10 / 40 / 100

DATA SOURCE (SOURCE) [String; No; 50; Pop_Req] This is the official name of the agency that originally captured the spatial object for the TOPO250K NTDB (For use in TOPO250K only) ; The default value when unknown or not specified in project instructions will be GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

UNIQUE FEATURE IDENTIFIER (UFI) [String; Yes; 10; Pop_Aut] Alphanumeric feature identifier defined for GEODATA SERIES 2 (For use in TOPO250K only;) (see Section 3 chapter 5.14)

FEATURE CREATION DATE (CREATIONDATE) [Date; Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Aut] Date of creation of feature in the database. This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

FEATURE RETIREMENT DATE (RETIREMENTDATE) [Date;Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Aut] Date of retirement of feature in the database.This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (PID) [Long Integer; Yes; 8; Pop_Aut] This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

SYMBOL (SYMBOL) [Short Integer; No; 4; Pop_Req] (Link to Symbol Dictionary)Symbol number/s applicable;

5

TEXT NOTE (TEXTNOTE) [String; Yes; 50; Pop_Dep] Descriptive note to appear on map. Text Note field should be added when directed in the Geodatabase Rules or if descriptive information is known about a feature that is not covered by any other item in the feature class and expands on the definition of the feature.

At 1:100 000 size and any other selection criteria apply to all feature occurrences.

At 1:250 000 size and any other selection criteria apply to new feature occurrences. All feature occurrences existing in the TOPO250K NTDB will be retained unless there is clear evidence they no longer exist.

Polygons that are smaller than the minimum size for inclusion and are in groups may be aggregated into one larger representative polygon where they are less than 0.5 mm apart at map scale.

Fire Scars will be considered as defined holes (areas on universe polygon) within vegetation polygon feature classes. Regrowth of vegetation in these areas will not be anticipated.
 
At 1:100 000 orchards are to have an accompanying TextNote e.g. ‘bananas’,’ tree nuts’,’ vineyard’, etc if the horticultural type/product is known.

Orchard cannot overlap;
Other polygons in the Vegetation Dataset.  

Orchard cannot overlap;
AircraftFacilityAreas, Airport Area, Built Up Area, Building Area, Sea, Reef, Shoal, Foreshore Flat, Flood Irrigation Storage, Town Rural Storage, Lake, Canal Area, Watercourse Area, Salt Evaporators, Settling Pond, Aquaculture Area, Mine Area, Sand Area, Sand Dunes.

A CultivatedAreas edge (feature class polygon) must be coincident with the following features if they fall within 50m at 1:250 000 and 20m at 1:100 000 or if the area created between these features and the CultivatedAreas edge (feature class polygon) is less than 62 500 sq m at 1:250 000 and 10 000 sq m at 1:100 000:
Sea Wall
Shoreline
Airport Area edge (feature type polygon)
Building Area edge (feature type polygon)
Built Up Area edge (feature type polygon)
Cemetery Area edge (feature type polygon)
Foreshore Flat edge (feature type polygon)
Landmark Area edge (feature type polygon)
Mine Area edge (feature type polygon)
Rubbish Tip edge (feature type polygon)
AircraftFacilityAreas edge (feature class polygon)
MarineHazardAreas edge (feature class polygon)
RecreationAreas edge (feature class polygon)
Sands edge (feature class polygon)
WaterbodyBoundaries edge (feature class polygon) where they bound Flood Irrigation Storage, Town Rural Storage, Settling ponds, Aquaculture Areas, Salt evaporators, Lakes and Perennial Watercourse areas. (Does Not Include junction or Limit of Data feature types)

At 1:100 000 orchards are to have an accompanying descriptive note e.g. ‘bananas’,’ tree nuts’,’ vineyard’, etc if the horticultural type/product is known.

