ANNOTATION CLASS IDENTIFER (ANNOTATIONCLASSID) [Integer;Yes;0;10;0;Pop_Aut] This is the Annotation Class Identifier which is used to define annotation subtypes.

The following annotation classes exist in AdministrationAnno;
Arial12ptCenter
Arial14ptCenter
Arial18ptCenter
Arial5ptLeft
Arial6ptCenter
Arial7ptCenter
Arial9ptCenter
ArialNarrow6ptItalicCenter
ArialNarrow6ptItalicLeft

FEATURE (FEATURE) [String;Yes;32;0;0;Pop_Req] The code which identifies the class of topographic feature represented by the annotation. This field must be a legitimate feature class name.

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_AdministrationFCs;
AdministrationAreas

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

PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (PID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

EDIT CODE (EDITCODE) [SmallInteger;Yes;0;2;0;Pop_Dep] A number allowed for ease of symbology of errors or production notes. This code is for production purposes and therefore for producers internal use only and will not be validated.

General - All Scales

No feature type field exists for this annotation feature class. The feature type has only been included throughout the specifcation documentation for ease of reference.

Only Annotation associated with, or derived from, entities in feature classes grouped within the Administration feature dataset should exist within the AdministrationAnno feature class.

Wherever possible annotation should be stored using the subclasses indicated under AnnotationClassID. Annotation stored as inline text should be kept to a minimum.

Administration Annotation will only be constructed for the following feature classes:
Defence And Prohibited, Forestry Reserve (1:25K & 1:100K), Indigenous Land, Nature Conservation Reserve (1:25K & 1:100K), Water Supply Reserve (1:25K & 1:100K).

Type for large polygons and long linear features may be held in an annotation feature for each word to allow for spacing and differences in orientation, see Section 2 chapter 4.

Annotation should not contain any HTML tags within the blob element, nor should it contain any special characters.

Editing and placement of Annotation should be conducted in the appropriate MGA 1994 zone to ensure the spatial position of type on the map face can be correctly represented.

General - All Scales

Administration Anno, wherever possible, should avoid overlapping the graticule.

Defence And Prohibited, Forestry Reserve (1:25K & 1:100K), Indigenous Land, Nature Conservation Reserve (1:25K & 1:100K), Water Supply Reserve (1:25K & 1:100K)

Section 2 Chapter 5.7, 5.8, 9, 10

NTMS 100K

FEATURE TYPE (FEATURETYPE) [String;Yes(No);32;0;0;Pop_Req] The code which identifies the type of topographic feature represented.

Defence And Prohibited

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Integer;Yes(No);0;5;0;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.

DefenceAndProhibited

ADMINISTRATION NAME (ADMINNAME) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Wk] The official (gazetted) name of the Administration Area (or if an official name is unknown, the common name used to designate this area).

The name of the Defence and/or Prohibited Land (see Geodatabase Rules for population requirements.)

AMINISTRATION ID (ADMINID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] The Administration Area Identifier used to link the original source data to the converted data.

AGENCY PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (AGENCYPID) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Wk] The source agency's persistent identifier;

CONTROLLING AUTHORITY (AUTHORITY) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Req] Name of controlling authority

CLASSIFICATION (CLASS) [String;Yes(No);40;0;0;Pop_Req] The entities classification or status;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_Access;
Defence Land Prohibited
Defence Land Restricted
Non Defence Prohibited

CURRENCY (CURRENCY) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] Date data was received or confirmed to be correct as per available information at the time.

FEATURE AREA (FEATAREA) [Double;Yes;0;38;8;Pop_Wk] The declared area of the reserve, as opposed to a machine calculated area, recorded to the nearest hectare.

IUCN CODING SYSTEM (IUCN) [String;Yes;4;0;0;Pop_Wk] Internationally defined set of management (World Conservation Union) categories.

LATEST GAZETTEER ENTRY (LATEST_GAZ) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] The date of the most recent gazetted amendment or verification by the relevant state authority.

PROCLAIMED DATE (PROCLAIMED) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] The Gazettal date of the original proclamation of the Administration Area.

PROVIDER (PROVIDER) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Req] The provider of the data spatial/attribute representation.

STATE/TERRITORY (STATE) [String;Yes(No);30;0;0;Pop_Req] Australian/Foreign State or Territory identifier code;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_IslandState;
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
JERVIS BAY TERRITORY
NEW SOUTH WALES
NORTHERN TERRITORY
NOT APPLICABLE
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
QUEENSLAND
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
TASMANIA
VICTORIA
WESTERN AUSTRALIA

METADATA COMMENTS (METADATACOMMENT) [String;Yes;1000;0;0;Pop_Dep] Comments expanding on the issues related to data capture, representation or sources.

RESTRICTIONS ON USE (RESTRICTIONS) [String;Yes;50;0;0;Pop_Req] Specific restrictions for data usage as defined by licence agreements, land owners, agreements with other agencies supplying the data.

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_Restrictions;
Australian Federal Govt Only
Australian Federal Govt plus NMI Map Products
Geoscience Australia Only
Geoscience Australia plus NMI Map Products
NMI Only
NMI Only plus NMI Map Products
NMI Use for 3rd Party
NMI Use for 3rd Party plus NMI Map Products
Public Access
Whole of Govt Only
Whole of Govt plus NMI Map Products

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

PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (PID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

SYMBOL (SYMBOL) [SmallInteger;Yes(No);0;4;0;Pop_Req] (Link to Symbol Dictionary) Symbol number/s applicable;

64
0 - non printing see map rules

UPPER SCALE OF DATA UTILISATION (UPPERSCALE) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Dep] Upper Scale for which the entity should be considered suitable either in its current representation or in a different geometry representation;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_UpperScale;
0
25000
50000
100000
250000
1000000
2500000
5000000
10000000

UPPER SCALE CERTAINTY (USCERTAINTY) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Dep] Classification of upper scale certainty;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_USCertainty;
Definite
Indefinite
Undefined

EDIT CODE (EDITCODE) [SmallInteger;Yes;0;2;0;Pop_Dep] A number allowed for ease of symbology of errors or production notes. This code is for production purposes and therefore for producers internal use only and will not be validated.

General - All Scales

All 'Defence and Prohibited' areas obtained from designated Authoritative Providers will be included within the database regardless of size. Where a 'Defence and Prohibited' area is represented on the previous edition map (and there is supporting evidence for its continued existence) the producer should seek clarification from Geoscience Australia on how and/or if these features should be captured in the revised database.


The Authority classification for prohibited areas should not be populated with a value of 'Not Applicable'. All prohibited areas obtained from miscellaneous sources (e.g. previous edition map or special instruction) whose authority is not known should have an authority classification of 'Other (not specified)'.

'Defence and Prohibited' areas will be named if names are included in the supplied material. The only exception to this is where populating the name would provide sensitive information in which case the name should be held in the metadata comment field and the name field should remain unpopulated.

The attribution of the Classification field will be based upon advice provided by Geoscience Australia when not provided as part of the supplied material.

Where the Defence and Prohibited Area is identified by a number only, the name field will populated with the type of reserve (e.g. Quarantine Area) and the number will not be translated from the database supplied by the designated Authoritative providers.

The UPPERSCALE value will be applied based on a 'Defence And Prohibited' area meeting the minimum size for data capture/map representation. Where a named 'Defence And Prohibited' is broken up into a number of areas with the identical attributes of 'NAME' and 'AUTHORITY', then all the component areas should be assigned the 'UPPERSCALE' value based on the total area of the sum of the component parts.

General - All Scales

Defence and Prohibited areas can only overlap the following features in the Administration Feature Dataset:
Nature Conservation Reserves.

When the dimension is equal to or greater than 500 000 for:
-a specific Administration Area , or
-a set of named reserve areas which have identical attribute combinations using the FEATURE TYPE, NAME and AUTHORITY fields,
the following paragraph will apply:

Where the edge of a Administration Area polygon has a similar shape to another Administration Area feature (of the following feature types: Defence And Prohibited, Forestry Reserve, Indigenous Land, Nature Conservation Reserve, Water Supply Reserve), and is within 50 metres of the feature, then the relevant section of polygon edge for the Administration Area will be coincident with this other feature. Where both features are of similar shape but the distance separating them is greater than 50 metres the relevant section of polygon edge for the Administration Area will be made coincident with the feature if it appears the relevant section of polygon edge for the Administration Area should be following the feature. These rules will not apply where two reserves are separated by a road reserve. In such cases the separation between the two boundaries will be maintained.

General - All Scales

When the dimension is equal to or greater than 500 000 for:
-a specific Administration Area , or
-a set of named reserve areas which have identical attribute combinations using the FEATURE TYPE, NAME and AUTHORITY fields,
the following rules will apply:

Where the edge of a Administration Area (of the following feature types: Defence And Prohibited, Forestry Reserve, Indigenous Land, Nature Conservation Reserve, Water Supply Reserve) has a similar shape to a feature listed below, it must be coincident with that feature if the feature meets the minimum size criteria for 1:100 000 or 1:250 000 and:
- the edge of the Administration Area falls within 50 metres of the feature, or
- the edge of the Administration Area appears that it should follow the feature.

Aerial Cableway
Canal Line
Cleared Line
Conveyor
Dam Wall
Discontinuities
Fence
Foot Track
InternationalBoundary
Railway
Road
Sea Wall
Shoreline
State Border
Pipelines (feature class)
Powerline
Watercourse
AircraftFacilityAreas (feature class (polygon edge))
Builtup Area (feature type (polygon edge))
Canal Area (feature type (polygon edge)
Cemetery Area (feature type (polygon edge))
Crater (feature type (polygon edge))
Deformation Areas (feature class (polygon edge))
Flats (feature class (polygon edge))
Lake (feature type (polygon edge))
Landmark Area (feature type (polygon edge))
Mine Area (feature type (polygon edge ))
Pondage Areas (feature class (polygon edge))
Recreation Area (feature type (polygon edge))
Reservoirs (feature class (polygon edge))
Rubbish Tip (feature type (polygon edge))
Watercourse Area (feature type (polygon edge))

The above rules will not apply where two reserves are separated by a road reserve. In such cases the separation between the two boundaries will be maintained.

1:100 000

Only 'Defence And Prohibited' areas with an UPPERSCALE of '100000' or greater (eg '250000','10000000') will be represented on the map face.

General - All Scales

Defence And Prohibited Areas will be named where named in the database. Where the reserve is identified by a number only, the Defence And Prohibited Areas will be labeled with the type of reserve (e.g. Quarantine Area) and the number will not be shown.


Defence And Prohibited areas with the classification of "Defence Land Prohibited" or "Non-Defence Prohibited" should have an accompanying note 'prohibited area' unless the words 'prohibited area' are included in the name.
Defence And Prohibited areas with the classification of "Defence Land Restricted" should have an accompanying note 'restricted area' unless the words 'restricted area' are included in the name.
Type style for this note will be that specified for 'notes for areas restricted access' Section 2 chapter 6.1. Where the reserve is identified by a number, only the reserve type will be shown.

Section 2 Chapter 5.8
Section 3 chapters 5.16, 5.17, 5.18, 5.20

NTMS 100K

FEATURE TYPE (FEATURETYPE) [String;Yes(No);32;0;0;Pop_Req] The code which identifies the type of topographic feature represented.

Forestry Reserve

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Integer;Yes(No);0;5;0;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.

ForestryReserve

ADMINISTRATION NAME (ADMINNAME) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Wk] The official (gazetted) name of the Administration Area (or if an official name is unknown, the common name used to designate this area).

