Updated:   1 June 2006

Included Terms Cross Reference


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Feature type Commonly used term
Building line
Built-up area line
Foreshore flat line
- Map mask
Offshore line
Reef line
Relief area line
'Defined Hole' see Section 3 5.18 Built-up area void
'Defined Hole' see Section 3 5.18 Offshore void
'Defined Hole' see Section 3 5.18 Prohibited area void
'Defined Hole' see Section 3 5.18 Relief area void
'Defined Hole' see Section 3 5.18 Reserve void
'Defined Hole' see Section 3 5.18 Runway void
'Defined Hole' see Section 3 5.18 Vegetation - clear
'Defined Hole' see Section 3 5.18 Vegetation void
'Defined Hole' see Section 3 5.18 Water body void
'Defined Hole' see Section 3 5.18 Waterbody island
Aerial Cableway Aerial Cableway
Aerial Cableway Cableway (Aerial)
Aerial Cableway Chair lift
Aerial Cableway Flying fox
Aerial Cableway Ski lift
AircraftFacilityAreas (feature class) Aircraft facility
AircraftFacilityPoints (feature class) Aircraft facility
Airport Aerodrome
Airport Airport
Airport Area Aerodrome
Airport Area Airport
Annotation Annotation
Annotation Nomenclature
Annotation Notation
Aquaculture Area Fish hatchery
Aquaculture Area Fish pen
Aquaculture Area Aquaculture pond
Arrow Destination arrow - road
Arrow Road destination arrow
Bay Bay
Bay Cove
Bay Inlet
Beach Beach
Bench Mark Bench mark
Bench Mark Control point - bench mark
Boat Ramp Line Boat ramp
Boat Ramp Line Launching ramp
Boat Ramp Line Patent slipway
Boat Ramp Line Slipway
Bore Bore
Bore Well
Bore Well - water
Breakwater Breakwater
Breakwater Groyne
Breakwater Mole
Building Area Aboriginal Community (Indigenous Community)
Building Area Building
Building Area Building - factory
Building Area Building - hospital
Building Area Building - ruin
Building Area Building - shopping complex
Building Area Community
Building Area Factory
Building Area Hospital
Building Area Hut
Building Area Oil Refinery
Building Area Outstation
Building Area Roadhouse
Building Area Ruin
Building Area Shopping complex
Building Area Woolshed
Building Point Aboriginal Community (Indigenous Community)
Building Point (Function Fire Station) Fire Shed
Building Point (Function Information Centre) Tourist Information Centre
Building Point Building
Building Point Building - factory
Building Point Building - hospital
Building Point Building - ruin
Building Point Building - shopping complex
Building Point Factory
Building Point Community
Building Point Hospital
Building Point Hut
Building Point Oil Refinery
Building Point Outstation
Building Point Radio repeater station
Building Point Radio telephone station
Building Point Roadhouse
Building Point Ruin
Building Point Shopping complex
Building Point Solar observatory
Building Point Woolshed
Built Up Area Aboriginal community (indigenous community)
Built Up Area Built-up area
Built Up Area City
Built Up Area Community
Built Up Area Populated Place
Built Up Area Settlement
Built Up Area Suburb
Built Up Area Town
Built Up Area Village
Canal Area Aqueduct
Canal Area Bore drain
Canal Area Canal
Canal Area Channel
Canal Area Culvert
Canal Area Drain
Canal Line Aqueduct
Canal Line Bore drain
Canal Line Canal
Canal Line Channel
Canal Line Culvert
Canal Line Drain
Cape Cape
Cape Headland
Cape Peninsula
Cape Point
Cave Blowhole
Cave Cave
Cave Cavern
Cave Doline
Cave Sinkhole
Cemetery Area Cemetery
Cemetery Area Graveyard
Cemetery Point Cemetery
Cemetery Point Graveyard
Cemetery Point Cemetery
Cemetery Point Grave
Civic square Civic square
Cleared Line Cleared line
Cleared Line Seismic line
Cliff Bluff
Cliff Breakaway
Cliff Cliff
Cliff Escarpment
Cliff Jump-up
Cliff Precipice
Cliff Scarp