Forest Or Shrub, Plantation,Rainforest, Mangrove,

Section 3 chapter 5.11.1, 5.11.2, 5.18 and 5.19
Appendix U chapter 2.5.2

FEATURE TYPE (FEATURETYPE) [String; No; 32; Pop_Req] The code which identifies the type of topographic feature represented

Plantation

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Long Integer; No; 5; Pop_Req] The numeric value assigned to sub classify the feature
2

DESCRIPTION OF SUBTYPE (TYPE_DESCRIPTION) [String; No; 32; Pop_Req] The textual description of the subtype classification.
Plantation

PRODUCT CODE (PRODUCT) [String; Yes; 35; Pop_Dep] Type of product produced or transported;
(For use in TOPO100k only. At 100k item must be populated.)
Softwood
Hardwood

FEATURE RELIABILITY DATE (FEATURERELIABILITY) [Date; Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Req]
The reliability date of the spatial object; Date to be adjusted only during spatial change or verification of an existing feature location or the capture of a new feature (see Section 1 Chapter 3.6);

Most Recent Reliability Date of Revision Source Material (or Base Material/digitial data for inital capture) used for Spatial Verification

FEATURE SOURCE (FEATURESOURCE) [String; Yes; 50; Pop_Req]
This primary source used to determine the spatial location of a feature (For use in TOPO100K only;).

ATTRIBUTE RELIABILITY (ATTRIBUTERELIABILITY) [Date; Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Req]
The reliability date of the attribute object; Date to be adjusted only during attribute change or verification of an existing feature's item values or the capture of a new feature (see Section 1 Chapter 3.6);

Most Recent Reliability Date of Revision Source Material (or Base Material/digitial data for inital capture) used for Attribute Verification.

ATTRIBUTE SOURCE (ATTRIBUTESOURCE) [String; Yes; 50; Pop_Req]
The primary source used to populate the attribute fields of a feature (For use in TOPO100K only;).

PLANIMETRIC ACCURACY (PLANIMETRICACCURACY) [Short Integer; No; 4; Pop_Req] The standard deviation of the horizontal positional accuracy.The default value, when not specified in project instructions, will be as follows;
10 / 40 / 100

DATA SOURCE (SOURCE) [String; No; 50; Pop_Req] This is the official name of the agency that originally captured the spatial object for the TOPO250K NTDB (For use in TOPO250K only) ; The default value when unknown or not specified in project instructions will be GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

UNIQUE FEATURE IDENTIFIER (UFI) [String; Yes; 10; Pop_Aut] Alphanumeric feature identifier defined for GEODATA SERIES 2 (For use in TOPO250K only;) (see Section 3 chapter 5.14)

FEATURE CREATION DATE (CREATIONDATE) [Date; Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Aut] Date of creation of feature in the database. This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

FEATURE RETIREMENT DATE (RETIREMENTDATE) [Date;Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Aut] Date of retirement of feature in the database.This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (PID) [Long Integer; Yes; 8; Pop_Aut] This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

SYMBOL (SYMBOL) [Short Integer; No; 4; Pop_Req] (Link to Symbol Dictionary)Symbol number/s applicable;

Polygons (250K only)
6
Polygons (100K only)
6 - Softwood
600 - Hardwood

TEXT NOTE (TEXTNOTE) [String; Yes; 50; Pop_Dep] Descriptive note to appear on map. Text Note field should be added when directed in the Geodatabase Rules or if descriptive information is known about a feature that is not covered by any other item in the feature class and expands on the definition of the feature.

At 1:100 000 size and any other selection criteria apply to all feature occurrences.

At 1:250 000 size and any other selection criteria apply to new feature occurrences. All feature occurrences existing in the TOPO250K NTDB will be retained unless there is clear evidence they no longer exist.

Polygons that are smaller than the minimum size for inclusion and are in groups may be aggregated into one larger representative polygon where they are less than 0.5 mm apart at map scale.

Fire Scars will be considered as defined holes (areas on universe polygon) within vegetation polygon feature classes. Regrowth of vegetation in these areas will not be anticipated.

