Geoscience Australia: Appendix A -Feature Type Dictionary
Updated:   5 December 2006

Scales 1:250 000 & 1:100 000

Aquaculture Area

PondageAreas

Waterbodies

Polygon

Shallow beds, usually segmented by constructed walls, for the use of aquaculture.

Minimum Size for Inclusion

Criterion 1:25 000 1:100 000 1:250 000
Area (sq m) 625 62500 390625
Length (m)      

Data Attributes

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

Aquaculture Area

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Long Integer; No; 5; Pop_Req] The numeric value assigned to sub classify the feature
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DESCRIPTION OF SUBTYPE (TYPE_DESCRIPTION) [String; No; 32; Pop_Req] The textual description of the subtype classification.
AquacultureArea

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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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.

Geodatabase Rules

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.

Adjacent ponds will be shown as one polygon, separated by Settling pond internal lines. Settling pond internal lines less than 5 mm in length at map scale will not be shown within Aquaculture Areas.
 
Aquaculture Areas are to have an accompanying TextNote eg 'fish hatchery', ‘fish pen', 'aquaculture area’ unless the words 'fish hatchery', ‘fish pen' or 'aquaculture area’ are included in the name.  

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - Internal to Associated Dataset

Aquaculture Area will be bounded by entities in the WaterbodyBoundaries feature class.

Aquaculture Area cannot overlap;
Other polygon features in the Waterbodies Dataset.

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - External to Associated Dataset

Aquaculture Area cannot overlap;
Aviation (feature dataset), Sea, NativeVegetationAreas (feature class), CultivatedAreas (feature class).

Map Rules

Aquaculture Areas are to have an accompanying descriptive note eg 'fish hatchery', ‘fish pen', 'aquaculture area’ unless the words 'fish hatchery', ‘fish pen' or 'aquaculture area’ are included in the name.  

Related Features

AircraftFacilityArea (Feature Class), Airport Area, Sea, Forest Or Shrub, Rainforest, Plantation, Orchard, Mangrove, Settling pond internal line, Limit of Data , Shoreline, WaterbodyBoundaries (Feature Class) 

Related Chapters

Section 3 chapters 5.17, 5.18 and 6.9
Appendix U chapter 2.3.3

Related Products

 


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Geoscience Australia: Appendix A -Feature Type Dictionary
Updated:   5 December 2006

Scales 1:250 000 & 1:100 000

Bore

Bores

Waterbodies

Point

A small diametre hole in the ground for the purpose of obtaining subterranean water by natural flow or mechanical pumping.

Minimum Size for Inclusion

Criterion 1:25 000 1:100 000 1:250 000
Area (sq m)      
Length (m)      

Data Attributes

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

Bore

NAME (NAME) [String; Yes; 60; Pop_Dep] The name of the Bore. This item should be populated where name is known.

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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0 (non printing) see Inter-Feature Relationship Rules- External.

FEATURE WIDTH (FEATUREWIDTH) [Double; Yes; 8; 4; Pop_Dep]

Currently not used by symbology; 0

ORIENTATION (ORIENTATION) [Short Integer; Yes; 3; Pop_Dep] Orientation in whole degrees from East going anti-clockwise;
Currently not used by symbology; 0

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.

Geodatabase Rules

This feature will not be shown in densely settled regions as defined by Appendix C ‘Fence and Water Facilities Guide’ regardless of whether it was shown on/in the base material/digital data. Refer to Appendix C for more information on when to capture this feature.

At 1:100 000 in sparsely and moderately settled regions as defined by Appendix C ‘Fence and Water Facilities Guide’, size and any other selection criteria apply to all feature occurrences.

At 1:250 000 in sparsely and moderately settled regions as defined by Appendix C ‘Fence and Water Facilities Guide’, 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.

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - Internal to Associated Dataset

 

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - External to Associated Dataset

Where a bore and a windpump are situated together, both will be included in the data but only the windpump will be symbolised as it usually has the greater landmark value. Bore should be symbolised to 0 (non – printing on the map face).

Where a bore and a water tank are situated together, both will be included in the data but only the water tank will be symbolised as it usually has the greater landmark value. Bore should be symbolised to 0 (non – printing on the map face).

Bores plotted within 2.5 mm at map scale of a populated place will not be shown (symbolised to 0 non-printing).

Map Rules

Names of these features will be shown.