Communication Device Radio telephone
Communication Device Radio telescope
Connector Connector
Contours (feature class) Contour
Conveyor Conveyor
Conveyor Conveyor belt
Crater Crater
Cutting Cut
Cutting Cutting
Dam Road on dam
Dam Wall Barrage
Dam Wall Dam
Dam Wall Dam - carrying road
Dam Wall Weir
Distance Indicator Distance indicator
Distance Indicator Kilometric distance indicator
Distance Indicator Kilometric distances
Distance Indicator Road distance marker
Distorted Surface Distorted surface
Distorted Surface Gilgai
Distorted Surface Lava flow
Dry Dock Point Dry dock
Dry Dock Point Floating dry dock
Dry Dock Point Graving dock
Embankment Embankment
Fence Dog fence
Fence Fence
Fence Fence - dog
Fence Fence - vermin proof
Fence Vermin proof fence
Ferry Route Line Ferry
Ferry Route Line Ferry crossing
Ferry Route Line Ferry route
Ferry Route Line Hovercraft route
Ferry Route Line Hydrofoil route
Ferry Route Line Punt
Ferry Route Line Punt crossing point
Foot Bridge Bridge - foot
Foot Bridge Foot bridge
Foot Track Bridle path
Foot Track Foot path
Foot Track Foot track
Foot Track Track - foot
Foot Track Track - walking
Foot Track Trail
Foot Track Walking track
Ford Line Ford
Ford Point Ford
Foreshore Flat Foreshore flat
Foreshore Flat Intertidal flat
Foreshore Flat Tidal flat
Forest Or Shrub Forest
Forest Or Shrub Scrub
Forest Or Shrub Shrub
Forest Or Shrub Vegetation
Forest Or Shrub Vegetation - dense
Forest Or Shrub Vegetation - Forest
Forest Or Shrub Vegetation - medium
Forest Or Shrub Woodland
Forestry Reserve Forest Park
Forestry Reserve Forest Reserve
Forestry Reserve State forest
Forestry Reserve Timber Reserve
Gardens Gardens
Gate Boom gate
Gate Bush gate
Gate Gate
Gate Gateway
Gate Slip rails
Gnamma Hole Gnamma hole
Golf course Golf course
Gorge Gorge
Graticule Graticule line
Graticule Annotation Annotation
Graticule Annotation Nomenclature
Graticule Annotation Notation
Grid Grid
Grid Cattle grid
Grid Stock grid
Grid Annotation Annotation
Grid Annotation Nomenclature
Grid Annotation Notation
Heliport Helipad
Heliport Heliport
Homestead Homestead
Homestead Outstation
Horizontal Control Point Control point - horizontal
Horizontal Control Point Control point - trig station
Horizontal Control Point Horizontal control point
Horizontal Control Point Trig station
Hypsometric Area Hypso area
Indigenous Reserve Aboriginal Reserve (Indigenous Reserve)
International Boundary International boundary
International Boundary Boundary International
Island Cay
Island Island
Jetty Dock
Jetty Ferry terminal
Jetty Jetty
Jetty Landing
Jetty Landing platform
Jetty Landing stage
Jetty Marina
Jetty Marina pens
Jetty Pier
Jetty Pontoon
Jetty Quay
Junction Junction
Lake Billabong
Lake Claypan
Lake Double line watercourse
Lake Double line watercourse infill
Lake Lagoon
Lake Lagoon infill
Lake Lake
Lake Lake infill
Lake Oxbow
Lake Oxbow infill
Lake Pond
Lake Pond infill
Lake Pool
Lake Pool infill
Lake Saltpan
Lake Saltpan infill
Lake Watercourse - double line
Lake Watercourse - double line infill
Lake Waterhole
Lake Waterhole infill
Land Subject To Inundation Area subject to inundation
Land Subject To Inundation Inundation area
Land Subject To Inundation Land subject to inundation
Land Subject To Inundation Subject to inundation area
Landing Ground Landing Ground
Landing Ground Landing strip
Landmark Area Landmark
Landmark Area Aquaculture pens (non land based)
Landmark Area Cotton Gin (seasonal)
Landmark Area Geothermal Power Station
Landmark Area Oil refinery
Landmark Area Oyster Beds
Landmark Area Research station
Landmark Area Rest Area
Landmark Area Solar Farm
Landmark Area Tidal Power Farm
Landmark Area Tracking Station