When it is clear that a section of plantation has been harvested and no vegetation in that section now exists, that section will be considered as a defined hole (an area on universe polygon) within plantation feature class. Regrowth of the plantation in these areas will not be anticipated.
 
At 1:100 000 plantations are classified using the product field into two types; Softwood plantations which include features such as pine plantations and hardwood plantations which include the eucalyptus species.

Plantations and Rainforest which are under their minimum size criteria, and are adjoined or surrounded by 'Forest Or Shrub' will be reclassified as 'Forest Or Shrub' and merged with its adjoining polygon.

Plantations cannot overlap;
Other polygons in the Vegetation Dataset.

Plantations cannot overlap;
Mine Area, Sand Area, Sand Dune, Lake, Flood Irrigation Storage, Town Rural Storage, Canal Area, Watercourse Area, Building Area, Built Up Area, AircraftFacilityArea, Airport Area, Sea, Salt Evaporators, Aquaculture Area and Settling Pond.  

A CultivatedAreas edge (feature class polygon) must be coincident with the following features if they fall within 50m at 1:250 000 and 20m at 1:100 000 or if the area created between these features and the CultivatedAreas edge (feature class polygon) is less than 62 500 sq m at 1:250 000 and 10 000 sq m at 1:100 000:
Sea Wall
Shoreline
Airport Area edge (feature type polygon)
Building Area edge (feature type polygon)
Built Up Area edge (feature type polygon)
Cemetery Area edge (feature type polygon)
Foreshore Flat edge (feature type polygon)
Landmark Area edge (feature type polygon)
Mine Area edge (feature type polygon)
Rubbish Tip edge (feature type polygon)
AircraftFacilityAreas edge (feature class polygon)
MarineHazardAreas edge (feature class polygon)
RecreationAreas edge (feature class polygon)
Sands edge (feature class polygon)
WaterbodyBoundaries edge (feature class polygon) where they bound Flood Irrigation Storage, Town Rural Storage, Settling ponds, Aquaculture Areas, Salt evaporators, Lakes and Perennial Watercourse areas. (Does not include Junction or Limit of Data feature types)

Forest Or Shrub, Orchard, Rainforest, Mangrove 

Section 3 chapter 5.11.1, 5.11.2, 5.18 and 5.19
Appendix U chapter 2.5.2

FEATURE TYPE (FEATURETYPE) [String; No; 32; Pop_Req] The code which identifies the type of topographic feature represented

Rainforest

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Long Integer; No; 5; Pop_Req] The numeric value assigned to sub classify the feature
3

DESCRIPTION OF SUBTYPE (TYPE_DESCRIPTION) [String; No; 32; Pop_Req] The textual description of the subtype classification.
Rainforest

FOLIAGE COVER DENSITY (COVERDENSITY) [String; Yes; 20; Pop_Dep] Density of foliage coverage;For use in TOPO100K only;
Currently not to be populated.

GROWTH FORM (GROWTHFORM) [String; No; 20; Pop_Dep] The Majority Growth Form Type; For use in TOPO100K only;
Currently not to be populated.

FEATURE RELIABILITY DATE (FEATURERELIABILITY) [Date; Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Req]
The reliability date of the spatial object; Date to be adjusted only during spatial change or verification of an existing feature location or the capture of a new feature (see Section 1 Chapter 3.6);

Most Recent Reliability Date of Revision Source Material (or Base Material/digitial data for inital capture) used for Spatial Verification

FEATURE SOURCE (FEATURESOURCE) [String; Yes; 50; Pop_Req]
This primary source used to determine the spatial location of a feature (For use in TOPO100K only;).

ATTRIBUTE RELIABILITY (ATTRIBUTERELIABILITY) [Date; Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Req]
The reliability date of the attribute object; Date to be adjusted only during attribute change or verification of an existing feature's item values or the capture of a new feature (see Section 1 Chapter 3.6);

Most Recent Reliability Date of Revision Source Material (or Base Material/digitial data for inital capture) used for Attribute Verification.

