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

Aquaculture Area

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bore

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Currently not used by symbology; 0

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

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

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

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

At 1:250 000 in sparsely and moderately settled regions as defined by Appendix C ‘Fence and Water Facilities Guide’, size and any other selection criteria apply to new feature occurrences. All feature occurrences existing in the TOPO250K NTDB will be retained unless there is clear evidence they no longer exist.

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

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

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

Names of these features will be shown.

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

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

Spring, Water tank , Windpump 

Appendix C  

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

Canal Area

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Canal Boundary Line

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Flat Boundary Line

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

0

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

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

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

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

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

Flood Irrigation Storage

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reservoirs will mask Recreation Areas (feature class).

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

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

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

Gnamma Hole

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

82

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

Currently not used by symbology; 0

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

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

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

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

At 1:250 000 in sparsely and moderately settled regions as defined by Appendix C ‘Fence and Water Facilities Guide’, size and any other selection criteria apply to new feature occurrences. All feature occurrences existing in the TOPO250K NTDB will be retained unless there is clear evidence they no longer exist.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Appendix C  

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

Junction

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

0

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

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

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

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

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

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

Section 3 chapters 5.11, 5.15, 5.17 and 6.9  

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

Lake

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10 - Perennial
11 - Non-perennial

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Perennial Lakes cannot overlap;
Forest Or Shrub.  

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

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

Lakes will mask Recreation Areas (feature class).

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

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

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

Lake Boundary Line

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

94

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Land Subject To Inundation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14

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

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

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

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

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

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

Connectors may be shown through this feature.  

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

Section 3 chapter 6.9, 5.17 and 5.18

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

Limit Of Data

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Long Integer; No; 5; Pop_Req] The numeric value assigned to sub classify the feature
9

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PLANIMETRIC ACCURACY (PLANIMETRICACCURACY) [Short Integer; No; 4; Pop_Req] The standard deviation of the horizontal positional accuracy.The default value, when not specified in project instructions, will be as follows;
1 / 1 / 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

0

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

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

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.  

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

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

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

Marine Swamp

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

908

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

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

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

Polygons that are smaller than the minimum size for inclusion and are in groups may be aggregated into one larger representative polygon where the small areas of marine swamp are less than 0.5 mm apart at map scale.
 
Watercourses entering swampy areas will be shown only to the limits of eroded channels.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Section 3 chapter 6.9, 5.17 and 5.18

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

Native Well

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Currently not used by symbology; 0

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

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

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

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

At 1:250 000 in sparsely and moderately settled regions as defined by Appendix C ‘Fence and Water Facilities Guide’, size and any other selection criteria apply to new feature occurrences. All feature occurrences existing in the TOPO250K NTDB will be retained unless there is clear evidence they no longer exist.

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

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

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

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

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

Lake, Spring, Water Tank , Waterhole, Rock Hole, Pool, Gnamma Hole, Soak

Appendix C  

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

Pondage Boundary Line

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pool

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Currently not used by symbology; 0

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

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

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

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

At 1:250 000 in sparsely and moderately settled regions as defined by Appendix C ‘Fence and Water Facilities Guide’, size and any other selection criteria apply to new feature occurrences. All feature occurrences existing in the TOPO250K NTDB will be retained unless there is clear evidence they no longer exist.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Appendix C  

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

Rapid Area

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rapids are only to be shown in perennial streams.

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

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

Rapids in double line streams will be shown as Rapid Area features. Rapids on watercourse (lines) will be captured as rapid lines.
 
Rapids will be TextNoted ‘rapid’ if rapid is not included in the name.  

Rapid Area must overlap;
Watercourse Area

Where the Rapid Area edge (feature type polygon) is associated with the river bank it must be coincident with the associated boundary of the watercourse area.

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

Rapids cannot overlap;
Sea or Building Area.  

Rapids will be labelled ‘rapid’ if rapid is not included in the name.  

Connector, Rapid Boundary Line, Rapid Line, Limit of Data, Watercourse, Watercourse Area , Shoreline, WaterbodyBoundaries (Feature Class) 

Section 3 chapters 5.17, 5.18 and 6.9

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

Rapid Boundary Line

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

0  

See Rapid Area
 
 

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

Rapid Area, Rapid Line, WaterbodyBoundaries (feature class)  

Section 3 chapters 5.11, 5.15, 5.17 and 6.9  

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

Reservoir Boundary Line

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rockhole

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Currently not used by symbology; 0

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

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

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

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

At 1:250 000 in sparsely and moderately settled regions as defined by Appendix C ‘Fence and Water Facilities Guide’, size and any other selection criteria apply to new feature occurrences. All feature occurrences existing in the TOPO250K NTDB will be retained unless there is clear evidence they no longer exist.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Appendix C  

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

Saline Coastal Flat

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

NAME (NAME) [String; Yes; 60; Pop_Dep] The name of the saline coastal flat.

Currently not to be populated.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Polygons that are smaller than the minimum size for inclusion and are in groups may be aggregated into one larger representative polygon where they are less than 0.5 mm apart at map scale.
 