The name of the Forestry Reserve (see Geodatabase Rules for population requirements.)

AMINISTRATION ID (ADMINID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] The Administration Area Identifier used to link the original source data to the converted data.

AGENCY PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (AGENCYPID) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Wk] The source agency's persistent identifier;

CONTROLLING AUTHORITY (AUTHORITY) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Req] Name of controlling authority

CLASSIFICATION (CLASS) [String;Yes(No);40;0;0;Pop_Req] The entities classification or status;

This field is not applicable to this subtype and therefore is currently not to be populated;

CURRENCY (CURRENCY) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] Date data was received or confirmed to be correct as per available information at the time.

FEATURE AREA (FEATAREA) [Double;Yes;0;38;8;Pop_Wk] The declared area of the reserve, as opposed to a machine calculated area, recorded to the nearest hectare.

IUCN CODING SYSTEM (IUCN) [String;Yes;4;0;0;Pop_Wk] Internationally defined set of management (World Conservation Union) categories.

LATEST GAZETTEER ENTRY (LATEST_GAZ) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] The date of the most recent gazetted amendment or verification by the relevant state authority.

PROCLAIMED DATE (PROCLAIMED) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] The Gazettal date of the original proclamation of the Administration Area.

PROVIDER (PROVIDER) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Req] The provider of the data spatial/attribute representation.

STATE/TERRITORY (STATE) [String;Yes(No);30;0;0;Pop_Req] Australian/Foreign State or Territory identifier code;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_IslandState;
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
JERVIS BAY TERRITORY
NEW SOUTH WALES
NORTHERN TERRITORY
NOT APPLICABLE
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
QUEENSLAND
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
TASMANIA
VICTORIA
WESTERN AUSTRALIA

METADATA COMMENTS (METADATACOMMENT) [String;Yes;1000;0;0;Pop_Dep] Comments expanding on the issues related to data capture, representation or sources.

RESTRICTIONS ON USE (RESTRICTIONS) [String;Yes;50;0;0;Pop_Req] Specific restrictions for data usage as defined by licence agreements, land owners, agreements with other agencies supplying the data.

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_Restrictions;
Australian Federal Govt Only
Australian Federal Govt plus NMI Map Products
Geoscience Australia Only
Geoscience Australia plus NMI Map Products
NMI Only
NMI Only plus NMI Map Products
NMI Use for 3rd Party
NMI Use for 3rd Party plus NMI Map Products
Public Access
Whole of Govt Only
Whole of Govt plus NMI Map Products

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

PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (PID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

SYMBOL (SYMBOL) [SmallInteger;Yes(No);0;4;0;Pop_Req] (Link to Symbol Dictionary) Symbol number/s applicable;

65
0 - non printing see map rules

UPPER SCALE OF DATA UTILISATION (UPPERSCALE) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Dep] Upper Scale for which the entity should be considered suitable either in its current representation or in a different geometry representation;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_UpperScale;
0
25000
50000
100000
250000
1000000
2500000
5000000
10000000

UPPER SCALE CERTAINTY (USCERTAINTY) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Dep] Classification of upper scale certainty;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_USCertainty;
Definite
Indefinite
Undefined

EDIT CODE (EDITCODE) [SmallInteger;Yes;0;2;0;Pop_Dep] A number allowed for ease of symbology of errors or production notes. This code is for production purposes and therefore for producers internal use only and will not be validated.

General - All Scales

All Forestry Reserves obtained from designated Authoritative Providers will be included within the database regardless of size.

Where a named Forestry Reserve is broken into a number of areas, these areas will be merged to form a multi-polygon when they have identical attributes (excluding Revised, PID, Dimension, Editcode, Metadata Comments).

The Authority classification for reserve areas should not be populated with 'Not Applicable'. All reserves whose authority is not known, should have a authority value of 'Other (not specified)'.

Forestry Reserve features will be named where named in the databases supplied by the designated Authoritative Providers. The exception is State Forests within Victoria, where these will be attributed with a generic name of 'STATE FOREST' only. Where the Forestry Reserve is identified by a number only, the name field will populated with the type of reserve (e.g. Timber Reserve) and the number will not be translated from the database supplied by the designated Authoritative providers.

The UPPERSCALE value will be applied based on a 'Forestry Reserves' meeting the minimum size for data capture/map representation. Where a named Forestry Reserve is broken up into a number of areas with the identical attributes of 'NAME' and 'AUTHORITY', then all the component areas should be assigned the 'UPPERSCALE' value based on the total area of the sum of the component parts.

General - All Scales

Forestry Reserves can only overlap the following features in the Administration Feature Dataset:
Water Supply Reserves.

When the dimension is equal to or greater than 500 000 for:
-a specific Administration Area , or
-a set of named reserve areas which have identical attribute combinations using the FEATURE TYPE, NAME and AUTHORITY fields,
the following paragraph will apply:

Where the edge of a Administration Area polygon has a similar shape to another Administration Area feature (of the following feature types: Defence And Prohibited, Forestry Reserve, Indigenous Land, Nature Conservation Reserve, Water Supply Reserve), and is within 50 metres of the feature, then the relevant section of polygon edge for the Administration Area will be coincident with this other feature. Where both features are of similar shape but the distance separating them is greater than 50 metres the relevant section of polygon edge for the Administration Area will be made coincident with the feature if it appears the relevant section of polygon edge for the Administration Area should be following the feature. These rules will not apply where two reserves are separated by a road reserve. In such cases the separation between the two boundaries will be maintained.

General - All Scales

When the dimension is equal to or greater than 500 000 for:
-a specific Administration Area , or
-a set of named reserve areas which have identical attribute combinations using the FEATURE TYPE, NAME and AUTHORITY fields,
the following rules will apply:

Where the edge of a Administration Area (of the following feature types: Defence And Prohibited, Forestry Reserve, Indigenous Land, Nature Conservation Reserve, Water Supply Reserve) has a similar shape to a feature listed below, it must be coincident with that feature if the feature meets the minimum size criteria for 1:100 000 or 1:250 000 and:
- the edge of the Administration Area falls within 50 metres of the feature, or
- the edge of the Administration Area appears that it should follow the feature.

Aerial Cableway
Canal Line
Cleared Line
Conveyor
Dam Wall
Discontinuities
Fence
Foot Track
InternationalBoundary
Railway
Road
Sea Wall
Shoreline
State Border
Pipelines (feature class)
Powerline
Watercourse
AircraftFacilityAreas (feature class (polygon edge))
Builtup Area (feature type (polygon edge))
Canal Area (feature type (polygon edge)
Cemetery Area (feature type (polygon edge))
Crater (feature type (polygon edge))
Deformation Areas (feature class (polygon edge))
Flats (feature class (polygon edge))
Lake (feature type (polygon edge))
Landmark Area (feature type (polygon edge))
Mine Area (feature type (polygon edge ))
Pondage Areas (feature class (polygon edge))
Recreation Area (feature type (polygon edge))
Reservoirs (feature class (polygon edge))
Rubbish Tip (feature type (polygon edge))
Watercourse Area (feature type (polygon edge))

The above rules will not apply where two reserves are separated by a road reserve. In such cases the separation between the two boundaries will be maintained.

1:100 000

Only 'Forestry Reserves' with an UPPERSCALE of '100000' or greater (eg '250000','10000000') will be represented on the map face.

General - All Scales

Forestry Reserves will be named where named in the database. Where the Forestry Reserve is identified by a number only, the Forestry Reserve will be labeled with the type of reserve (e.g. Timber Reserve) and the number will not be shown.

Section 2 Chapter 5.8
Section 3 chapters 5.16, 5.17, 5.18, 5.20

NTMS 100K

FEATURE TYPE (FEATURETYPE) [String;Yes(No);32;0;0;Pop_Req] The code which identifies the type of topographic feature represented.

Forestry Reserve

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Integer;Yes(No);0;5;0;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.

ForestryReserve

NAME (NAME) [String;Yes;60;0;0;Pop_Dep]

The name of the Forestry Reserve (see Geodatabase Rules for population requirements.)

CONTROLLING AUTHORITY (AUTHORITY) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Req] Name of controlling authority

FEATURE RELIABILITY DATE (FEATURERELIABILITY) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;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/digital data for initial capture) used for Spatial Verification

ATTRIBUTE RELIABILITY DATE (ATTRIBUTERELIABILITY) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;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/digital data for initial capture) used for Attribute Verification.

PLANIMETRIC ACCURACY (PLANIMETRICACCURACY) [SmallInteger;Yes(No);0;4;0;Pop_Req] The standard deviation of the horizontal positional accuracy. See Section 1 Chapter 3.7 Positional Accuracy for more information;

DATA SOURCE (SOURCE) [String;Yes(No);50;0;0;Pop_Req] This is the official name of the agency that originally captured the spatial object for the TOPO250K NTDB; The default value when unknown or not specified in project instructions will be GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

UNIQUE FEATURE IDENTIFIER (UFI) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Aut] The unique feature identifier used for the release of Geodata TOPO250K Series 2 product;

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

PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (PID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

SYMBOL (SYMBOL) [SmallInteger;Yes(No);0;4;0;Pop_Req] (Link to Symbol Dictionary) Symbol number/s applicable;

0

General - All Scales

Forestry Reserves included in the NPIL database and meeting the size criteria will be shown. Where a named Forestry Reserve is broken into a number of areas with identical attributes, each area will be shown regardless of size if the total area of the reserve meets the size criteria. These areas will be merged to form a multi-part polygon.

The Authority classification for reserve areas should not be populated with 'Not Applicable'. All reserves whose authority is not known, should have a authority value of 'Other (not specified)'.

Forestry Reserve features will be named where named in the NPIL database. The exception is State Forests within Victoria, these will have a generic name of 'STATE FOREST' only. Where the reserve is identified by a number only, the name field will populated with the type of reserve (e.g. Timber Reserve) and the number will not be translated from the NPIL database.

General - All Scales

Forestry Reserve features will be bounded by a Reserve Boundary Line feature.

The Forestry Reserve cannot overlap other polygons in the Reserves Feature Class. ie. Two differing reserve types cannot share a common polygon area.

Where the edge of a Reserves (feature type) polygon has a similar shape to another feature, such as the edge of a Prohibited Area polygon, and is within 50 metres of the feature, then the relevant section of polygon edge for the Reserve will be coincident with this other feature. Where both features are of similar shape but the distance separating them is greater than 50 metres the relevant section of polygon edge for the Reserve will be made coincident with the feature if it appears the relevant section of polygon edge for the Reserve should be following the feature. These rules will not apply where two reserves are separated by a road reserve. In such cases the separation between the two boundaries will be maintained.

General - All Scales

Where the edge of a Reserves (feature type) polygon has a similar shape to another feature, such as a Road, Watercourse, Railway, Shoreline or WaterbodyBoundaries (except junction and Limit Of Data) and is within 50 metres of the feature, then the relevant section of polygon edge for the Reserve will be coincident with this other feature. Where both features are of similar shape but the distance separating them is greater than 50 metres the relevant section of polygon edge for the Reserve will be made coincident with the feature if it appears the relevant section of polygon edge for the Reserve should be following the feature, for example where the boundary is following a stream line. These rules will not apply where two reserves are separated by a road reserve. In such cases the separation between the two boundaries will be maintained.

General - All Scales

Reserve - Forestry features will be named where named in the NPIL database. Where the reserve is identified by a number only the reserve type will be shown.