Landmark Area Wind Farm
Landmark Point Landmark
Large Area Feature Desert
Large Area Feature Peninsula
Large Area Feature Plain
Large Area Feature Region
Large Area Feature Tableland
Levee Levee
Lighthouse Lighthouse
Limit Of Data Neatline
Limit Of Data Tile edge
Locations (Feature class) Locality
Lock Boat lift
Lock Lock
Mainland Mainland
Mangrove Mangrove
Mangrove Mangrove flat
Map Grid Grid line
Map Index Map area
Marine Swamp Cane grass
Marine Swamp Lignun
Marine Swamp Marine swamp
Mine Area Claypit
Mine Area Digging
Mine Area Gravel pit
Mine Area Mine - open cut
Mine Area Open Cut
Mine Area Open cut mine
Mine Area Quarry
Mine Area Sand pit
Mine Area Scrape
Mine Area Spoil dump
Mine Area Tailings dump
Mine Point Digging
Mine Point Mine
Mine Point Shaft
Miscellaneous Area Caravan Park
Miscellaneous Area Racetrack
Miscellaneous Area Rodeo grounds
Miscellaneous Area Training track
Mountain Hill
Mountain Knob
Mountain Mountain
Mountain Peak
Mountain Tor
Native Well Native well
Native Well Well (native)
Nature Conservation Reserve Aboriginal Area (Indigenous Area)
Nature Conservation Reserve Aboriginal Place (Indigenous Place)
Nature Conservation Reserve Aboriginal Site (Indigenous Site)
Nature Conservation Reserve Alpine Reserve
Nature Conservation Reserve Aquatic Reserve
Nature Conservation Reserve Coastal Park
Nature Conservation Reserve Coastal Reserve
Nature Conservation Reserve Conservation Area
Nature Conservation Reserve Conservation Park
Nature Conservation Reserve Conservation Reserve
Nature Conservation Reserve Environmental Park
Nature Conservation Reserve Fauna Reserve
Nature Conservation Reserve Fauna Sanctuary
Nature Conservation Reserve Fish Habitat Reserve
Nature Conservation Reserve Flora and Fauna Reserve
Nature Conservation Reserve Flora Reserve
Nature Conservation Reserve Game Reserve
Nature Conservation Reserve Historical Area
Nature Conservation Reserve Marine and Coastal Park
Nature Conservation Reserve Marine Park
Nature Conservation Reserve Marine Park/Defence Reserve
Nature Conservation Reserve Marine Park/Fish Habitat Reserve
Nature Conservation Reserve Marine Reserve
Nature Conservation Reserve Muttonbird Reserve
Nature Conservation Reserve National Park
Nature Conservation Reserve National Park/Fish Habitat Reserve
Nature Conservation Reserve National Park/Water Supply Reserve
Nature Conservation Reserve National Park/Wetland Reserve
Nature Conservation Reserve Nature conservation reserve
Nature Conservation Reserve Nature Park
Nature Conservation Reserve Nature Reserve
Nature Conservation Reserve Protected area
Nature Conservation Reserve Recreation Park (SA only)
Nature Conservation Reserve Recreation Reserve
Nature Conservation Reserve Reference Area
Nature Conservation Reserve Regional Reserve
Nature Conservation Reserve Scenic Reserve
Nature Conservation Reserve Scientific Area
Nature Conservation Reserve Scientific Purposes Reserve
Nature Conservation Reserve Scientific Reserve
Nature Conservation Reserve State Park
Nature Conservation Reserve State Reserve
Nature Conservation Reserve Wetland Reserve
Nature Conservation Reserve Wilderness
Nature Conservation Reserve Wildlife Sanctuary
Offshore Rock Coral
Offshore Rock Offshore rock
Offshore Rock Reef
Offshore Rock Rock
Offshore Rock Rock ledge
Offshore Rock Shoal
Offshore Rock Submerged rock
Orchard Nursery
Orchard Orchard
Orchard Plantation
Orchard Vegetation - nursery
Orchard Vegetation - orchard
Orchard Vegetation - vineyard
Orchard Vineyard
Outcrop Boulder field
Outcrop Rocky outcrops
Oval Area Oval
Pass Gap
Pass Pass
Petroleum Well Gas well
Petroleum Well Oil well
Petroleum Well Well - gas
Petroleum Well Well - oil
Pinnacle Boulder