When due to the density of general map detail, the symbols are omitted, a suitable note will be added, eg, ‘numerous bores’.  

Bores will mask all other detail except dry docks, kilometric distance indicators, route markers and annotation.

Related Features

Spring, Water tank , Windpump 

Related Chapters

Appendix C  

Related Products

 


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Geoscience Australia: Appendix A -Feature Type Dictionary
Updated:   5 December 2006

Scales 1:250 000 & 1:100 000

Canal Area

CanalAreas

Waterbodies

Polygon

An artificial watercourse conveying water for inland navigation, irrigation or drainage purposes.

Minimum Size for Inclusion

Criterion 1:25 000 1:100 000 1:250 000
Area (sq m) 3125 50000 312500
Length (m)      

Data Attributes

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

Canal Area

NAME (NAME) [String; Yes; 60; Pop_Dep] The name of the Canal. This item should be populated where name is known.

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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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.

Geodatabase Rules

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.

When a new undersized length of canal exists between two water pipelines which meet their selection criterion, then the section of canal should be represented as a pipeline feature, accepting the attributes of its adjoining pipelines.

Features wider than 250m at 1:250 000, 100m at 1:100 000 or 25m at 1:25 000 will be shown as Canal Area.

If not included in the name canals will have a TextNote eg ‘canal’, ’drain’.  

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - Internal to Associated Dataset

Canal Areas are bounded by entities in the WaterbodyBoundaries feature class.

The following cannot overlap or fall within Canal Areas;
any feature in the WaterPoints Feature class.

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - External to Associated Dataset

Canal Areas cannot overlap;
Built Up Area, NativeVegetationAreas (feature class), CultivatedAreas (feature class).

Connectors will be placed through Canal Areas to complete stream networking.

With respect to contours, only standard connectors can cross Canal Areas.

The following cannot overlap or fall within polygon canals;
Building Point, Building Area, Spot elevations, Locations (feature class), Homesteads, Populated Place, Cemetery Point, Discontinuities (feature class), Cave, Pinnacle, Windbreaks, Horizontal Control Points, Bench Marks, AircraftFacilityPoints (feature class), AircraftFacilityAreas (feature class), Airport Area and Sea.  

Map Rules

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

If not included in the name canals will have a descriptive note eg ‘canal’, ’drain’.  

Related Features

Connector, Junction, Salt evaporator, Salt evaporator internal line, Watercourse, Watercourse Area , Shoreline, WaterbodyBoundaries (Feature Class) 

Related Chapters

Section 2 chapter 2.2.3
Section 3 chapter 5.17, 5.18 and 6.9
Appendix U chapter 2.2.2, 2.3.2, 2.5.3

Related Products

 


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Geoscience Australia: Appendix A -Feature Type Dictionary
Updated:   5 December 2006

Scales 1:250 000 & 1:100 000

Canal Boundary Line

WaterbodyBoundaries

Waterbodies

Line

A line completing the boundary of a canal area feature dependant on its hierarchy in the WaterbodyBoundaries feature class.

Minimum Size for Inclusion

Criterion 1:25 000 1:100 000 1:250 000
Area (sq m)      
Length (m)      

Data Attributes

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

Canal Boundary Line

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Long Integer; No; 5; Pop_Req] The numeric value assigned to sub classify the feature
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DESCRIPTION OF SUBTYPE (TYPE_DESCRIPTION) [String; No; 32; Pop_Req] The textual description of the subtype classification.
CanalBdyLine

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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Geodatabase Rules

 

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - Internal to Associated Dataset

WaterbodyBoundaries (Feature Class) will bound all polygons within the Waterbodies Dataset, see Section 3 Chapter 5.17 for details on Feature Type hierarchy and when using Canal Boundary Line is applicable.

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - External to Associated Dataset

 

Map Rules

 

Related Features

AdministrationBoundaries (feature class),Canal Area, Canal Line, Cliff, Contours (feature class), Flats (feature class), Island, Lake, Mainland, PondageAreas (feature class), Rapid Area, Rapid Line, Reservoir, Sea, Shoreline and Watercourse, Watercourse Area, WaterbodyBoundaries (feature class) 

Related Chapters

Section 2 chapter 2.2.3
Section 3 chapters 5.11, 5.15, 5.17 and 6.9  

Related Products

 


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Geoscience Australia: Appendix A -Feature Type Dictionary
Updated:   5 December 2006

Scales 1:250 000 & 1:100 000

Flat Boundary Line

WaterbodyBoundaries

Waterbodies

Line

A line completing the boundary of a feature in the Flats feature class dependant on its hierarchy in the WaterbodyBoundaries feature class.