Reserve Boundary Line, Limit Of Data

Section 2 Chapter 5.8
Section 3 chapters 5.16, 5.17 and 5.18

GEODATA TOPO250K, NTMS 250K

FEATURE TYPE (FEATURETYPE) [String;Yes(No);32;0;0;Pop_Req] The code which identifies the type of topographic feature represented.

Indigenous Land

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Integer;Yes(No);0;5;0;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.

IndigenousLand

ADMINISTRATION NAME (ADMINNAME) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Wk] The official (gazetted) name of the Administration Area (or if an official name is unknown, the common name used to designate this area).

The name of the Indigenous Land (see Geodatabase Rules for population requirements.)

AMINISTRATION ID (ADMINID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] The Administration Area Identifier used to link the original source data to the converted data.

AGENCY PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (AGENCYPID) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Wk] The source agency's persistent identifier;

CONTROLLING AUTHORITY (AUTHORITY) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Req] Name of controlling authority

CLASSIFICATION (CLASS) [String;Yes(No);40;0;0;Pop_Req] The entities classification or status;

This field is not applicable to this subtype and therefore is currently not to be populated;

CURRENCY (CURRENCY) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] Date data was received or confirmed to be correct as per available information at the time.

FEATURE AREA (FEATAREA) [Double;Yes;0;38;8;Pop_Wk] The declared area of the reserve, as opposed to a machine calculated area, recorded to the nearest hectare.

IUCN CODING SYSTEM (IUCN) [String;Yes;4;0;0;Pop_Wk] Internationally defined set of management (World Conservation Union) categories.

LATEST GAZETTEER ENTRY (LATEST_GAZ) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] The date of the most recent gazetted amendment or verification by the relevant state authority.

PROCLAIMED DATE (PROCLAIMED) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] The Gazettal date of the original proclamation of the Administration Area.

PROVIDER (PROVIDER) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Req] The provider of the data spatial/attribute representation.

STATE/TERRITORY (STATE) [String;Yes(No);30;0;0;Pop_Req] Australian/Foreign State or Territory identifier code;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_IslandState;
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
JERVIS BAY TERRITORY
NEW SOUTH WALES
NORTHERN TERRITORY
NOT APPLICABLE
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
QUEENSLAND
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
TASMANIA
VICTORIA
WESTERN AUSTRALIA

METADATA COMMENTS (METADATACOMMENT) [String;Yes;1000;0;0;Pop_Dep] Comments expanding on the issues related to data capture, representation or sources.

RESTRICTIONS ON USE (RESTRICTIONS) [String;Yes;50;0;0;Pop_Req] Specific restrictions for data usage as defined by licence agreements, land owners, agreements with other agencies supplying the data.

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_Restrictions;
Australian Federal Govt Only
Australian Federal Govt plus NMI Map Products
Geoscience Australia Only
Geoscience Australia plus NMI Map Products
NMI Only
NMI Only plus NMI Map Products
NMI Use for 3rd Party
NMI Use for 3rd Party plus NMI Map Products
Public Access
Whole of Govt Only
Whole of Govt plus NMI Map Products

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

PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (PID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

SYMBOL (SYMBOL) [SmallInteger;Yes(No);0;4;0;Pop_Req] (Link to Symbol Dictionary) Symbol number/s applicable;

65
0 - non printing see map rules

UPPER SCALE OF DATA UTILISATION (UPPERSCALE) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Dep] Upper Scale for which the entity should be considered suitable either in its current representation or in a different geometry representation;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_UpperScale;
0
25000
50000
100000
250000
1000000
2500000
5000000
10000000

UPPER SCALE CERTAINTY (USCERTAINTY) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Dep] Classification of upper scale certainty;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_USCertainty;
Definite
Indefinite
Undefined

EDIT CODE (EDITCODE) [SmallInteger;Yes;0;2;0;Pop_Dep] A number allowed for ease of symbology of errors or production notes. This code is for production purposes and therefore for producers internal use only and will not be validated.

General - All Scales

All 'Indigenous Land' areas obtained from designated Authoritative Providers will be included within the database regardless of size.

Where a named Indigenous Reserve is broken into a number of areas, these areas will be merged to form a multi-polygon when they have identical attributes (excluding Revised, PID, Dimension, Editcode, Metadata Comments).

The Authority classification for reserve areas should not be populated with 'Not Applicable'. All reserves whose authority is not known, should have a authority value of 'Other (not specified)'.

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.

Indigenous Lands will be named.

The UPPERSCALE value will be applied based on a 'Indigenous Lands' meeting the minimum size for data capture/map representation. Where a named 'Indigenous Lands' is broken up into a number of areas with the identical attributes of 'NAME' and 'AUTHORITY', then all the component areas should be assigned the 'UPPERSCALE' value based on the total area of the sum of the component parts.

General - All Scales

Indigenous Reserves cannot overlap other polygons in the Reserves Feature Class ie. Two differing reserve types cannot share a common polygon area.

When the dimension is equal to or greater than 500 000 for:
-a specific Administration Area , or
-a set of named reserve areas which have identical attribute combinations using the FEATURE TYPE, NAME and AUTHORITY fields,
the following paragraph will apply:

Where the edge of a Administration Area polygon has a similar shape to another Administration Area feature (of the following feature types: Defence And Prohibited, Forestry Reserve, Indigenous Land, Nature Conservation Reserve, Water Supply Reserve), and is within 50 metres of the feature, then the relevant section of polygon edge for the Administration Area will be coincident with this other feature. Where both features are of similar shape but the distance separating them is greater than 50 metres the relevant section of polygon edge for the Administration Area will be made coincident with the feature if it appears the relevant section of polygon edge for the Administration Area should be following the feature. These rules will not apply where two reserves are separated by a road reserve. In such cases the separation between the two boundaries will be maintained.

General - All Scales

When the dimension is equal to or greater than 500 000 for:
-a specific Administration Area , or
-a set of named reserve areas which have identical attribute combinations using the FEATURE TYPE, NAME and AUTHORITY fields,
the following rules will apply:

Where the edge of a Administration Area (of the following feature types: Defence And Prohibited, Forestry Reserve, Indigenous Land, Nature Conservation Reserve, Water Supply Reserve) has a similar shape to a feature listed below, it must be coincident with that feature if the feature meets the minimum size criteria for 1:100 000 or 1:250 000 and:
- the edge of the Administration Area falls within 50 metres of the feature, or
- the edge of the Administration Area appears that it should follow the feature.

Aerial Cableway
Canal Line
Cleared Line
Conveyor
Dam Wall
Discontinuities
Fence
Foot Track
InternationalBoundary
Railway
Road
Sea Wall
Shoreline
State Border
Pipelines (feature class)
Powerline
Watercourse
AircraftFacilityAreas (feature class (polygon edge))
Builtup Area (feature type (polygon edge))
Canal Area (feature type (polygon edge)
Cemetery Area (feature type (polygon edge))
Crater (feature type (polygon edge))
Deformation Areas (feature class (polygon edge))
Flats (feature class (polygon edge))
Lake (feature type (polygon edge))
Landmark Area (feature type (polygon edge))
Mine Area (feature type (polygon edge ))
Pondage Areas (feature class (polygon edge))
Recreation Area (feature type (polygon edge))
Reservoirs (feature class (polygon edge))
Rubbish Tip (feature type (polygon edge))
Watercourse Area (feature type (polygon edge))

The above rules will not apply where two reserves are separated by a road reserve. In such cases the separation between the two boundaries will be maintained.

1:100 000

Only 'Indigenous Lands' with an UPPERSCALE of '100000' or greater (eg '250000','10000000') will be represented on the map face.

General - All Scales

Indigenous Lands will be named.

Section 2 Chapter 5.8
Section 3 chapters 5.16, 5.17, 5.18, 5.20

NTMS 100K

FEATURE TYPE (FEATURETYPE) [String;Yes(No);32;0;0;Pop_Req] The code which identifies the type of topographic feature represented.

Indigenous Reserve

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Integer;Yes(No);0;5;0;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.

IndigenousReserve

NAME (NAME) [String;Yes;60;0;0;Pop_Dep]

The name of the Indigenous Area (see Geodatabase Rules for population requirements.)

CONTROLLING AUTHORITY (AUTHORITY) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Req] Name of controlling authority

FEATURE RELIABILITY DATE (FEATURERELIABILITY) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;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/digital data for initial capture) used for Spatial Verification

ATTRIBUTE RELIABILITY DATE (ATTRIBUTERELIABILITY) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;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/digital data for initial capture) used for Attribute Verification.

PLANIMETRIC ACCURACY (PLANIMETRICACCURACY) [SmallInteger;Yes(No);0;4;0;Pop_Req] The standard deviation of the horizontal positional accuracy. See Section 1 Chapter 3.7 Positional Accuracy for more information;

DATA SOURCE (SOURCE) [String;Yes(No);50;0;0;Pop_Req] This is the official name of the agency that originally captured the spatial object for the TOPO250K NTDB; The default value when unknown or not specified in project instructions will be GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

UNIQUE FEATURE IDENTIFIER (UFI) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Aut] The unique feature identifier used for the release of Geodata TOPO250K Series 2 product;

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

PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (PID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

SYMBOL (SYMBOL) [SmallInteger;Yes(No);0;4;0;Pop_Req] (Link to Symbol Dictionary) Symbol number/s applicable;

0

General - All Scales

Indigenous Reserves included in the NPIL data base and meeting the size criteria will be shown. Where a named Indigenous Reserve is broken into a number of areas with identical attributes, each area will be shown regardless of size if the total area of the reserve meets the size criteria. These areas will be merged to form a multi-part polygon.

The Authority classification for reserve areas should not be populated with 'Not Applicable'. All reserves whose authority is not known, should have a authority value of 'Other (not specified)'.

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.

Indigenous Reserves will be named.

General - All Scales

Indigenous Reserves will be bounded by a Reserve Boundary Line feature.

Indigenous Reserves cannot overlap other polygons in the Reserves Feature Class ie. Two differing reserve types cannot share a common polygon area.

Where the edge of a Reserves (feature type) polygon has a similar shape to another feature, such as the edge of a Prohibited Area polygon, and is within 50 metres of the feature, then the relevant section of polygon edge for the Reserve will be coincident with this other feature. Where both features are of similar shape but the distance separating them is greater than 50 metres the relevant section of polygon edge for the Reserve will be made coincident with the feature if it appears the relevant section of polygon edge for the Reserve should be following the feature. These rules will not apply where two reserves are separated by a road reserve. In such cases the separation between the two boundaries will be maintained.

General - All Scales

Where the edge of a Reserves (feature type) polygon has a similar shape to another feature, such as a Road, Watercourse, Railway, Shoreline or WaterbodyBoundaries (except junction and Limit Of Data) , and is within 50 metres of the feature, then the relevant section of polygon edge for the Reserve will be coincident with this other feature. Where both features are of similar shape but the distance separating them is greater than 50 metres the relevant section of polygon edge for the Reserve will be made coincident with the feature if it appears the relevant section of polygon edge for the Reserve should be following the feature, for example where the boundary is following a stream line. These rules will not apply where two reserves are separated by a road reserve. In such cases the separation between the two boundaries will be maintained.

General - All Scales

Reserve - Indigenous areas will be named.

Reserve Boundary Line , Limit of Data

Section 2 Chapter 5.8
Section 3 chapters 5.16, 5.17 and 5.18

GEODATA TOPO250K, NTMS 250K

FEATURE TYPE (FEATURETYPE) [String;Yes(No);32;0;0;Pop_Req] The code which identifies the type of topographic feature represented.