Pinnacle Butte
Pinnacle Pinnacle
Pinnacle Rock
Pinnacle Rock column
Pipeline Gas pipeline
Pipeline Oil pipeline
Pipeline Penstock
Pipeline Pipeline
Pipeline Pipeline - gas
Pipeline Pipeline - oil
Pipeline Pipeline - other than water
Pipeline Pipeline - water
Pipeline Water pipeline
Place Name Aboriginal community (indigenous community)
Place Name Built-up Area
Place Name Community
Place Name Desert
Place Name Lookout
Place Name Mountain Range
Place Name Outcamp
Place Name Town
Place Name Peninsula
Place Name Place Name
Place Name Plain
Place Name Populated Place
Place Name Region
Place Name Ridge
Place Name Rock
Place Name Tableland
Plantation Vegetation - plantation
Plantation Pine plantation
Plantation Vegetation - pine plantation
Pointer Feature identifier arrow
Pointer Feature pointer
Pool Lake
Pool Pool
Populated Place Aboriginal community (indigenous community)
Populated Place Built-up Area
Populated Place Community
Populated Place Populated Place
Populated Place Town
Powerline Power transmission line
Powerline Powerline
Powerline Transmission line - power
Prohibited Area Defence area
Prohibited Area Defence Reserve
Prohibited Area Prohibited area
Prohibited Area Quarantine area
Prohibited Area Boundary Line Boundary - Prohibited area
Prohibited Area Boundary Line Boundary Defence Force
Prohibited Area Boundary Line Defence Force boundary
Prohibited Area Boundary Line Prohibited area boundary
Prohibited Area Boundary Line Prohibited area line
Race Course Racecourse
Railway Marshalling yard
Railway Monorail
Railway Railway
Railway Siding
Railway Spur line
Railway Tramway
Railway Bridge Line Bridge - railway
Railway Bridge Line Railway bridge
Railway Bridge Point Bridge - railway
Railway Bridge Point Railway bridge
Railway Causeway Causeway - rail
Railway Causeway Railway causeway
Railway Overpass Overpass/underpass
Railway Overpass Overpass
Railway Station Railway station
Railway Station Station - railway
Railway Tunnel Line Tunnel - railway
Railway Tunnel Line Railway tunnel
Railway Tunnel Point Railway tunnel
Railway Tunnel Point Tunnel - railway
Rainforest Rainforest
Rainforest Rainforest - temperate
Rainforest Rainforest - tropical
Rainforest Temperate rainforest
Rainforest Tropical rainforest
Rainforest Vegetation - rainforest
Rainforest Vegetation - temperate rainforest
Rainforest Vegetation - tropical rainforest
Rapid Area Rapids
Rapid Area White water
Rapid Line Rapids
Rapid Line White water
Razorback Razorback
Recreation Area Drive-in-theatre
Recreation Area Recreation area
RecreationAreas (feature class) Park
Reef Cay
Reef Coral
Reef Reef
Reef Rock
Reef Rock ledge
Reef Submerged rock
Reserve Boundary Line Boundary - National Park
Reserve Boundary Line Boundary - Nature Reserve
Reserve Boundary Line Boundary - Recreation Reserve
Reserve Boundary Line Boundary - Reserved area
Reserve Boundary Line Boundary - Reserved Indigenous Land
Reserve Boundary Line Boundary - Scenic Reserve
Reserve Boundary Line Boundary - State Forest
Reserve Boundary Line Boundary - State Park
Reserve Boundary Line Boundary - Water Catchment Area
Reserve Boundary Line Boundary Conservation Area
Reserve Boundary Line Boundary Fauna Reserve
Reserve Boundary Line Boundary Flora Reserve
Reserve Boundary Line Boundary Forest Reserve
Reserve Boundary Line Boundary Game Reserve
Reserve Boundary Line Boundary Historical Area
Reserve Boundary Line Conservation Area boundary
Reserve Boundary Line Game Reserve boundary
Reserve Boundary Line Historical Area boundary
Reserve Boundary Line National Park boundary
Reserve Boundary Line Nature Reserve boundary
Reserve Boundary Line Recreation Reserve boundary