Minimum Size for Inclusion

Criterion 1:25 000 1:100 000 1:250 000
Area (sq m)      
Length (m)      

Data Attributes

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

Flat Boundary Line

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.
FlatBdyLine

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;

0

Geodatabase Rules

 

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - Internal to Associated Dataset

WaterbodyBoundaries (Feature Class) will bound all polygons within the Waterbodies Dataset, see Section 3 Chapter 5.17 for details on Feature Type hierarchy and when using Flat Boundary Line is applicable.

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - External to Associated Dataset

WaterbodyBoundaries bounding Saline Coastal Flats will be coincident with the Shoreline in the framework layer where the Saline Costal Flat abuts the Sea.  

Map Rules

 

Related Features

AdministrationBoundaries (feature class), Canal Area, Canal Line, Cliff, Contours (feature class), Flats (feature class), Island, Lake, Mainland, PondageAreas (feature class), Rapid Area, Rapid Line, Reservoir, Sea, Shoreline and Watercourse, Watercourse Area, WaterbodyBoundaries (feature class)  

Related Chapters

Section 2 chapter 2.2.3
Section 3 chapters 5.11, 5.15, 5.17 and 6.9  

Related Products

 


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Geoscience Australia: Appendix A -Feature Type Dictionary
Updated:   5 December 2006

Scales 1:250 000 & 1:100 000

Flood Irrigation Storage

Reservoirs

Waterbodies

Polygon

A body of water collected and stored behind a constructed barrier for the specific use of Flood Irrigation Farming

Minimum Size for Inclusion

Criterion 1:25 000 1:100 000 1:250 000
Area (sq m) 22500 22500 140625
Length (m)      

Data Attributes

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

Flood Irrigation Storage

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.
FloodIrrigationStorage

NAME (NAME) [String; Yes; 60; Pop_Dep] The name of the Reservoir. ie the name of the water body not the dam wall. This item should be populated where name is known.

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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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.

Geodatabase Rules

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.

New TownRuralStorage reservoirs smaller than 140625 sq. m at 1:250 000 or 22500 sq. m at 1:100 000 will not be captured as a Water tank feature.

In densely and moderately settled regions as defined by Appendix C where a Dam wall meets the minimum size criteria, the attached reservoir should be shown regardless of whether or not it is below the minimum size criteria for reservoirs. If a reservoir no longer exists (ie. Filled with sediment) then the dam wall will not be shown.

Reservoirs of FloodIrrigationStorage classification are to have an accompanying textnote e.g.: flood irrigation farming.

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - Internal to Associated Dataset

Reservoirs (feature class) will be bounded by entities in the WaterbodyBoundaries (feature class).

Reservoirs (feature class) cannot overlap ;
Waterpoints, other waterbody coverage polygons.

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - External to Associated Dataset

Reservoirs (feature class) cannot overlap ;
Mine Area, DeformationAreas (feature class), Sands (feature class), Sand Ridges, Road and Railway (except where they co-exist with bridges, tunnels or fords), SurveyMarks (feature dataset), Built Up Area, Streams of any sort (except connectors), Spot Elevations, Sea, Building Point, Building Area, NativeVegetationAreas (feature class), CultivatedAreas (feature class), Discontinuities (feature class), Cave, Pinnacle, MarineHazardPoints ( feature class), Lighthouse, AircraftFacilityPoints, AircraftFacilityArea, Airport Area and Cleared Lines.  

Map Rules

Reservoirs will be named where named in the base material/digital data or revision source material supplied.  

Reservoirs of the FloodIrrigationStorage classification are to have an accompanying descriptive note e.g.: flood irrigation farming.

Reservoirs will mask Recreation Areas (feature class).