Limit Of Data

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Integer;Yes(No);0;5;0;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.

LimitOfData

FEATURE RELIABILITY DATE (FEATURERELIABILITY) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;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/digital data for initial capture) used for Spatial Verification

ATTRIBUTE RELIABILITY DATE (ATTRIBUTERELIABILITY) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;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/digital data for initial capture) used for Attribute Verification.

PLANIMETRIC ACCURACY (PLANIMETRICACCURACY) [SmallInteger;Yes(No);0;4;0;Pop_Req] The standard deviation of the horizontal positional accuracy. See Section 1 Chapter 3.7 Positional Accuracy for more information;

DATA SOURCE (SOURCE) [String;Yes(No);50;0;0;Pop_Req] This is the official name of the agency that originally captured the spatial object for the TOPO250K NTDB; The default value when unknown or not specified in project instructions will be GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

UNIQUE FEATURE IDENTIFIER (UFI) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Aut] The unique feature identifier used for the release of Geodata TOPO250K Series 2 product;

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

PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (PID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

SYMBOL (SYMBOL) [SmallInteger;Yes(No);0;4;0;Pop_Req] (Link to Symbol Dictionary) Symbol number/s applicable;

0

FEATURE WIDTH (FEATUREWIDTH) [Double;Yes;0;8;4;Pop_Dep]

Currently not used by symbology; 0

TEXT NOTE (TEXTNOTE) [String;Yes;50;0;0;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.

General - All Scales

The limit of Data feature will bound or complete all polygon features whose extent can not be fully determined by source material.

General - All Scales

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.

Prohibited Area, Indigenous Reserve, Forestry Reserve, Nature Conservation Reserve, Water Supply Reserve, SeriesIndex (feature dataset), Limit Of Data (framework)

Section 1 chapters 3.4 and 3.7
Section 3 chapters 5.11.2 and 5.12

FEATURE TYPE (FEATURETYPE) [String;Yes(No);32;0;0;Pop_Req] The code which identifies the type of topographic feature represented.

Mining Reserve

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Integer;Yes(No);0;5;0;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.

MiningReserve

ADMINISTRATION NAME (ADMINNAME) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Wk] The official (gazetted) name of the Administration Area (or if an official name is unknown, the common name used to designate this area).

The name of the Mining Reserve

AMINISTRATION ID (ADMINID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] The Administration Area Identifier used to link the original source data to the converted data.

AGENCY PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (AGENCYPID) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Wk] The source agency's persistent identifier;

CONTROLLING AUTHORITY (AUTHORITY) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Req] Name of controlling authority

CLASSIFICATION (CLASS) [String;Yes(No);40;0;0;Pop_Req] The entities classification or status;

This field is not applicable to this subtype and therefore is currently not to be populated;

CURRENCY (CURRENCY) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] Date data was received or confirmed to be correct as per available information at the time.

FEATURE AREA (FEATAREA) [Double;Yes;0;38;8;Pop_Wk] The declared area of the reserve, as opposed to a machine calculated area, recorded to the nearest hectare.

IUCN CODING SYSTEM (IUCN) [String;Yes;4;0;0;Pop_Wk] Internationally defined set of management (World Conservation Union) categories.

LATEST GAZETTEER ENTRY (LATEST_GAZ) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] The date of the most recent gazetted amendment or verification by the relevant state authority.

PROCLAIMED DATE (PROCLAIMED) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] The Gazettal date of the original proclamation of the Administration Area.

PROVIDER (PROVIDER) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Req] The provider of the data spatial/attribute representation.

STATE/TERRITORY (STATE) [String;Yes(No);30;0;0;Pop_Req] Australian/Foreign State or Territory identifier code;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_IslandState;
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
JERVIS BAY TERRITORY
NEW SOUTH WALES
NORTHERN TERRITORY
NOT APPLICABLE
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
QUEENSLAND
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
TASMANIA
VICTORIA
WESTERN AUSTRALIA

METADATA COMMENTS (METADATACOMMENT) [String;Yes;1000;0;0;Pop_Dep] Comments expanding on the issues related to data capture, representation or sources.

RESTRICTIONS ON USE (RESTRICTIONS) [String;Yes;50;0;0;Pop_Req] Specific restrictions for data usage as defined by licence agreements, land owners, agreements with other agencies supplying the data.

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_Restrictions;
Australian Federal Govt Only
Australian Federal Govt plus NMI Map Products
Geoscience Australia Only
Geoscience Australia plus NMI Map Products
NMI Only
NMI Only plus NMI Map Products
NMI Use for 3rd Party
NMI Use for 3rd Party plus NMI Map Products
Public Access
Whole of Govt Only
Whole of Govt plus NMI Map Products

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

PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (PID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

SYMBOL (SYMBOL) [SmallInteger;Yes(No);0;4;0;Pop_Req] (Link to Symbol Dictionary) Symbol number/s applicable;

0

UPPER SCALE OF DATA UTILISATION (UPPERSCALE) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Dep] Upper Scale for which the entity should be considered suitable either in its current representation or in a different geometry representation;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_UpperScale;
0
25000
50000
100000
250000
1000000
2500000
5000000
10000000

UPPER SCALE CERTAINTY (USCERTAINTY) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Dep] Classification of upper scale certainty;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_USCertainty;
Definite
Indefinite
Undefined

EDIT CODE (EDITCODE) [SmallInteger;Yes;0;2;0;Pop_Dep] A number allowed for ease of symbology of errors or production notes. This code is for production purposes and therefore for producers internal use only and will not be validated.

General - All Scales

All Mining Reserves obtained from designated Authoritative Providers will be included within the database regardless of size.

Mining Reserves will be given an UPPERSCALE of 0 and an USCERTAINTY of 'Definite'.

Section 2 Chapter 5.8
Section 3 chapters 5.16, 5.17, 5.18, 5.20

FEATURE TYPE (FEATURETYPE) [String;Yes(No);32;0;0;Pop_Req] The code which identifies the type of topographic feature represented.

Nature Conservation Reserve

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Integer;Yes(No);0;5;0;Pop_Req] The numeric value assigned to sub classify the feature

5

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

NatureConservationReserve

ADMINISTRATION NAME (ADMINNAME) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Wk] The official (gazetted) name of the Administration Area (or if an official name is unknown, the common name used to designate this area).

The name of the Nature Conservation Reserve (see Geodatabase Rules for population requirements.)

AMINISTRATION ID (ADMINID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] The Administration Area Identifier used to link the original source data to the converted data.

AGENCY PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (AGENCYPID) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Wk] The source agency's persistent identifier;

CONTROLLING AUTHORITY (AUTHORITY) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Req] Name of controlling authority

CLASSIFICATION (CLASS) [String;Yes(No);40;0;0;Pop_Req] The entities classification or status;

This field is not applicable to this subtype and therefore is currently not to be populated;

CURRENCY (CURRENCY) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] Date data was received or confirmed to be correct as per available information at the time.

FEATURE AREA (FEATAREA) [Double;Yes;0;38;8;Pop_Wk] The declared area of the reserve, as opposed to a machine calculated area, recorded to the nearest hectare.

IUCN CODING SYSTEM (IUCN) [String;Yes;4;0;0;Pop_Wk] Internationally defined set of management (World Conservation Union) categories.

LATEST GAZETTEER ENTRY (LATEST_GAZ) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] The date of the most recent gazetted amendment or verification by the relevant state authority.

PROCLAIMED DATE (PROCLAIMED) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] The Gazettal date of the original proclamation of the Administration Area.

PROVIDER (PROVIDER) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Req] The provider of the data spatial/attribute representation.

STATE/TERRITORY (STATE) [String;Yes(No);30;0;0;Pop_Req] Australian/Foreign State or Territory identifier code;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_IslandState;
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
JERVIS BAY TERRITORY
NEW SOUTH WALES
NORTHERN TERRITORY
NOT APPLICABLE
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
QUEENSLAND
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
TASMANIA
VICTORIA
WESTERN AUSTRALIA

METADATA COMMENTS (METADATACOMMENT) [String;Yes;1000;0;0;Pop_Dep] Comments expanding on the issues related to data capture, representation or sources.

RESTRICTIONS ON USE (RESTRICTIONS) [String;Yes;50;0;0;Pop_Req] Specific restrictions for data usage as defined by licence agreements, land owners, agreements with other agencies supplying the data.

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_Restrictions;
Australian Federal Govt Only
Australian Federal Govt plus NMI Map Products
Geoscience Australia Only
Geoscience Australia plus NMI Map Products
NMI Only
NMI Only plus NMI Map Products
NMI Use for 3rd Party
NMI Use for 3rd Party plus NMI Map Products
Public Access
Whole of Govt Only
Whole of Govt plus NMI Map Products

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

PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (PID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

SYMBOL (SYMBOL) [SmallInteger;Yes(No);0;4;0;Pop_Req] (Link to Symbol Dictionary) Symbol number/s applicable;

65
0 - non printing see map rules

UPPER SCALE OF DATA UTILISATION (UPPERSCALE) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Dep] Upper Scale for which the entity should be considered suitable either in its current representation or in a different geometry representation;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_UpperScale;
0
25000
50000
100000
250000
1000000
2500000
5000000
10000000

UPPER SCALE CERTAINTY (USCERTAINTY) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Dep] Classification of upper scale certainty;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_USCertainty;
Definite
Indefinite
Undefined

EDIT CODE (EDITCODE) [SmallInteger;Yes;0;2;0;Pop_Dep] A number allowed for ease of symbology of errors or production notes. This code is for production purposes and therefore for producers internal use only and will not be validated.

General - All Scales

All Nature Conservation Reserves obtained from designated Authoritative Providers will be included within the database regardless of size.

Where a named Nature Conservation Reserve is broken into a number of areas, these areas will be merged to form a multi-polygon when they have identical attributes (excluding Revised, PID, Dimension, Editcode, Metadata Comments).

The Authority classification for reserve areas should not be populated with 'Not Applicable'. All reserves whose authority is not known, should have a authority value of 'Other (not specified)'.

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.

Nature Conservation Reserve features will be named where named in the databases obtained from the designated Authoritative Providers.Where the reserve is identified by a number only, the name field will populated with the type of reserve (e.g. Marine Park) and the number will not be translated from the database supplied by the designated Authoritative providers.

The UPPERSCALE value will be applied based on a 'Nature Conservation Reserves' meeting the minimum size for data capture/map representation. Where a named Nature Conservation Reserve is broken up into a number of areas with the identical attributes of 'NAME' and 'AUTHORITY', then all the component areas should be assigned the 'UPPERSCALE' value based on the total area of the sum of the component parts.

General - All Scales

Nature Conservation Reserves can only overlap the following features in the Administration Feature Dataset:
Other Nature Conservation Reserves, Defence And Prohibited areas and Water Supply Reserves.

When the dimension is equal to or greater than 500 000 for:
-a specific Administration Area , or
-a set of named reserve areas which have identical attribute combinations using the FEATURE TYPE, NAME and AUTHORITY fields,
the following paragraph will apply:

Where the edge of a Administration Area polygon has a similar shape to another Administration Area feature (of the following feature types: Defence And Prohibited, Forestry Reserve, Indigenous Land, Nature Conservation Reserve, Water Supply Reserve), and is within 50 metres of the feature, then the relevant section of polygon edge for the Administration Area will be coincident with this other feature. Where both features are of similar shape but the distance separating them is greater than 50 metres the relevant section of polygon edge for the Administration Area will be made coincident with the feature if it appears the relevant section of polygon edge for the Administration Area should be following the feature. These rules will not apply where two reserves are separated by a road reserve. In such cases the separation between the two boundaries will be maintained.