ATTRIBUTE SOURCE (ATTRIBUTESOURCE) [String; Yes; 50; Pop_Req]
The primary source used to populate the attribute fields of a feature (For use in TOPO100K only;).

PLANIMETRIC ACCURACY (PLANIMETRICACCURACY) [Short Integer; No; 4; Pop_Req] The standard deviation of the horizontal positional accuracy.The default value, when not specified in project instructions, will be as follows;
9999 / 9999 / 9999

DATA SOURCE (SOURCE) [String; No; 50; Pop_Req] This is the official name of the agency that originally captured the spatial object for the TOPO250K NTDB (For use in TOPO250K only) ; The default value when unknown or not specified in project instructions will be GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

UNIQUE FEATURE IDENTIFIER (UFI) [String; Yes; 10; Pop_Aut] Alphanumeric feature identifier defined for GEODATA SERIES 2 (For use in TOPO250K only;) (see Section 3 chapter 5.14)

FEATURE CREATION DATE (CREATIONDATE) [Date; Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Aut] Date of creation of feature in the database. This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

FEATURE RETIREMENT DATE (RETIREMENTDATE) [Date;Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Aut] Date of retirement of feature in the database.This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (PID) [Long Integer; Yes; 8; Pop_Aut] This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

SYMBOL (SYMBOL) [Short Integer; No; 4; Pop_Req] (Link to Symbol Dictionary)Symbol number/s applicable;

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TEXT NOTE (TEXTNOTE) [String; Yes; 50; Pop_Dep] Descriptive note to appear on map. Text Note field should be added when directed in the Geodatabase Rules or if descriptive information is known about a feature that is not covered by any other item in the feature class and expands on the definition of the feature.

At 1:100 000 size and any other selection criteria apply to all feature occurrences.

At 1:250 000 size and any other selection criteria apply to new feature occurrences. All feature occurrences existing in the TOPO250K NTDB will be retained unless there is clear evidence they no longer exist.

Polygons that are smaller than the minimum size for inclusion and are in groups may be aggregated into one larger representive polygon where they are less than 0.5 mm apart at map scale.
 
Rainforest should be named where named on base material/digital data or rainforest revision source material, the name will be held in the textnote field.  

Plantations and Rainforest which are under their minimum size criteria, and are adjoined or surrounded by 'Forest Or Shrub' will be reclassified as 'Forest Or Shrub' and merged with its adjoining polygon.

Rainforest cannot overlap;
Other polygons in the Vegetation Dataset.  

Rainforest cannot overlap;
Mine Area, Building Area, Built Up Area, Sand Area, Sand Dune, AircraftFacilityArea, Airport Area, Flood Irrigation Storage, Town Rural Storage, Settling Pond, Aquaculture Area, Salt Evaporator, Lake, Watercourse Area perennial, Canal Area or Sea.  

A NativeVegetationAreas edge (feature class polygon) must be coincident with the following features if they fall within 50m at 1:250 000 and 20m at 1:100 000 or if the area created between these features and the NativeVegetationAreas edge (feature class polygon) is less than 62 500 sq m at 1:250 000 and 10 000 sq m at 1:100 000:
Sea Wall
Shoreline
Airport Area edge (feature type polygon)
Building Area edge (feature type polygon)
Built Up Area edge (feature type polygon)
Cemetery Area edge (feature type polygon)
Foreshore Flat edge (feature type polygon)
Landmark Area edge (feature type polygon)
Mine Area edge (feature type polygon)
Rubbish Tip edge (feature type polygon)
AircraftFacilityAreas edge (feature class polygon)
MarineHazardAreas edge (feature class polygon)
RecreationAreas edge (feature class polygon)
Sands edge (feature class polygon)
WaterbodyBoundaries edge (feature class polygon) where they bound Flood Irrigation Storage, Town Rural Storage, Settling ponds, Aquaculture Areas, Salt evaporators, Lakes and Perennial Watercourse areas. (Does Not Include junction or Limit of Data feature types)

Rainforest should be named where named on base material/digital data or rainforest revision source material. Type styles for named areas of rainforest will be those used for Vegetation features, see Section 2 chapter 8.4 (for 1:250 000) and 9.4 (for 1:100 000).  