Related Features

Connector, Dam Wall, Junction, Lake, Spillway, Limit of Data, Water tank, Watercourse, Watercourse Area , Shoreline, WaterbodyBoundaries (Feature Class), TownRuralStorage

Related Chapters

Section 3 chapter 6.9, 5.17 and 5.18
Appendix 2.3.3, 2.3.4

Related Products

 


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Geoscience Australia: Appendix A -Feature Type Dictionary
Updated:   5 December 2006

Scales 1:250 000 & 1:100 000

Gnamma Hole

WaterPoints

Waterbodies

Point

Small holes of varying shape, diameter and depth, found in hard granite outcrops and in the decomposed granite of a breakaway, which can and usually does hold water.

Minimum Size for Inclusion

Criterion 1:25 000 1:100 000 1:250 000
Area (sq m)      
Length (m)      

Data Attributes

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

Gnamma Hole

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.
GnammaHole

NAME (NAME) [String; Yes; 60; Pop_Dep] The name of the Gnamma Hole. This item should be populated where name is known.

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;

82

FEATURE WIDTH (FEATUREWIDTH) [Double; Yes; 8; 4; Pop_Dep]

Currently not used by symbology; 0

ORIENTATION (ORIENTATION) [Short Integer; Yes; 3; Pop_Dep] Orientation in whole degrees from East going anti-clockwise;
Currently not used by symbology; 0

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.

Geodatabase Rules

This feature will not be shown in densely settled regions as defined by Appendix C ‘Fence and Water Facilities Guide’ regardless of whether it was shown on/in the base material/digital data. Refer to Appendix C for more information on when to capture this feature.

At 1:100 000 in sparsely and moderately settled regions as defined by Appendix C ‘Fence and Water Facilities Guide’, size and any other selection criteria apply to all feature occurrences.

At 1:250 000 in sparsely and moderately settled regions as defined by Appendix C ‘Fence and Water Facilities Guide’, 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.

This feature will be shown when it does not exceed 62500 sq m for 1:250 000 or 10000 sq m for 1:100 000. Features larger than these dimensions will be shown as lakes. (see Lakes and Waterholes)

Indigenous sacred sites will not be named as sacred sites on the map even if named on a previous edition map, but the feature may be a lake, pool or waterhole in which case the appropriate map symbol and hydrological name will be used.
 
Waterpoints are to have an accompanying textnote eg 'pool’,'soak', 'gnamma hole','native well','rock hole' unless the words 'pool’,'soak', 'gnamma hole','native well','rock hole' etc are included in the name.  

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - Internal to Associated Dataset

WaterPoints feature class cannot overlap;
Watercourse Area, Lake, Canal Areas, Flood Irrigation Storage, Town Rural Storage.  

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - External to Associated Dataset

WaterPoints feature class cannot overlap;
Sea, Watercourse or Building Area.  

Map Rules

Waterpoints are to have an accompanying descriptive note eg 'pool’,'soak', 'gnamma hole','native well','rock hole' unless the words 'pool’,'soak', 'gnamma hole','native well','rock hole' etc are included in the name.  

Related Features

Lake, Spring, Water Tank , Waterhole, Rock Hole, Pool, Native Well, Soak

Related Chapters

Appendix C  

Related Products

 


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Geoscience Australia: Appendix A -Feature Type Dictionary
Updated:   5 December 2006

Scales 1:250 000 & 1:100 000

Junction

WaterbodyBoundaries

Waterbodies

Line

An artificial line used to separate adjacent hydrographic areas which have differing attributes and across which flow can occur.

Minimum Size for Inclusion

Criterion 1:25 000 1:100 000 1:250 000
Area (sq m)      
Length (m)      

Data Attributes

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

Junction

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.
Junction

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;

0

Geodatabase Rules

 

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - Internal to Associated Dataset

Junctions may also form a section of the boundary of Lake, Land Subject To inundation, Swamp, Marine Swamp, Flood Irrigation Storage, Town Rural Storage, Settling Pond, Aquaculture Area, Canal Area and Watercourse Area.

Junctions are generally 2 point lines except where more vertices are needed to close the polygon and maintain the correct polygon closing line shape.

Junctions must be bordered by waterbodies in the Waterbodies coverage or by the sea on one side in the Framework coverage.

Junctions are only used to separate water polygons where there is no physical feature already doing so. They are most commonly used to separate water polygon features with different names.  

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - External to Associated Dataset

The WaterbodyBoundaries feature junction must be coincident with the FrameworkBoundaries feature junction if situated on shoreline.