General - All Scales

When the dimension is equal to or greater than 500 000 for:
-a specific Administration Area , or
-a set of named reserve areas which have identical attribute combinations using the FEATURE TYPE, NAME and AUTHORITY fields,
the following rules will apply:

Where the edge of a Administration Area (of the following feature types: Defence And Prohibited, Forestry Reserve, Indigenous Land, Nature Conservation Reserve, Water Supply Reserve) has a similar shape to a feature listed below, it must be coincident with that feature if the feature meets the minimum size criteria for 1:100 000 or 1:250 000 and:
- the edge of the Administration Area falls within 50 metres of the feature, or
- the edge of the Administration Area appears that it should follow the feature.

Aerial Cableway
Canal Line
Cleared Line
Conveyor
Dam Wall
Discontinuities
Fence
Foot Track
InternationalBoundary
Railway
Road
Sea Wall
Shoreline
State Border
Pipelines (feature class)
Powerline
Watercourse
AircraftFacilityAreas (feature class (polygon edge))
Builtup Area (feature type (polygon edge))
Canal Area (feature type (polygon edge)
Cemetery Area (feature type (polygon edge))
Crater (feature type (polygon edge))
Deformation Areas (feature class (polygon edge))
Flats (feature class (polygon edge))
Lake (feature type (polygon edge))
Landmark Area (feature type (polygon edge))
Mine Area (feature type (polygon edge ))
Pondage Areas (feature class (polygon edge))
Recreation Area (feature type (polygon edge))
Reservoirs (feature class (polygon edge))
Rubbish Tip (feature type (polygon edge))
Watercourse Area (feature type (polygon edge))

The above rules will not apply where two reserves are separated by a road reserve. In such cases the separation between the two boundaries will be maintained.

1:100 000

Only 'Nature Conservation Reserves' with an UPPERSCALE of '100000' or greater (eg '250000','10000000') will be represented on the map face.

General - All Scales

Nature Conservation Reserves s will be named where named in the database. Where the reserve is identified by a number only, the Nature Conservation Reserve will be labeled with the type of reserve (e.g. Marine Park) and the number will not be shown.

Section 2 Chapter 5.8
Section 3 chapters 5.16, 5.17, 5.18, 5.20

NTMS 100K

FEATURE TYPE (FEATURETYPE) [String;Yes(No);32;0;0;Pop_Req] The code which identifies the type of topographic feature represented.

Nature Conservation Reserve

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Integer;Yes(No);0;5;0;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.

NatureConservationReserve

NAME (NAME) [String;Yes;60;0;0;Pop_Dep]

The name of the Nature Conservation Reserve (see Geodatabase Rules for population requirements.)

CONTROLLING AUTHORITY (AUTHORITY) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Req] Name of controlling authority

FEATURE RELIABILITY DATE (FEATURERELIABILITY) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;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/digital data for initial capture) used for Spatial Verification

ATTRIBUTE RELIABILITY DATE (ATTRIBUTERELIABILITY) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;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/digital data for initial capture) used for Attribute Verification.

PLANIMETRIC ACCURACY (PLANIMETRICACCURACY) [SmallInteger;Yes(No);0;4;0;Pop_Req] The standard deviation of the horizontal positional accuracy. See Section 1 Chapter 3.7 Positional Accuracy for more information;

DATA SOURCE (SOURCE) [String;Yes(No);50;0;0;Pop_Req] This is the official name of the agency that originally captured the spatial object for the TOPO250K NTDB; The default value when unknown or not specified in project instructions will be GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

UNIQUE FEATURE IDENTIFIER (UFI) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Aut] The unique feature identifier used for the release of Geodata TOPO250K Series 2 product;

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

PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (PID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

SYMBOL (SYMBOL) [SmallInteger;Yes(No);0;4;0;Pop_Req] (Link to Symbol Dictionary) Symbol number/s applicable;

0

General - All Scales

Nature Conservation Reserves included in the NPIL database and meeting the size criteria will be shown. Where a named Nature Conservation Reserve is broken into a number of areas with identical attributes, each area will be shown regardless of size if the total area of the reserve meets the size criteria. These areas will be merged to form a multi-part polygon.

The Authority classification for reserve areas should not be populated with 'Not Applicable'. All reserves whose authority is not known, should have a authority value of 'Other (not specified)'.

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.

Nature Conservation Reserve features will be named where named in the NPIL database. Where the reserve is identified by a number only, the name field will populated with the type of reserve (e.g. Marine Park) and the number will not be translated from the NPIL database.

General - All Scales

Nature Conservation Reserve features will be bounded by a Reserve Boundary Line feature.

The Nature Conservation Reserve feature cannot overlap other polygons in the Reserves Feature Class ie. Two differing reserve types cannot share a common polygon area.

Where the edge of a Reserves (feature type) polygon has a similar shape to another feature, such as the edge of a Prohibited Area polygon, and is within 50 metres of the feature, then the relevant section of polygon edge for the Reserve will be coincident with this other feature. Where both features are of similar shape but the distance separating them is greater than 50 metres the relevant section of polygon edge for the Reserve will be made coincident with the feature if it appears the relevant section of polygon edge for the Reserve should be following the feature. These rules will not apply where two reserves are separated by a road reserve. In such cases the separation between the two boundaries will be maintained.

General - All Scales

Where the edge of a Reserves (feature type) polygon has a similar shape to another feature, such as a Road, Watercourse, Railway, Shoreline or WaterbodyBoundaries (except junction and Limit Of Data) and is within 50 metres of the feature, then the relevant section of polygon edge for the Reserve will be coincident with this other feature. Where both features are of similar shape but the distance separating them is greater than 50 metres the relevant section of polygon edge for the Reserve will be made coincident with the feature if it appears the relevant section of polygon edge for the Reserve should be following the feature, for example where the boundary is following a stream line. These rules will not apply where two reserves are separated by a road reserve. In such cases the separation between the two boundaries will be maintained.

General - All Scales

Reserve - Nature Conservation features will be named where named in the NPIL database. Where the reserve is identified by a number only the reserve type will be shown.

RecreationAreas (Feature Class), Reserve Boundary Line , Limit of Data

Section 2 Chapter 5.8
Section 3 chapters 5.16, 5.17 and 5.18

GEODATA TOPO250K, NTMS 250K

FEATURE TYPE (FEATURETYPE) [String;Yes(No);32;0;0;Pop_Req] The code which identifies the type of topographic feature represented.

Prohibited Area

NAME (NAME) [String;Yes;60;0;0;Pop_Dep]

Alphanumeric feature identifier (see Geodatabase Rules for population requirements as well as Section 1 chapter 3.4 and Section 3 chapter 5.4)

CONTROLLING AUTHORITY (AUTHORITY) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Req] Name of controlling authority

FEATURE RELIABILITY DATE (FEATURERELIABILITY) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;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/digital data for initial capture) used for Spatial Verification

ATTRIBUTE RELIABILITY DATE (ATTRIBUTERELIABILITY) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;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/digital data for initial capture) used for Attribute Verification.

PLANIMETRIC ACCURACY (PLANIMETRICACCURACY) [SmallInteger;Yes(No);0;4;0;Pop_Req] The standard deviation of the horizontal positional accuracy. See Section 1 Chapter 3.7 Positional Accuracy for more information;

DATA SOURCE (SOURCE) [String;Yes(No);50;0;0;Pop_Req] This is the official name of the agency that originally captured the spatial object for the TOPO250K NTDB; The default value when unknown or not specified in project instructions will be GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

UNIQUE FEATURE IDENTIFIER (UFI) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Aut] The unique feature identifier used for the release of Geodata TOPO250K Series 2 product;

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

PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (PID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

SYMBOL (SYMBOL) [SmallInteger;Yes(No);0;4;0;Pop_Req] (Link to Symbol Dictionary) Symbol number/s applicable;

0

General - All Scales

All prohibited areas should be fully revised using the NPIL database clip supplied. All features in the NPIL database meeting the size and other selection criteria will be included in the new database. The only exceptions to this rule are those prohibited areas in the TOPO250K NTDB with an authority classification of 'Not Applicable' or 'Other (not specified)' which do not have an equivalent feature in NPIL as well as any additional features which may appear on the source map (when the source map is not the previous edition NTMS). These features should be reviewed against the project instructions and if no direction has been supplied the producer should seek clarification from Geoscience Australia on how and/or if these features should be represented in the revised database.

The Authority classification for prohibited areas should not be populated with a value of 'Not Applicable'. All prohibited areas obtained from miscellaneous sources (e.g. previous edition map or special instruction) whose authority is not known should have an authority classification of 'Other (not specified)'.

Prohibited areas will be named if names are included in the supplied material.

Prohibited areas are to have an accompanying textnote 'prohibited area' unless the words 'prohibited area' are included in the name. Where the reserve is identified by a number, only the reserve type will be shown.

General - All Scales

Prohibited Areas cannot overlap other Prohibited Areas.

Prohibited Areas will be bounded by a Prohibited Area Boundary Line., see section 3 Chapter 5.17.

Where the edge of a Prohibited Area polygon has a similar shape to another feature, such as the edge of a polygon in the Reserves feature class, and is within 50 metres at 1:250 000 of the feature, then the relevant section of polygon edge for the Prohibited Area will be coincident with this other feature. Where both features are of similar shape but the distance separating them is greater than 50 metres at 1:250 000 the relevant section of polygon edge for the Prohibited Area will be made coincident with the feature if it appears relevant section of polygon edge for the Prohibited Area should be following the feature.

General - All Scales

Where the edge of a Prohibited Area polygon has a similar shape to another feature, such as a Road, Watercourse, Railway, Shoreline or WaterbodyBoundaries (except junction and Limit Of Data) , and is within 50 metres of the feature, then the relevant section of polygon edge for the Prohibited Area will be coincident with this other feature. Where both features are of similar shape but the distance separating them is greater than 50 metres the relevant section of polygon edge for the Prohibited Area will be made coincident with the feature if it appears relevant section of polygon edge for the Prohibited Area should be following the feature, for example where the polygon edge for the Prohibited Area is following a stream line.

General - All Scales

Prohibited areas are to have an accompanying note 'prohibited area' unless the words 'prohibited area' are included in the name. Type style for this note will be that specified for 'notes for areas restricted access' Section 2 chapter 6.1. Where the reserve is identified by a number, only the reserve type will be shown.

Prohibited Area Boundary Line, Limit of Data

Section 2 Chapter 5.8
Section 3 chapters 5.17 and 5.18

GEODATA TOPO250K, NTMS 250K

FEATURE TYPE (FEATURETYPE) [String;Yes(No);32;0;0;Pop_Req] The code which identifies the type of topographic feature represented.

Prohibited Area Boundary Line

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Integer;Yes(No);0;5;0;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.

ProhibitedAreaBdyLine

FEATURE RELIABILITY DATE (FEATURERELIABILITY) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;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/digital data for initial capture) used for Spatial Verification

ATTRIBUTE RELIABILITY DATE (ATTRIBUTERELIABILITY) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;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/digital data for initial capture) used for Attribute Verification.

