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Dataset
Title Cocos (Keeling) Islands Land Use Plan and Planning Scheme 1992 GIS Database
Custodian Cocos (Keeling) Islands Council
Jurisdiction Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Description
Abstract This dataset contains planning related cultural and environmental layers. Source data is of variable resolution as outlined in the original documentation. Standard attributes such as UFI, AREA and PERIMETER, LENGTH will be in addition to those in the following table. UFI is a unique feature identifier.

Layers include:

SHAPEFILE NAME
FEATURES
EXTENT
FEATURE CLASS
ATTRIBUTES
airport.shp Runway and parking area West Island Polygon FEATURE; DESC
erosion.shp Erosion prone coastline; Potential breach areas West Island Line CODE; FEATURE; DESC
habitat.shp Migratory bird habitats Southern Atoll Polygon TYPE; FEATURE; DESC; SPECIES
islands.shp Coastline Southern Atoll Polygon FEATURE; DESC; HECTARES
lagoon.shp Reef outline; Coastline Southern Atoll Polygon ZONE; FEATURE; DESC
landuse.shp Coastline; Cadastral boundaries; Existing land use Southern Atoll Polygon USE; FEATURE; DESC
marine.shp Coastline; Marine habitats Southern Atoll Polygon CODE; FEATURE; DESC; HABITAT; HABITATG
marres.shp Coastline; Important marine areas Southern Atoll Polygon TYPE; FEATURE; DESC
nklagoon.shp Reef outline; Coastline North Keeling Island Polygon ZONE; FEATURE; DESC
nksites.shp Heritage sites North Keeling Island Point TYPE; FEATURE; DESC
nkuse.shp Coastline; Cadastral boundaries; Existing land use North Keeling Island Polygon USE; FEATURE; DESC
northk.shp Coastline North Keeling Island Polygon FEATURE; DESC; HECTARES
option.shp Coastline; Planning options Southern Atoll Polygon OPT; FEATURE; DESC
pref.shp Coastline; Preferred planning options Southern Atoll Polygon OPT; FEATURE; DESC
recres.shp Coastline; Recreation facilities and water-based activities Southern Atoll Polygon TYPE; FEATURE; DESC
reef.shp Reef outline Southern Atoll Polygon None
roads.shp Sealed and unsealed roads; Cycle path Southern Atoll Line TYPE; FEATURE; DESC
rubbish.shp Coastline; Rubbish problem areas Southern Atoll Polygon DUMP; FEATURE; DESC
sites.shp Heritage sites Southern Atoll Point TYPE; FEATURE; DESC
sites2.shp Heritage sites Southern Atoll Polygon TYPE; FEATURE; DESC
topo.shp Coastline; Reef flat; Lagoon; Beaches; Swamps Southern Atoll Polygon FEAT; FEATURE; DESC
tourist.shp Proposed tourist development areas Southern Atoll Polygon None
utilslin.shp Public utilities and services infrastructure Southern Atoll Line TYPE; FEATURE; DESC; LABEL
utilspnt.shp Public utilities and services infrastructure Southern Atoll Point TYPE; FEATURE; DESC; LABEL
veg.shp Coastline; Native vegetation communities Southern Atoll Polygon TYPE; FEATURE; DESC
veg2.shp Coastline; Vegetation structure Southern Atoll Polygon STRUC; FEATURE; DESC
water.shp Known and potential groundwater lenses Southern Atoll Polygon LENS; FEATURE; DESC
zone.shp Coastline; Statutory land use plan Southern Atoll Polygon ZONE; FEATURE; DESC
psm.shp Survey marks West Island; Home Island Point PSM; DESC; AS2482; HEIGHT
Search Word(s) HUMAN ENVIRONMENT Planning
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT Structures and Facilities
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT Urban Design
Geographic Extent Name(s) Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Data Currency
Beginning Date not known
Ending Date 1 Jan 1992
Dataset Status
Progress Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency Not Known
Access
Stored Data Format ESRI Shapefile
Available Format Type ESRI Shapefile
Access Constraint Not Known
Data Quality
Lineage For lineage prior to receipt by GA, see original documentation (PDF).

GA merged southern atoll layers where islands were separate layers, added FEATURE and DESC fields to shapefiles (description sourced from documentation and/or look-up tables). The FEATURE field contains short, upper case entries without spaces (facilitating portability). GA added UFI (Unique Feature Identifier) fields to all attribute tables.

For the marine.shp shapefile, the original TYPE field was used to populate the new FEATURE and DESC fields. HABITAT is a description of the CODE field. HABITATG is a grouping of the CODE field as outlined in the original documentation for the marres2 coverage.

In December 2003 GA projected the data to UTM (WGS84) zone 47S.
Positional Accuracy Variable. For descriptions of accuracy see the original documentation.
Attribute Accuracy not known
Logical Consistency not known
Completeness Appears complete for areas other than Horsburgh and North Keeling Islands.
Metadata Date 13-01-2004
Contact Information
Contact Organisation Attorney-General's Department
Contact Position Territories
Mail Address GPO Box 594, Canberra, A.C.T 2601
Locality 111 Alinga Street Canberra
State ACT
Country Australia
Postcode 2601
Telephone (02) 6274 6124
Facsimile (02) 6274 8040
Electronic Mail Address sean.hambrook@ag.gov.au
Additional Metadata
Projection UTM (WGS84) zone 47S - originally supplied as Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 47S (WGS72) projection.