Map Rules

 

Related Features

AdministrationBoundaries (feature class), Canal Area, Canal Line, Cliff, Contours (feature class), Flats (feature class), Island, Lake, Mainland, PondageAreas (feature class), Rapid Area, Rapid Line, Flood Irrigation Storage, Town Rural Storage, Sea, Shoreline and Watercourse, Watercourse Area, WaterbodyBoundaries (feature class) 

Related Chapters

Section 3 chapters 5.11, 5.15, 5.17 and 6.9  

Related Products

 


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Geoscience Australia: Appendix A -Feature Type Dictionary
Updated:   5 December 2006

Scales 1:250 000 & 1:100 000

Lake

Lakes

Waterbodies

Polygon

A naturally occurring body of mainly static water surrounded by land.

Minimum Size for Inclusion

Criterion 1:25 000 1:100 000 1:250 000
Area (sq m) 2500 10000 62500
Length (m)      

Data Attributes

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

Lake

NAME (NAME) [String; Yes; 60; Pop_Dep] The name of the Lake. This item should be populated where name is known.

PERENNIALITY (PERENNIALITY) [String; No; 14; Pop_Req] Code for perenniality;
Perennial
Non-perennial

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;

10 - Perennial
11 - Non-perennial

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.

Geodatabase Rules

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.

New features smaller than the minimum area and on a watercourse will be shown by the feature ‘waterhole’.

New features smaller than the minimum area and not on a watercourse will be shown by the feature class ‘Waterpoint’. This includes small lakes within the boundaries of a braided stream which are not on a watercourse.

Perenniality of lakes will be according to Appendix D - Inland water features guide where the lake is shown on the guide. Perenniality of Lakes not on the guide will be as shown on the base material/digital data. Where a lake was not previously shown, perenniality should be non-perennial unless there is strong evidence to the contrary.

Indigenous sacred sites will not be named as sacred sites on the map even if named on a previous edition map, but the feature may be a lake, pool or waterhole in which case the appropriate map symbol and hydrological name will be used.

Where a Open Cut Mine Area is no longer associated with any mining activity and has since filled with water to the extent that it is now a permanent 'lake type feature', then it should be captured as a Lake. This is in spite of the feature type definition saying it must be naturally occuring as it is now a key hydrological entity not held behind a dam structure. Minimum size criteria methodology is to be applied in the same manner as if it was a naturally occuring feature.
 
In areas containing numerous small lakes, sufficient will be shown to indicate the extent of the area and a suitable descriptive note added eg ‘numerous small lakes’.

Claypans and saltpans will be TextNoted eg ‘claypan’. Lakes will be labelled ‘salt’ where known to be saline.  

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - Internal to Associated Dataset

Lakes will be bounded by entities in the WaterbodyBoundaries feature class.

Lakes cannot overlap;
Other polygon features within the Waterbodies Dataset.   

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - External to Associated Dataset

Lakes cannot overlap;
Sea, Built Up Area, Mine Area, DeformationAreas (feature class), Sands (feature class), Crater, CultivatedAreas (feature class), Rainforest, Mangrove.

Perennial Lakes cannot overlap;
Forest Or Shrub.  

Map Rules

In areas containing numerous small lakes, sufficient will be shown to indicate the extent of the area and a suitable descriptive note added eg ‘numerous small lakes’.

Claypans and saltpans will be labelled eg ‘claypan’. Lakes will be labelled ‘salt’ where known to be saline.  

Lakes will mask Recreation Areas (feature class).

Related Features

Connector, Junction, Flood Irrigation Storage, Town Rural Storage, Limit of Data, Watercourse, Watercourse Area, Waterhole, Shoreline, WaterbodyBoundaries (Feature Class) , Gnamma Hole, Native Well, Pool, Rockhole, Soak, Built Up Area 

Related Chapters

Section 2 chapters 2.2.3
Section 3 chapters 6.9, 5.11.2, 5.17 and 5.18 

Related Products

 


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Geoscience Australia: Appendix A -Feature Type Dictionary
Updated:   5 December 2006

Scales 1:250 000 & 1:100 000

Lake Boundary Line

WaterbodyBoundaries

Waterbodies

Line

A line completing the boundary of a Lake feature dependant on its hierarchy in the WaterbodyBoundaries feature class.