PLANIMETRIC ACCURACY (PLANIMETRICACCURACY) [SmallInteger;Yes(No);0;4;0;Pop_Req] The standard deviation of the horizontal positional accuracy. See Section 1 Chapter 3.7 Positional Accuracy for more information;

DATA SOURCE (SOURCE) [String;Yes(No);50;0;0;Pop_Req] This is the official name of the agency that originally captured the spatial object for the TOPO250K NTDB; The default value when unknown or not specified in project instructions will be GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

UNIQUE FEATURE IDENTIFIER (UFI) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Aut] The unique feature identifier used for the release of Geodata TOPO250K Series 2 product;

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

PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (PID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

SYMBOL (SYMBOL) [SmallInteger;Yes(No);0;4;0;Pop_Req] (Link to Symbol Dictionary) Symbol number/s applicable;

64 - Single boundary
641- Dual boundary
0- Boundary along coastline

FEATURE WIDTH (FEATUREWIDTH) [Double;Yes;0;8;4;Pop_Dep]

Offset from coincident features in millimetres
The offset will move the feature to the left when viewed from start node to end node.

TEXT NOTE (TEXTNOTE) [String;Yes;50;0;0;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.

General - All Scales

Where different Prohibited Areas are separated by a linear feature such as a road two Prohibited Area Boundary Lines will be shown each at greater than 50 metres from the feature separating the Prohibited Areas. Road reserves will not be shown through a Prohibited Area.

The Prohibited Area Boundary Line symbol will not be offset from Reserve Boundary Line symbols if they are not also coincident with another symbolised linear feature.

General - All Scales

Prohibited Area Boundary Lines will bound Prohibited Areas.

Prohibited Area Boundary Lines of symbol number 64 will be digitised such that the Prohibited Area is on the left going from start node to end node.

General - All Scales

When a Prohibited Area Boundary Line has a similar shape to a feature listed below, it must be coincident with that feature if:
- the line falls within 50m, or
- if the Prohibited Area Boundary Line appears that it should follow the feature.

Case Feature Type
A Aerial Cableway
B Canal Boundary Line
B Canal Line
A Cleared Line
A Conveyor
A Dam Wall
A Discontinuities
A Fence
B Flat Boundary Line
A Foot Track
A InternationalBoundary
B Lake Boundary Line (where no perennial feature exists on either side)
B Lake Boundary Line (where perennial feature exists on either side)
A Railway
B Rapid Boundary Line
B Reservoir Boundary Line
A Road
A Sea Wall
C Shoreline
A State Border
A Pipeline (not water)
B Pipeline (water)
B Pondage Boundary Line
A Powerline
B Watercourse Boundary Line (where no perennial feature exists on either side)
B Watercourse Boundary Line (where perennial feature exists on either side)
B Builtup Area edge (feature type polygon)
A Cemetery Area edge (feature type polygon)
A Crater edge (feature type polygon)
A Landmark Area edge (feature type polygon)
A Mine Area edge (feature type polygon)
B Recreation Area edge (feature type polygon)
A Rubbish Tip edge (feature type polygon)
A AircraftFacilityAreas edge (feature class polygon)
A Deformation Area edge (feature class polygon)

In case 'A' the symbol will be 64 or 641 as appropriate. The FEATURE WIDTH value will be such that there will be a gap of 0.15 mm between the respective symbols. For example, where a Prohibited Area Boundary Line is coincident with a Road (class = Principal) the FEATURE WIDTH value will be 0.75 (0.15 plus half the width of the principal road symbol (0.45) plus half the width of the Prohibited Area Boundary Line's symbol (0.15)).

In case 'B' the symbol will be 64 or 641 as appropriate. The Feature Width value will be 0.

In case 'C' the symbol will be 0. The Feature Width value will be 0.

General - All Scales

The Prohibited area line symbol will not be offset from Reserve line symbols if they are not also coincident with another symbolised linear feature.

Area symbols will be masked for the Prohibited area line verge.

Built Up Area, Cemetery Area, RecreationAreas (Feature Class), Prohibited Area, Railway, Road Watercourse, Watercourse Area, Shoreline, WaterbodyBoundaries (Feature Class)

Section 2 chapters 2.9 and 5.8
Section 3 chapters 5.7, 5.8, 5.11.2, and 5.17

NTMS 250K

FEATURE TYPE (FEATURETYPE) [String;Yes(No);32;0;0;Pop_Req] The code which identifies the type of topographic feature represented.

Reserve Boundary Line

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Integer;Yes(No);0;5;0;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.

ReserveBdyLine

FEATURE RELIABILITY DATE (FEATURERELIABILITY) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;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/digital data for initial capture) used for Spatial Verification

ATTRIBUTE RELIABILITY DATE (ATTRIBUTERELIABILITY) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;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/digital data for initial capture) used for Attribute Verification.

PLANIMETRIC ACCURACY (PLANIMETRICACCURACY) [SmallInteger;Yes(No);0;4;0;Pop_Req] The standard deviation of the horizontal positional accuracy. See Section 1 Chapter 3.7 Positional Accuracy for more information;

DATA SOURCE (SOURCE) [String;Yes(No);50;0;0;Pop_Req] This is the official name of the agency that originally captured the spatial object for the TOPO250K NTDB; The default value when unknown or not specified in project instructions will be GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

UNIQUE FEATURE IDENTIFIER (UFI) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Aut] The unique feature identifier used for the release of Geodata TOPO250K Series 2 product;

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

PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (PID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

SYMBOL (SYMBOL) [SmallInteger;Yes(No);0;4;0;Pop_Req] (Link to Symbol Dictionary) Symbol number/s applicable;

65 - Single boundary
650 - Single Boundary no spline
68 - Dual boundary not coincident with another feature
680 - Dual boundary no spline
681 - Dual boundary coincident with another symbolised feature

FEATURE WIDTH (FEATUREWIDTH) [Double;Yes;0;8;4;Pop_Dep]

Offset from coincident features in millimetres. The offset will move the feature to the left when viewed from start to node to end node.

TEXT NOTE (TEXTNOTE) [String;Yes;50;0;0;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.

General - All Scales

Road reserves, powerline reserves and other linear feature reserves will not be shown through reserve areas.

The Reserve Boundary Line symbol will not be offset from coincident Prohibited Area Boundary Line symbols unless the two lines are also coincident with another symbolised feature.

General - All Scales

Reserve Boundary Line features will bound Indigenous Reserve, Forestry Reserve,Nature Conservation Reserve, Water Supply Reserve and Reserve Void features.

Reserve Boundary Lines of symbol 65 & 650 will be digitised such that the Reserves (feature class polygon) is on the left going from start node to end node.

General - All Scales

When a Reserve Boundary Line has a similar shape to a feature listed below, it must be coincident with that feature if:
- the line falls within 50m, or
- if the Reserve Boundary Line appears that it should follow the feature.

Case Feature Type
A Aerial Cableway
C Canal Boundary Line
B Canal Line
A Cleared Line
A Conveyor
A Dam Wall
A Discontinuities
A Fence
B Flat Boundary Line
A Foot Track
A InternationalBoundary
B Lake Boundary Line (where no perennial feature exists on either side)
C Lake Boundary Line (where perennial feature exists on either side)
A Railway
B Rapid Boundary Line
C Reservoir Boundary Line
A Road
A Sea Wall
C Shoreline
A State Border
A Pipeline (not water)
B Pipeline (water)
B Pondage Boundary Line
A Powerline
C Watercourse
B Watercourse Boundary Line (where no perennial feature exists on either side)
C Watercourse Boundary Line (where perennial feature exists on either side)
B Builtup Area edge (feature type polygon)
A Cemetery Area edge (feature type polygon)
A Crater edge (feature type polygon)
A Landmark Area edge (feature type polygon)
A Mine Area edge (feature type polygon)
B Recreation Area edge (feature type polygon)
A Rubbish Tip edge (feature type polygon)
A AircraftFacilityAreas edge (feature class polygon)
A Deformation Area edge (feature class polygon)

In case 'A' the symbol will be 65 or 681 as appropriate. The FEATURE WIDTH value will be such that there will be a gap of 0.15 mm between the respective symbols. For example, where a Reserve Boundary Line is coincident with a Road (class = Principal) the FEATURE WIDTH value will be 0.725 (0.15 plus half the width of the principal road symbol (0.45) plus half the width of the Reserve Boundary Line's symbol (0.125)).

In case 'B' the symbol will be 65 or 68 as appropriate. The Feature Width value will be 0.

In case 'C' the symbol will be 0, 650 or 680 as appropriate. The Feature Width value will be 0.

General - All Scales

The Reserve Boundary Line symbol will not be offset from coincident Prohibited Area Boundary Line symbols unless the two lines are also coincident with another symbolised feature.

Built Up Area, Cemetery Area, RecreationAreas (Feature Class) , Railway, Indigenous Reserve, Forestry Reserve, Nature Conservation Reserve, Water Supply Reserve, Road, Watercourse, Watercourse Area , Shoreline, WaterbodyBoundaries (Feature Class)

Section 2 chapter 5.8
Section 3 chapters 5.7, 5.8, 5.11.2 and 5.17

NTMS 250K

FEATURE TYPE (FEATURETYPE) [String;Yes(No);32;0;0;Pop_Req] The code which identifies the type of topographic feature represented.

Reserved Crown Land

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Integer;Yes(No);0;5;0;Pop_Req] The numeric value assigned to sub classify the feature

6

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

ReservedCrownLand

ADMINISTRATION NAME (ADMINNAME) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Wk] The official (gazetted) name of the Administration Area (or if an official name is unknown, the common name used to designate this area).

The name of the Reserved Crown Land

AMINISTRATION ID (ADMINID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] The Administration Area Identifier used to link the original source data to the converted data.

AGENCY PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (AGENCYPID) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Wk] The source agency's persistent identifier;

CONTROLLING AUTHORITY (AUTHORITY) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Req] Name of controlling authority

CLASSIFICATION (CLASS) [String;Yes(No);40;0;0;Pop_Req] The entities classification or status;

This field is not applicable to this subtype and therefore is currently not to be populated;

CURRENCY (CURRENCY) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] Date data was received or confirmed to be correct as per available information at the time.

FEATURE AREA (FEATAREA) [Double;Yes;0;38;8;Pop_Wk] The declared area of the reserve, as opposed to a machine calculated area, recorded to the nearest hectare.

IUCN CODING SYSTEM (IUCN) [String;Yes;4;0;0;Pop_Wk] Internationally defined set of management (World Conservation Union) categories.

LATEST GAZETTEER ENTRY (LATEST_GAZ) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] The date of the most recent gazetted amendment or verification by the relevant state authority.

PROCLAIMED DATE (PROCLAIMED) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] The Gazettal date of the original proclamation of the Administration Area.

PROVIDER (PROVIDER) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Req] The provider of the data spatial/attribute representation.

STATE/TERRITORY (STATE) [String;Yes(No);30;0;0;Pop_Req] Australian/Foreign State or Territory identifier code;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_IslandState;
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
JERVIS BAY TERRITORY
NEW SOUTH WALES
NORTHERN TERRITORY
NOT APPLICABLE
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
QUEENSLAND
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
TASMANIA
VICTORIA
WESTERN AUSTRALIA

METADATA COMMENTS (METADATACOMMENT) [String;Yes;1000;0;0;Pop_Dep] Comments expanding on the issues related to data capture, representation or sources.

RESTRICTIONS ON USE (RESTRICTIONS) [String;Yes;50;0;0;Pop_Req] Specific restrictions for data usage as defined by licence agreements, land owners, agreements with other agencies supplying the data.