Forest Or Shrub, Plantation, Orchard, Mangrove, Cleared Line, Windbreak

Section 2 chapter 2.2.3
Section 3 chapter 5.11.1, 5.11.2, 5.18 and 5.19

FEATURE TYPE (FEATURETYPE) [String; No; 32; Pop_Req] The code which identifies the type of topographic feature represented

Windbreak

FEATURE RELIABILITY DATE (FEATURERELIABILITY) [Date; Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Req]
The reliability date of the spatial object; Date to be adjusted only during spatial change or verification of an existing feature location or the capture of a new feature (see Section 1 Chapter 3.6);

Most Recent Reliability Date of Revision Source Material (or Base Material/digitial data for inital capture) used for Spatial Verification

FEATURE SOURCE (FEATURESOURCE) [String; Yes; 50; Pop_Req]
This primary source used to determine the spatial location of a feature (For use in TOPO100K only;).

ATTRIBUTE RELIABILITY (ATTRIBUTERELIABILITY) [Date; Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Req]
The reliability date of the attribute object; Date to be adjusted only during attribute change or verification of an existing feature's item values or the capture of a new feature (see Section 1 Chapter 3.6);

Most Recent Reliability Date of Revision Source Material (or Base Material/digitial data for inital capture) used for Attribute Verification.

ATTRIBUTE SOURCE (ATTRIBUTESOURCE) [String; Yes; 50; Pop_Req]
The primary source used to populate the attribute fields of a feature (For use in TOPO100K only;).

PLANIMETRIC ACCURACY (PLANIMETRICACCURACY) [Short Integer; No; 4; Pop_Req] The standard deviation of the horizontal positional accuracy.The default value, when not specified in project instructions, will be as follows;
10 / 40 / 100

DATA SOURCE (SOURCE) [String; No; 50; Pop_Req] This is the official name of the agency that originally captured the spatial object for the TOPO250K NTDB (For use in TOPO250K only) ; The default value when unknown or not specified in project instructions will be GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

UNIQUE FEATURE IDENTIFIER (UFI) [String; Yes; 10; Pop_Aut] Alphanumeric feature identifier defined for GEODATA SERIES 2 (For use in TOPO250K only;) (see Section 3 chapter 5.14)

FEATURE CREATION DATE (CREATIONDATE) [Date; Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Aut] Date of creation of feature in the database. This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

FEATURE RETIREMENT DATE (RETIREMENTDATE) [Date;Yes; 0; 0; 36; Pop_Aut] Date of retirement of feature in the database.This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (PID) [Long Integer; Yes; 8; Pop_Aut] This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

SYMBOL (SYMBOL) [Short Integer; No; 4; Pop_Req] (Link to Symbol Dictionary)Symbol number/s applicable;

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At 1:250 000 Windbreaks shown on TOPO250K NTDB will be retained, unless there Is clear evidence they no longer exist. No new Windbreaks will be added.

At 1:100 000 Windbreaks shown on the latest previous edition map and its related 'parent' 250K maps will be shown, unless there is clear evidence they no longer exist. Windbreaks will be added when they can be confirmed on imagery and on additional approved revision source material.

No distinction will be made between different types of trees. This feature does not include uncleared portions of road reserves or fauna protection corridors regardless of whether or not that feature is represented on the previous edition map or in the data.

Windbreaks cannot overlap;
Sea, Watercourse Area, Lake, Canal Area, Reservoir, Building Area, Sand Area, Mine Area or Sand Dune.  

Windbreaks will be masked for roads. The break will be the same as the width of the road it crosses.

Forest Or Shrub

Appendix U chapter 2.5.5