Minimum Size for Inclusion

Criterion 1:25 000 1:100 000 1:250 000
Area (sq m)      
Length (m)      

Data Attributes

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

Lake Boundary Line

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Long Integer; No; 5; Pop_Req] The numeric value assigned to sub classify the feature
4

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

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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Geodatabase Rules

When bounding sea and estuarine areas, the line is indicative of the position of mean high water. The exception is in Mangroves, where the line is indicative of the position of the seaward side of the mangroves.

The shoreline of lakes will be the line washed by the water when the feature is filled.

The shoreline of reservoirs formed by water impounded by dams or weirs will be shown at the top water level.

This feature is also used to depict the banks of a double line watercourse.
 
 

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - Internal to Associated Dataset

WaterbodyBoundaries (Feature Class) will bound all polygons within the Waterbodies Dataset, see Section 3 Chapter 5.17 for details on Feature Type hierarchy and when using Lake Boundary Line is applicable.

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - External to Associated Dataset

WaterbodyBoundaries bounding Saline Coastal Flats will be coincident with the Shoreline in the framework layer where the Saline Costal Flat abuts the Sea.  

Map Rules

 

Related Features

AdministrationBoundaries (feature class), Built Up Area, Canal Area, Canal Line, Cliff, Contours (feature class), Plantation, Orchard, RecreationAreas, Cemetery Area, Landmark Area, Rubbish Tip, Flats (feature class), Island, Lake, Mainland, ForestOrShrub, Rainforest, Mangrove, PondageAreas (feature class), Rapid Area, Rapid Line, Flood Irrigation Storage, Town Rural Storage, Sea, Shoreline and Watercourse, Watercourse Area, WaterbodyBoundaries (feature class) 

Related Chapters

Section 2 chapter 2.2.3
Section 3 chapters 5.11, 5.15, 5.17 and 6.9  

Related Products

 


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Geoscience Australia: Appendix A -Feature Type Dictionary
Updated:   5 December 2006

Scales 1:250 000 & 1:100 000

Land Subject To Inundation

Flats

Waterbodies

Polygon

Low Iying land usually adjacent to lakes or watercourses, which is regularly covered with flood water for short periods.

Minimum Size for Inclusion

Criterion 1:25 000 1:100 000 1:250 000
Area (sq m) 3906 62500 390625
Length (m)      

Data Attributes

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

Land Subject To Inundation

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.
LandSubjectToInundation

NAME (NAME) [String; Yes; 60; Pop_Dep] The name of the feature. This item should be populated where name is known.

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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Geodatabase Rules

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 the small polygons are less than 0.5 mm apart at map scale.

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - Internal to Associated Dataset

Land subject to inundation will be bounded by entities in the WaterbodyBoundaries feature class.

Land subject to inundation cannot overlap;
Other polygon features in the Waterbodies Dataset

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - External to Associated Dataset

Land subject to inundation cannot overlap:
Mangrove, Sea, Built Up Area.

Connectors may be shown through this feature.  

Map Rules

 

Related Features

Connector, Junction, Limit of Data , Shoreline, WaterbodyBoundaries (Feature Class) 

Related Chapters

Section 3 chapter 6.9, 5.17 and 5.18

Related Products

 


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Geoscience Australia: Appendix A -Feature Type Dictionary
Updated:   5 December 2006

Scales 1:250 000 & 1:100 000

Limit Of Data

WaterbodyBoundaries

Waterbodies

Line

The line bounding the limits of known source material or the edge of the defined NTDB.

Minimum Size for Inclusion

Criterion 1:25 000 1:100 000 1:250 000
Area (sq m)      
Length (m)      

Data Attributes

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

Limit Of Data

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Long Integer; No; 5; Pop_Req] The numeric value assigned to sub classify the feature
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DESCRIPTION OF SUBTYPE (TYPE_DESCRIPTION) [String; No; 32; Pop_Req] The textual description of the subtype classification.
LimitOfData

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;
1 / 1 / 1

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;

0

Geodatabase Rules

 

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - Internal to Associated Dataset

The limit of Data feature will bound or complete all polygon features whose extent can not be fully determined by source material or where the associated polygon feature is adjacent to the edge of the database.

WaterbodyBoundaries (Feature Class) will bound all polygons within the Waterbodies Dataset, see Section 3 Chapter 5.17 for details on Feature Type hierarchy and when using Reservoir Boundary Line is applicable.

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - External to Associated Dataset

Where Limit Of Data represents the edge of the database these sections must be coincident with the Limit Of Data in the Framework Dataset, with the exception of their entry and exit locations.  