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_Restrictions;
Australian Federal Govt Only
Australian Federal Govt plus NMI Map Products
Geoscience Australia Only
Geoscience Australia plus NMI Map Products
NMI Only
NMI Only plus NMI Map Products
NMI Use for 3rd Party
NMI Use for 3rd Party plus NMI Map Products
Public Access
Whole of Govt Only
Whole of Govt plus NMI Map Products

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

PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (PID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

SYMBOL (SYMBOL) [SmallInteger;Yes(No);0;4;0;Pop_Req] (Link to Symbol Dictionary) Symbol number/s applicable;

0

UPPER SCALE OF DATA UTILISATION (UPPERSCALE) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Dep] Upper Scale for which the entity should be considered suitable either in its current representation or in a different geometry representation;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_UpperScale;
0
25000
50000
100000
250000
1000000
2500000
5000000
10000000

UPPER SCALE CERTAINTY (USCERTAINTY) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Dep] Classification of upper scale certainty;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_USCertainty;
Definite
Indefinite
Undefined

EDIT CODE (EDITCODE) [SmallInteger;Yes;0;2;0;Pop_Dep] A number allowed for ease of symbology of errors or production notes. This code is for production purposes and therefore for producers internal use only and will not be validated.

General - All Scales

All Reserve Crown Lands obtained from designated Authoritative Providers will be included within the database regardless of size.

Reserve Crown Lands will be given an UPPERSCALE of 0 and an USCERTAINTY of 'Definite'.

Section 2 Chapter 5.8
Section 3 chapters 5.16, 5.17, 5.18, 5.20

FEATURE TYPE (FEATURETYPE) [String;Yes(No);32;0;0;Pop_Req] The code which identifies the type of topographic feature represented.

Sundry Reserve

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Integer;Yes(No);0;5;0;Pop_Req] The numeric value assigned to sub classify the feature

7

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

SundryReserve

ADMINISTRATION NAME (ADMINNAME) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Wk] The official (gazetted) name of the Administration Area (or if an official name is unknown, the common name used to designate this area).

The name of the Sundry Reserve

AMINISTRATION ID (ADMINID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] The Administration Area Identifier used to link the original source data to the converted data.

AGENCY PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (AGENCYPID) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Wk] The source agency's persistent identifier;

CONTROLLING AUTHORITY (AUTHORITY) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Req] Name of controlling authority

CLASSIFICATION (CLASS) [String;Yes(No);40;0;0;Pop_Req] The entities classification or status;

This field is not applicable to this subtype and therefore is currently not to be populated;

CURRENCY (CURRENCY) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] Date data was received or confirmed to be correct as per available information at the time.

FEATURE AREA (FEATAREA) [Double;Yes;0;38;8;Pop_Wk] The declared area of the reserve, as opposed to a machine calculated area, recorded to the nearest hectare.

IUCN CODING SYSTEM (IUCN) [String;Yes;4;0;0;Pop_Wk] Internationally defined set of management (World Conservation Union) categories.

LATEST GAZETTEER ENTRY (LATEST_GAZ) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] The date of the most recent gazetted amendment or verification by the relevant state authority.

PROCLAIMED DATE (PROCLAIMED) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] The Gazettal date of the original proclamation of the Administration Area.

PROVIDER (PROVIDER) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Req] The provider of the data spatial/attribute representation.

STATE/TERRITORY (STATE) [String;Yes(No);30;0;0;Pop_Req] Australian/Foreign State or Territory identifier code;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_IslandState;
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
JERVIS BAY TERRITORY
NEW SOUTH WALES
NORTHERN TERRITORY
NOT APPLICABLE
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
QUEENSLAND
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
TASMANIA
VICTORIA
WESTERN AUSTRALIA

METADATA COMMENTS (METADATACOMMENT) [String;Yes;1000;0;0;Pop_Dep] Comments expanding on the issues related to data capture, representation or sources.

RESTRICTIONS ON USE (RESTRICTIONS) [String;Yes;50;0;0;Pop_Req] Specific restrictions for data usage as defined by licence agreements, land owners, agreements with other agencies supplying the data.

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_Restrictions;
Australian Federal Govt Only
Australian Federal Govt plus NMI Map Products
Geoscience Australia Only
Geoscience Australia plus NMI Map Products
NMI Only
NMI Only plus NMI Map Products
NMI Use for 3rd Party
NMI Use for 3rd Party plus NMI Map Products
Public Access
Whole of Govt Only
Whole of Govt plus NMI Map Products

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

PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (PID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

SYMBOL (SYMBOL) [SmallInteger;Yes(No);0;4;0;Pop_Req] (Link to Symbol Dictionary) Symbol number/s applicable;

0

UPPER SCALE OF DATA UTILISATION (UPPERSCALE) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Dep] Upper Scale for which the entity should be considered suitable either in its current representation or in a different geometry representation;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_UpperScale;
0
25000
50000
100000
250000
1000000
2500000
5000000
10000000

UPPER SCALE CERTAINTY (USCERTAINTY) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Dep] Classification of upper scale certainty;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_USCertainty;
Definite
Indefinite
Undefined

EDIT CODE (EDITCODE) [SmallInteger;Yes;0;2;0;Pop_Dep] A number allowed for ease of symbology of errors or production notes. This code is for production purposes and therefore for producers internal use only and will not be validated.

General - All Scales

All Sundry Reserves obtained from designated Authoritative Providers will be included within the database regardless of size.

Sundry Reserves will be given an UPPERSCALE of 0 and an USCERTAINTY of 'Definite'.

Section 2 Chapter 5.8
Section 3 chapters 5.16, 5.17, 5.18, 5.20

FEATURE TYPE (FEATURETYPE) [String;Yes(No);32;0;0;Pop_Req] The code which identifies the type of topographic feature represented.

Vacant Crown Land

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Integer;Yes(No);0;5;0;Pop_Req] The numeric value assigned to sub classify the feature

8

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

VacantCrownLand

ADMINISTRATION NAME (ADMINNAME) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Wk] The official (gazetted) name of the Administration Area (or if an official name is unknown, the common name used to designate this area).

The name of the Vacant Crown Land

AMINISTRATION ID (ADMINID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] The Administration Area Identifier used to link the original source data to the converted data.

AGENCY PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (AGENCYPID) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Wk] The source agency's persistent identifier;

CONTROLLING AUTHORITY (AUTHORITY) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Req] Name of controlling authority

CLASSIFICATION (CLASS) [String;Yes(No);40;0;0;Pop_Req] The entities classification or status;

This field is not applicable to this subtype and therefore is currently not to be populated;

CURRENCY (CURRENCY) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] Date data was received or confirmed to be correct as per available information at the time.

FEATURE AREA (FEATAREA) [Double;Yes;0;38;8;Pop_Wk] The declared area of the reserve, as opposed to a machine calculated area, recorded to the nearest hectare.

IUCN CODING SYSTEM (IUCN) [String;Yes;4;0;0;Pop_Wk] Internationally defined set of management (World Conservation Union) categories.

LATEST GAZETTEER ENTRY (LATEST_GAZ) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] The date of the most recent gazetted amendment or verification by the relevant state authority.

PROCLAIMED DATE (PROCLAIMED) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] The Gazettal date of the original proclamation of the Administration Area.

PROVIDER (PROVIDER) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Req] The provider of the data spatial/attribute representation.

STATE/TERRITORY (STATE) [String;Yes(No);30;0;0;Pop_Req] Australian/Foreign State or Territory identifier code;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_IslandState;
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
JERVIS BAY TERRITORY
NEW SOUTH WALES
NORTHERN TERRITORY
NOT APPLICABLE
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
QUEENSLAND
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
TASMANIA
VICTORIA
WESTERN AUSTRALIA

METADATA COMMENTS (METADATACOMMENT) [String;Yes;1000;0;0;Pop_Dep] Comments expanding on the issues related to data capture, representation or sources.

RESTRICTIONS ON USE (RESTRICTIONS) [String;Yes;50;0;0;Pop_Req] Specific restrictions for data usage as defined by licence agreements, land owners, agreements with other agencies supplying the data.

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_Restrictions;
Australian Federal Govt Only
Australian Federal Govt plus NMI Map Products
Geoscience Australia Only
Geoscience Australia plus NMI Map Products
NMI Only
NMI Only plus NMI Map Products
NMI Use for 3rd Party
NMI Use for 3rd Party plus NMI Map Products
Public Access
Whole of Govt Only
Whole of Govt plus NMI Map Products

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

PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (PID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

SYMBOL (SYMBOL) [SmallInteger;Yes(No);0;4;0;Pop_Req] (Link to Symbol Dictionary) Symbol number/s applicable;

0

UPPER SCALE OF DATA UTILISATION (UPPERSCALE) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Dep] Upper Scale for which the entity should be considered suitable either in its current representation or in a different geometry representation;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_UpperScale;
0
25000
50000
100000
250000
1000000
2500000
5000000
10000000

UPPER SCALE CERTAINTY (USCERTAINTY) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Dep] Classification of upper scale certainty;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_USCertainty;
Definite
Indefinite
Undefined

EDIT CODE (EDITCODE) [SmallInteger;Yes;0;2;0;Pop_Dep] A number allowed for ease of symbology of errors or production notes. This code is for production purposes and therefore for producers internal use only and will not be validated.

General - All Scales

All Vacant Crown Lands obtained from designated Authoritative Providers will be included within the database regardless of size.

Vacant Crown Land will be given an UPPERSCALE of 0 and an USCERTAINTY of 'Definite'.

Section 2 Chapter 5.8
Section 3 chapters 5.16, 5.17, 5.18, 5.20

FEATURE TYPE (FEATURETYPE) [String;Yes(No);32;0;0;Pop_Req] The code which identifies the type of topographic feature represented.

Water Supply Reserve

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Integer;Yes(No);0;5;0;Pop_Req] The numeric value assigned to sub classify the feature

9

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

WaterSupplyReserve

ADMINISTRATION NAME (ADMINNAME) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Wk] The official (gazetted) name of the Administration Area (or if an official name is unknown, the common name used to designate this area).

The name of the Water Supply Reserve (see Geodatabase Rules for population requirements).

AMINISTRATION ID (ADMINID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] The Administration Area Identifier used to link the original source data to the converted data.

AGENCY PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (AGENCYPID) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Wk] The source agency's persistent identifier;

CONTROLLING AUTHORITY (AUTHORITY) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Req] Name of controlling authority

CLASSIFICATION (CLASS) [String;Yes(No);40;0;0;Pop_Req] The entities classification or status;

This field is not applicable to this subtype and therefore is currently not to be populated;

CURRENCY (CURRENCY) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] Date data was received or confirmed to be correct as per available information at the time.

FEATURE AREA (FEATAREA) [Double;Yes;0;38;8;Pop_Wk] The declared area of the reserve, as opposed to a machine calculated area, recorded to the nearest hectare.

IUCN CODING SYSTEM (IUCN) [String;Yes;4;0;0;Pop_Wk] Internationally defined set of management (World Conservation Union) categories.

LATEST GAZETTEER ENTRY (LATEST_GAZ) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] The date of the most recent gazetted amendment or verification by the relevant state authority.

PROCLAIMED DATE (PROCLAIMED) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;Pop_Wk] The Gazettal date of the original proclamation of the Administration Area.

PROVIDER (PROVIDER) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Req] The provider of the data spatial/attribute representation.