A TextNote is only required when the previous edition map, revision source material or a special instruction from Geoscience Australia indicates precise characteristics of the Saline Coastal flat e.g. mud.

Saline coastal flat cannot overlap;
Other polygon features within the Waterbodies Dataset.   

Saline coastal flats will be bounded by entities in the WaterbodyBoundaries feature class.

Saline coastal flat cannot overlap;
Sea, Mangrove

A descriptive note is only required when the previous edition map, revision source material or a special instruction from Geoscience Australia indicates precise characteristics of the Saline Coastal flat e.g. mud.

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

Section 3 chapter 6.9, 5.17 and 5.18

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

Salt Evaporator

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Levee banks or canals less than 5 mm in length at map scale will not be shown within salt evaporators.

Adjacent segments will be shown as one polygon, divided by salt evaporator internal lines.
 
Salt evaporators will be textnoted ‘salt evaporator’.  

Salt evaporators cannot overlap;
Other polygon features within the Waterbodies Dataset.

Salt evaporators will be bounded by entities in the WaterbodyBoundaries feature class.

Salt Evaporators cannot overlap ;
Mine Area, DeformationAreas (feature class), Crater, Sands (feature class), Building Area, RecreationAreas (feature class), Cemetery Area, Built Up Area, AircraftFacilityArea (feature class), Airport Area, Sea, NativeVegetationAreas (feature class), CultivatedAreas (feature class).  

Salt evaporators will be labelled ‘salt evaporator’.  

Canal Area, Canal Line, Levee, Salt evaporator internal line, Limit of Data , Shoreline, WaterbodyBoundaries (Feature Class) 

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

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

Settling Pond

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Levee banks less than 5 mm in length at map scale will not be shown within Settling ponds.

Adjacent ponds will be shown as one polygon, separated by Settling pond internal lines.
 
Settling ponds are to have an accompanying textnote eg 'settling ponds', ‘tailings pond’, 'sewage treatment plant' unless the words ‘settling pond’, ‘tailings pond’, 'sewage treatment plant' etc are included in the name.  

Settling ponds will be bounded by entities in the WaterbodyBoundaries feature class.

Settling Ponds cannot overlap;
Other polygon features within the Waterbodies Dataset.  

Settling ponds cannot overlap;
AircraftFacilityAreas (feature class), Airport Area, Sea, NativeVegetationAreas (feature class), CultivatedAreas (feature class),

Settling ponds are to have an accompanying descriptive note eg 'settling ponds', ‘tailings pond’, 'sewage treatment plant' unless the words ‘settling pond’, ‘tailings pond’, 'sewage treatment plant' etc are included in the name.  

Mine Point, Mine Area, Settling pond internal line, Limit of Data , Shoreline, WaterbodyBoundaries (Feature Class) 

Section 3 chapters 5.17, 5.18 and 6.9
Appendix U chapter 2.3.3, 2.4.4

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

Soak

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Long Integer; No; 5; 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.
Soak

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

82

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

Currently not used by symbology; 0

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

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

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

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

At 1:250 000 in sparsely and moderately settled regions as defined by Appendix C ‘Fence and Water Facilities Guide’, size and any other selection criteria apply to new feature occurrences. All feature occurrences existing in the TOPO250K NTDB will be retained unless there is clear evidence they no longer exist.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Appendix C  

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

Spring

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

73

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

Currently not used by symbology; 0

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

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

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

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

At 1:250 000 in sparsely and moderately settled regions as defined by Appendix C ‘Fence and Water Facilities Guide’, size and any other selection criteria apply to new feature occurrences. All feature occurrences existing in the TOPO250K NTDB will be retained unless there is clear evidence they no longer exist.

Springs cannot overlap;
Lake perennial, Flood Irrigation Storage, Town Rural Storage, Watercourse Area, Canal Area.

Springs cannot overlap;
Sea.  

Bore , Gnamma Hole, Native Well, Pool, Rockhole, Soak 

Appendix C  

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

Swamp

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

908

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

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

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

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

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

Swamps will be bounded entities in the WaterbodyBoundaries feature class

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

No flow direction arrow will be added when a watercourse stops in a swamp. (see Watercourse)  

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

Swamps cannot overlap;
Sea, Mangrove 

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

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

Section 3 chapter 6.9, 5.17 and 5.18

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

Town Rural Storage

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10

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

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

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

New TownRuralStorage reservoirs smaller than 140625 sq. m at 1:250 000 or 22500 sq. m at 1:100 000 will be captured as a Water Tank feature.

In densely and moderately settled regions as defined by Appendix C where a Dam wall meets the minimum size criteria, the attached reservoir should be shown regardless of whether or not it is below the minimum size criteria for reservoirs. If a reservoir no longer exists (ie. Filled with sediment) then the dam wall will not be shown.
 
Reservoirs of the TownRuralStorage classification are to have an accompanying textnote e.g: 'aquarium' for features not being used directly for human or livestock consumption.