Reserve Boundary Line Reserve boundary - recreation
Reserve Boundary Line Reserved Aboriginal Land boundary
Reserve Boundary Line Reserved line
Reserve Boundary Line State Forest boundary
Reserve Boundary Line State Park boundary
Reservoir Artificial lake
Reservoir Lake - artificial
Reservoir Pondage
Reservoir Reservoir
Rifle Range Rifle range
Road Abandoned road
Road Connecting road
Road Divided road
Road Freeway
Road Highway
Road Ring road
Road Road
Road Road - abandoned
Road Road - approximate position
Road Through route
Road Tollway
Road Track - vehicle
Road Vehicle track
Road Road on dam
Road Bridge Line Bridge - road
Road Bridge Line Road bridge
Road Bridge Line Underpass
Road Bridge Point Bridge - road
Road Bridge Point Road bridge
Road Bridge Point Underpass
Road Causeway Causeway - road
Road Causeway Floodway
Road Causeway Road causeway
Road Junction Road Junction
Road Marker National Marker - National route
Road Marker National National Highway marker
Road Marker National National route marker
Road Marker National Route marker - national
Road Marker State Marker - state route
Road Marker State Route marker - State
Road Marker State State route marker
Road Overpass Overpass
Road Overpass Overpass/underpass
Road Tunnel Line Road tunnel
Road Tunnel Line Road underground
Road Tunnel Line Tunnel - road
Road Tunnel Line Underground road
Road Tunnel Point Road tunnel
Road Tunnel Point Road underground
Road Tunnel Point Tunnel - road
Road Tunnel Point Underground road
Rockhole Rockhole
Rubbish Tip Rubbish tip
Rubbish Tip Waste disposal site
Runway Centreline Runway
Runway Centreline Runway centreline
Runway Edge Aircraft facility line
Runway Edge Runway boundary line
Saline Coastal Flat Backshore
Saline Coastal Flat Saline coastal flat
Salt Evaporator Salt evaporator
Salt Evaporator Saltworks
Salt Evaporator Internal Line Canal
Salt Evaporator Internal Line Levee
Salt Evaporator Internal Line Salt evaporator internal line
Sand Area Beach
Sand Area Sand
Sand Dune Barchan dunes
Sand Dune Crescent dunes
Sand Dune Dunes - barchan
Sand Dune Dunes - crescent
Sand Dune Dunes - sand
Sand Dune Sand dunes
Sand Ridge Dunes - longitudinal
Sand Ridge Sand ridge
Sand Ridge Sandridge
Sea Ocean
Sea Sea
Sea Wall Sea wall
Settling Pond Stilling basin
Settling Pond Pond - settling
Settling Pond Pond - tailing
Settling Pond Settling ponds
Settling Pond Sewage filtration beds
Settling Pond Sewage treatment plant
Settling Pond Slurry pond
Settling Pond Tailing ponds
Settling Pond Internal Line Levee
Settling Pond Internal Line Settling pond internal line
Shoal Bank
Shoal Patch
Shoal Shoal
Shoreline Coastline
Shoreline Shoreline
Shoreline Waterline
Show Ground Showgrounds
Soak Soak
Spillway Diversion cut
Spillway Overflow
Spillway Spillway
Spot Elevation Spot elevation
Spot Elevation Spot height
Spring Spring
State Border Border - State or Territory
State Border Boundary - State
State Border Boundary - State or Territory
State Border Boundary - Territory
State Border State border
State Border State Boundary
State Border Territory border
State Border Territory Boundary
Storage Tank Oil refinery
Storage Tank Oil storage tank
Storage Tank Storage tank
Storage Tank Storage well
Storage Tank Tank - storage (other than water)
Storage Tank Well - storage
Swamp Marsh
Swamp Swamp
Swamp Wetland
Tarmac Runway
Taxiway Taxiway
Transition Point Transition point
Tropic of Capricorn Tropic of Capricorn
VegetationBoundaries (feature class) Vegetation line
Vertical Obstruction Aerial
Vertical Obstruction Antenna
Vertical Obstruction Automatic weather station
Vertical Obstruction Beacon
Vertical Obstruction Cairn
Vertical Obstruction Chimney
Vertical Obstruction Communications tower