STATE/TERRITORY (STATE) [String;Yes(No);30;0;0;Pop_Req] Australian/Foreign State or Territory identifier code;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_IslandState;
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
JERVIS BAY TERRITORY
NEW SOUTH WALES
NORTHERN TERRITORY
NOT APPLICABLE
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
QUEENSLAND
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
TASMANIA
VICTORIA
WESTERN AUSTRALIA

METADATA COMMENTS (METADATACOMMENT) [String;Yes;1000;0;0;Pop_Dep] Comments expanding on the issues related to data capture, representation or sources.

RESTRICTIONS ON USE (RESTRICTIONS) [String;Yes;50;0;0;Pop_Req] Specific restrictions for data usage as defined by licence agreements, land owners, agreements with other agencies supplying the data.

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_Restrictions;
Australian Federal Govt Only
Australian Federal Govt plus NMI Map Products
Geoscience Australia Only
Geoscience Australia plus NMI Map Products
NMI Only
NMI Only plus NMI Map Products
NMI Use for 3rd Party
NMI Use for 3rd Party plus NMI Map Products
Public Access
Whole of Govt Only
Whole of Govt plus NMI Map Products

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

PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (PID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

SYMBOL (SYMBOL) [SmallInteger;Yes(No);0;4;0;Pop_Req] (Link to Symbol Dictionary) Symbol number/s applicable;

65
0 - non printing see map rules

UPPER SCALE OF DATA UTILISATION (UPPERSCALE) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Dep] Upper Scale for which the entity should be considered suitable either in its current representation or in a different geometry representation;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_UpperScale;
0
25000
50000
100000
250000
1000000
2500000
5000000
10000000

UPPER SCALE CERTAINTY (USCERTAINTY) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Dep] Classification of upper scale certainty;

Acceptable Domain Entries from dm_USCertainty;
Definite
Indefinite
Undefined

EDIT CODE (EDITCODE) [SmallInteger;Yes;0;2;0;Pop_Dep] A number allowed for ease of symbology of errors or production notes. This code is for production purposes and therefore for producers internal use only and will not be validated.

General - All Scales

All Water Supply Reserves obtained from designated Authoritative Providers will be included within the database regardless of size.

Where a named Water Supply Reserve is broken into a number of areas, these areas will be merged to form a multi-polygon when they have identical attributes (excluding Revised, PID, Dimension, Editcode, Metadata Comments).

The Authority classification for reserve areas should not be populated with 'Not Applicable'. All reserves whose authority is not known, should have a authority value of 'Other (not specified)'.

Water Supply Reserve features will be named where named in the databases supplied by the designated Authoritative Providers. Where the reserve is identified by a number only, the name field will populated with the type of reserve (e.g. Water Supply Reserve) and the number will not be translated from the database supplied by the designated Authoritative providers.

Where a Water Supply Reserve surrounds, or is coincident with a waterbody of the same root name, name the waterbody in the Waterbodies feature dataset and populate the Water Supply Reserve feature type with the generic name 'Water Supply Reserve' in the name field.

Water Supply Reserves in Western Australia are to be excluded from the NTDBs, the exception will be those Water Supply Reserves, with restricted access, which are used for urban consumption.

The UPPERSCALE value will be applied based on a 'Water Supply Reserves' meeting the minimum size for data capture/map representation. Where a named Water Supply Reserve is broken up into a number of areas with the identical attributes of 'NAME' and 'AUTHORITY', then all the component areas should be assigned the 'UPPERSCALE' value based on the total area of the sum of the component parts.

General - All Scales

Water Supply Reserves can only overlap the following features in the Administration Feature Dataset:
Nature Conservation Reserves and Forestry Reserves.

When the dimension is equal to or greater than 500 000 for:
-a specific Administration Area , or
-a set of named reserve areas which have identical attribute combinations using the FEATURE TYPE, NAME and AUTHORITY fields,
the following paragraph will apply:

Where the edge of a Administration Area polygon has a similar shape to another Administration Area feature (of the following feature types: Defence And Prohibited, Forestry Reserve, Indigenous Land, Nature Conservation Reserve, Water Supply Reserve), and is within 50 metres of the feature, then the relevant section of polygon edge for the Administration Area will be coincident with this other feature. Where both features are of similar shape but the distance separating them is greater than 50 metres the relevant section of polygon edge for the Administration Area will be made coincident with the feature if it appears the relevant section of polygon edge for the Administration Area should be following the feature. These rules will not apply where two reserves are separated by a road reserve. In such cases the separation between the two boundaries will be maintained.

General - All Scales

When the dimension is equal to or greater than 500 000 for:
-a specific Administration Area , or
-a set of named reserve areas which have identical attribute combinations using the FEATURE TYPE, NAME and AUTHORITY fields,
the following rules will apply:

Where the edge of a Administration Area (of the following feature types: Defence And Prohibited, Forestry Reserve, Indigenous Land, Nature Conservation Reserve, Water Supply Reserve) has a similar shape to a feature listed below, it must be coincident with that feature if the feature meets the minimum size criteria for 1:100 000 or 1:250 000 and:
- the edge of the Administration Area falls within 50 metres of the feature, or
- the edge of the Administration Area appears that it should follow the feature.

Aerial Cableway
Canal Line
Cleared Line
Conveyor
Dam Wall
Discontinuities
Fence
Foot Track
InternationalBoundary
Railway
Road
Sea Wall
Shoreline
State Border
Pipelines (feature class)
Powerline
Watercourse
AircraftFacilityAreas (feature class (polygon edge))
Builtup Area (feature type (polygon edge))
Canal Area (feature type (polygon edge)
Cemetery Area (feature type (polygon edge))
Crater (feature type (polygon edge))
Deformation Areas (feature class (polygon edge))
Flats (feature class (polygon edge))
Lake (feature type (polygon edge))
Landmark Area (feature type (polygon edge))
Mine Area (feature type (polygon edge ))
Pondage Areas (feature class (polygon edge))
Recreation Area (feature type (polygon edge))
Reservoirs (feature class (polygon edge))
Rubbish Tip (feature type (polygon edge))
Watercourse Area (feature type (polygon edge))

The above rules will not apply where two reserves are separated by a road reserve. In such cases the separation between the two boundaries will be maintained.

General - All Scales

Water Supply Reserve features will be named where named in the database. Where the reserve is identified by a number only, the Water Supply Reserve will be labeled with the type of reserve (e.g. Water Supply Reserve) and the number will not be shown.

Where a Water Supply Reserve surrounds, or is coincident with a waterbody of the same root name, name the waterbody in the Waterbodies cover and do not name the Water Supply Reserve. However a descriptive note 'water supply reserve' should be added in parenthesis following the waterbody name.

Only 'Water Supply Reserves' with an UPPERSCALE of '100000' or greater (eg '250000','10000000') will be represented on the map face.

Section 2 Chapter 5.8
Section 3 chapters 5.16, 5.17, 5.18, 5.20

NTMS 100K

FEATURE TYPE (FEATURETYPE) [String;Yes(No);32;0;0;Pop_Req] The code which identifies the type of topographic feature represented.

Water Supply Reserve

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Integer;Yes(No);0;5;0;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.

WaterSupplyReserve

NAME (NAME) [String;Yes;60;0;0;Pop_Dep]

The name of the Water Supply Reserve (see Geodatabase Rules for population requirements).

CONTROLLING AUTHORITY (AUTHORITY) [String;Yes;100;0;0;Pop_Req] Name of controlling authority

FEATURE RELIABILITY DATE (FEATURERELIABILITY) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;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/digital data for initial capture) used for Spatial Verification

ATTRIBUTE RELIABILITY DATE (ATTRIBUTERELIABILITY) [Date;Yes;36;0;0;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/digital data for initial capture) used for Attribute Verification.

PLANIMETRIC ACCURACY (PLANIMETRICACCURACY) [SmallInteger;Yes(No);0;4;0;Pop_Req] The standard deviation of the horizontal positional accuracy. See Section 1 Chapter 3.7 Positional Accuracy for more information;

DATA SOURCE (SOURCE) [String;Yes(No);50;0;0;Pop_Req] This is the official name of the agency that originally captured the spatial object for the TOPO250K NTDB; The default value when unknown or not specified in project instructions will be GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

UNIQUE FEATURE IDENTIFIER (UFI) [String;Yes;10;0;0;Pop_Aut] The unique feature identifier used for the release of Geodata TOPO250K Series 2 product;

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

PERSISTENT IDENTIFIER (PID) [Integer;Yes;0;8;0;Pop_Aut] This field will be entered/edited automatically by GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA.

SYMBOL (SYMBOL) [SmallInteger;Yes(No);0;4;0;Pop_Req] (Link to Symbol Dictionary) Symbol number/s applicable;

0

General - All Scales

Water Supply Reserves included in the NPIL database and meeting the size criteria will be shown. Where a named Water Supply Reserve is broken into a number of areas with identical attributes, each area will be shown regardless of size if the total area of the reserve meets the size criteria. These areas will be merged to form a multi-part polygon.

The Authority classification for reserve areas should not be populated with 'Not Applicable'. All reserves whose authority is not known, should have a authority value of 'Other (not specified)'.

Water Supply Reserve features will be named where named in the NPIL database. Where the reserve is identified by a number only, the name field will populated with the type of reserve (e.g. Water Supply Reserve) and the number will not be translated from the NPIL database.

Where a Water Supply Reserve surrounds, or is coincident with a waterbody of the same root name, name the waterbody in the Waterbodies feature dataset and provide the generic name 'Water Supply Reserve' in the name field on the Water Supply Reserve feature type.

Water Supply Reserves in Western Australia are to be excluded from the NTDBs, the exception will be those Water Supply Reserves, with restricted access, which are used for urban consumption.

General - All Scales

Water Supply Reserve features will be bounded by a Reserve Boundary Line feature.

The Water Supply Reserve feature cannot overlap other polygons in the Reserves Feature Class ie. Two differing reserve types cannot share a common polygon area.

Where the edge of a Reserves (feature type) polygon has a similar shape to another feature, such as the edge of a Prohibited Area polygon, and is within 50 metres of the feature, then the relevant section of polygon edge for the Reserve will be coincident with this other feature. Where both features are of similar shape but the distance separating them is greater than 50 metres the relevant section of polygon edge for the Reserve will be made coincident with the feature if it appears the relevant section of polygon edge for the Reserve should be following the feature. These rules will not apply where two reserves are separated by a road reserve. In such cases the separation between the two boundaries will be maintained.

General - All Scales

Where the edge of a Reserves (feature type) polygon has a similar shape to another feature, such as a Road, Watercourse, Railway, Shoreline or WaterbodyBoundaries (except junction and Limit Of Data) and is within 50 metres of the feature, then the relevant section of polygon edge for the Reserve will be coincident with this other feature. Where both features are of similar shape but the distance separating them is greater than 50 metres the relevant section of polygon edge for the Reserve will be made coincident with the feature if it appears the relevant section of polygon edge for the Reserve should be following the feature, for example where the boundary is following a stream line. These rules will not apply where two reserves are separated by a road reserve. In such cases the separation between the two boundaries will be maintained.

General - All Scales

Water Supply Reserve features will be named where named in the NPIL database. Where the reserve is identified by a number only the reserve type will be shown.

Where a Water Supply Reserve surrounds, or is coincident with a waterbody of the same root name, name the waterbody in the Waterbodies cover and do not name the Water Supply Reserve. However a descriptive note 'water supply reserve' should be added in parenthesis following the waterbody name.

Reserve Boundary Line , Limit of Data

Section 2 Chapter 5.8
Section 3 chapters 5.16, 5.17 and 5.18

GEODATA TOPO250K, NTMS 250K