Map Rules

 

Related Features

Canal Area, Lake, Land subject to inundation, Marine swamp, Rapid Area, Flood Irrigation Storage, Town Rural Storage, Saline coastal flat, Salt evaporator, Sand Area, Sand Dune, Aquaculture Area, Settling Pond, Swamp, Watercourse Area, WaterbodyBoundaries (feature class), SeriesIndex (feature dataset), Limit Of Data (framework)

Related Chapters

Section 1 chapters 3.4 and 3.7
Section 3 chapters 5.11, 5.12, 5.15, 5.17 and 6.1  

Related Products

 


Note: See disclaimer in Appendix A Chapter 1.2 Use of Feature Type Dictionary- Structure of an Entry regarding Related features,chapters & products. The information in this entry is uncontrolled when printed.


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Geoscience Australia: Appendix A -Feature Type Dictionary
Updated:   5 December 2006

Scales 1:250 000 & 1:100 000

Marine Swamp

Flats

Waterbodies

Polygon

That low lying part of the backshore area of tidal waters, usually immediately behind saline coastal flat, which maintains a high salt water content, and is covered with characteristic thick grasses and reed growths.

Minimum Size for Inclusion

Criterion 1:25 000 1:100 000 1:250 000
Area (sq m) 2500 40000 250000
Length (m)      

Data Attributes

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

Marine Swamp

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Long Integer; No; 5; Pop_Req] The numeric value assigned to sub classify the feature
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DESCRIPTION OF SUBTYPE (TYPE_DESCRIPTION) [String; No; 32; Pop_Req] The textual description of the subtype classification.
MarineSwamp

NAME (NAME) [String; Yes; 60; Pop_Dep] The name of the marine swamp. This item should be populated where name is known.

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;

908

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.

Geodatabase Rules

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 the small areas of marine swamp are less than 0.5 mm apart at map scale.
 
Watercourses entering swampy areas will be shown only to the limits of eroded channels.

Marine Swamps having distinctive vegetation will be textnoted appropriately e.g. lignum, marsh, wetlands, cane grass unless a description is included in the name.

Marine Swamps will have a TextNote “marine swamp”. Where clutter occurs this note will take precedence to the distinctive vegetation label, otherwise where applicable both shall be shown.

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - Internal to Associated Dataset

Marine Swamps cannot overlap;
Other polygon features in the Waterbodies Dataset.

Marine swamps will be bounded by entities in the WaterbodyBoundaries (feature class).

Inter-Feature Relationship Rules - External to Associated Dataset

Marine Swamps cannot overlap;
Sea, Mine Area, Mangrove.

Map Rules

Watercourses entering swampy areas will be shown only to the limits of eroded channels.

Marine Swamps having distinctive vegetation will be labelled appropriately e.g. lignum, marsh, wetlands, cane grass unless a description is included in the name.

Marine Swamps will have a descriptive note “marine swamp”. Where clutter occurs this note will take precedence to the distinctive vegetation label, otherwise where applicable both shall be shown.

Related Features

Connector, Swamp, Limit of Data , Shoreline, WaterbodyBoundaries (Feature Class) 

Related Chapters

Section 3 chapter 6.9, 5.17 and 5.18

Related Products

 


Note: See disclaimer in Appendix A Chapter 1.2 Use of Feature Type Dictionary- Structure of an Entry regarding Related features,chapters & products. The information in this entry is uncontrolled when printed.


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Geoscience Australia: Appendix A -Feature Type Dictionary
Updated:   5 December 2006

Scales 1:250 000 & 1:100 000

Native Well

WaterPoints

Waterbodies

Point

An isolated natural depression which holds water, not within Watercourses. The natural phenomena is sometimes improved by indigenous persons for their own water collection purposes.

Minimum Size for Inclusion

Criterion 1:25 000 1:100 000 1:250 000
Area (sq m)      
Length (m)      

Data Attributes

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

Native Well

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Long Integer; No; 5; Pop_Req] The numeric value assigned to sub classify the feature
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DESCRIPTION OF SUBTYPE (TYPE_DESCRIPTION) [String; No; 32; Pop_Req] The textual description of the subtype classification.
NativeWell

NAME (NAME) [String; Yes; 60; Pop_Dep] The name of the Native Well. This item should be populated where name is known.

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