Vertical Obstruction Control tower
Vertical Obstruction Cooling tower
Vertical Obstruction Fire lookout tower
Vertical Obstruction Fire tower
Vertical Obstruction Forestry tower
Vertical Obstruction Generator tower
Vertical Obstruction Historical cairn
Vertical Obstruction Historical marked tree
Vertical Obstruction Historical marker
Vertical Obstruction Historical monument
Vertical Obstruction Kiln
Vertical Obstruction Lookout
Vertical Obstruction Lookout tower
Vertical Obstruction Mast
Vertical Obstruction Memorial
Vertical Obstruction Microwave repeater station tower
Vertical Obstruction Microwave tower
Vertical Obstruction Mobile phone tower
Vertical Obstruction Monument
Vertical Obstruction Obelisk
Vertical Obstruction Observatory
Vertical Obstruction Observation tower
Vertical Obstruction Old light tower
Vertical Obstruction Radar tower
Vertical Obstruction Radio beacon
Vertical Obstruction Radio mast
Vertical Obstruction Radio station antenna
Vertical Obstruction Radio station tower
Vertical Obstruction Radio Telescope
Vertical Obstruction Railway communications tower
Vertical Obstruction Railway station tower
Vertical Obstruction Repeater station tower
Vertical Obstruction Repeater tower
Vertical Obstruction Silo
Vertical Obstruction Smelter tower
Vertical Obstruction Smokestack
Vertical Obstruction Stack
Vertical Obstruction Steeple
Vertical Obstruction Solar panels
Vertical Obstruction Storage silo
Vertical Obstruction Telescope
Vertical Obstruction Television station antenna
Vertical Obstruction Television tower
Vertical Obstruction Tower
Vertical Obstruction Viewing platform
Vertical Obstruction Water tower
Vertical Obstruction Wind turbine
Vertical Obstruction Wireless tower
Vertical Obstruction Wind generator
Water Supply Reserve Water Catchment Area
Water Supply Reserve Water supply Reserve
Water Tank Aquarium
Water Tank Fish pond
Water Tank Homestead tank
Water Tank Pool - swimming
Water Tank Reservoir
Water Tank Swimming pool
Water Tank Tank
Water Tank Turkey nest
Water Tank Water tank
Waterbody Island Waterbody Island
WaterbodyBoundaries (feature class) Rapid area line
WaterbodyBoundaries (feature class) Billabong boundary
WaterbodyBoundaries (feature class) Claypan boundary
WaterbodyBoundaries (feature class) Double line watercourse boundary
WaterbodyBoundaries (feature class) Lagoon boundary
WaterbodyBoundaries (feature class) Lake boundary
WaterbodyBoundaries (feature class) Oxbow boundary
WaterbodyBoundaries (feature class) Pond boundary
WaterbodyBoundaries (feature class) Reservoir boundary
WaterbodyBoundaries (feature class) Saltpan boundary
WaterbodyBoundaries (feature class) Water body boundary
WaterbodyBoundaries (feature class) Watercourse - double line boundary
WaterbodyBoundaries (feature class) Waterhole boundary
WaterbodyBoundaries (feature class) Waterline
Watercourse Brook
Watercourse Cowal
Watercourse Creek
Watercourse Gully
Watercourse River
Watercourse Stream
Watercourse Watercourse
Watercourse Area Brook
Watercourse Area Cowal
Watercourse Area Creek
Watercourse Area Gully
Watercourse Area River
Watercourse Area Stream
Watercourse Area Watercourse
Waterfall Point Cascade
Waterfall Point Cataracts
Waterfall Point Falls
Waterfall Point Waterfall
Waterhole Billabong
Waterhole Lagoon
Waterhole Oxbow
Waterhole Pond
Waterhole Pool
Waterhole Waterhole
WaterPoints (feature class) Waterpoint
Wharf Line Wharf
Windbreak Hedge
Windbreak Hedgerow
Windbreak Vegetation - hedge
Windbreak Vegetation - windbreak
Windbreak Windbreak
Windpump Mill
Windpump Windmill
Windpump Windpump
Wreck Shipwreck
Wreck Wreck
Yard Yard
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