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

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

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

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

Reservoirs of the TownRuralStorage classification are to have an accompanying descriptive note e.g: 'aquarium' for features not being used directly for human or livestock consumption.

Reservoirs will mask Recreation Areas.

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

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

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

Watercourse Area

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

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

HIERARCHY (HIERARCHY) [String; No; 14; Pop_Req] Importance of associated watercourse;
Major
Minor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10 - Perennial
11 - Non perennial
0 - Containing linear braided watercourses.

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

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

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

Watercourses shown as double line streams on the latest previous edition map or compilation material at the comparable scale will be shown as polygons. Other watercourses will be shown as polygons where they are wider than 1 mm at scale and meet the area criteria.

The perenniality and hierarchy of Watercourses will be classified according to Appendix D - Inland water features guide where the watercourse is shown on the guide.This guide has undergone some generalisation. If there is strong evidence on imagery that the main alignment of the stream differs to the guide, then the image position should be given precedence, as long as it does not break the logical drainage attribute connectivity and does not deviate for a significant distance.

Perenniality of watercourses not on the guide will be non-perennial unless there is strong evidence to the contrary. Watercourse not shown on the guide will be classified as minor-non perennial except for tidal watercourses in mangrove. Once a watercourse enters or bounds a mangrove, that watercourse will become perennial and then remains perennial from that point to the coastline.

A watercourse may be classified on the guide as perennial but shown as an area with one or more channels running down its length. The channels will be coded as perennial watercourse lines and the watercourse areas will be coded as non-perennial watercourse areas. In this situation a channel may at times be in close proximity to or coincident with the waterbody boundary that defines the edge of the watercourse area. Both the linear and area instances will be coded as major. See GEODATA notes for the handling of braided streams.

Braided streams fall into two categories; those that flow within clearly defined primary banks and those that don’t. There is slightly different handling of each category. Section 3 chapter 6.9.4 shows the handling of braided streams lying in primary banks
For braided streams within clearly defined primary banks all channels will carry the name and perenniality of the Watercourse. All channels will have a planimetric accuracy of 9999. For Watercourses with hierarchy major the channel(s) identified in Appendix D will be coded as major. Remaining channels will have a hierarchy of minor. The area between the primary banks will be shown as a watercourse area.

For braided streams not in clearly defined banks, at least one channel will carry the name and perenniality of the watercourse. Other channels that form part of the watercourse should carry the name and perenniality. However, if it is unclear whether the channel is part of the named watercourse it should be left unnamed and follow the rules for watercourses not shown on Appendix D. For Watercourses with hierarchy major a contiguous channel will be coded as major. Where possible this channel will be an identifiable main channel. Where there is no identifiable main channel a channel will be selected which follows the general course of the stream and, where possible, links waterholes. Remaining channels will have a hierarchy of minor  

The hierarchy of double line Watercourses will not be shown.

Braided streams with a hierarchy of major will have only the channel coded as major shown with symbol 92 (major watercourse).  

Watercourse Area cannot overlap;
Other polygon features within the Waterbodies Dataset.  

Watercourse Area will be bounded by entitites in the WaterbodyBoundaries feature class.  

Where a Dam Wall crosses a Watercourse Area, the upstream portion should be treated as a Reservoir feature. This means a Junction will be placed across the watercourse area polygon, coincident with the Dam Wall. Depending on the situation an additional junction further upstream may be needed to complete Reservoir feature.

Watercourse Area - perennial cannot overlap;
Sea, Built Up Areas, NativeVegetationAreas (feature class), CultivatedAreas (feature class).

Non-perennial watercourse polygons cannot overlap Sea, Built-up area,CultivatedAreas (feature class), Mangrove.

Canal Area, Canal Line, Connector,Flow Direction Arrow, Ford Line, Ford Point, Junction, Lake, Gorge, Lock, Mangrove, Prohibited Area Boundary Line, Rapid Area, Rapid Line, Rapid Boundary Line, Reserve Boundary Line, Flood Irrigation Storage, Town Rural Storage, Limit of Data, Waterfall Point, Waterhole , Shoreline, WaterbodyBoundaries (Feature Class) 

Section 1 chapters 3.8.1
Section 2 chapters 2.2.3, 5.3 and 5.16
Section 3 chapters 5.7, 5.11.2, 5.17, 5.18 and 6.9  

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

Watercourse Boundary Line

SUBTYPE NUMBER (TYPE) [Long Integer; No; 5; 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.
WatercourseBdyLine

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

94

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

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

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

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

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

AdministrationBoundaries (feature class), Built Up Area, Canal Area, Canal Line, Cliff, Contours (feature class), Orchard, Plantation, RecreationAreas (Feature Class), Cemetery Area, Rubbish Tip, Flats (feature class), Island, Lake, Mainland, Foreshore Flat, Reef, Shoal, Rainforest, Forest Or Shrub, Mangrove, PondageAreas (feature class), Rapid Area, Rapid Line, Reservoir, Sea, Shoreline and Watercourse, Watercourse Area, WaterbodyBoundaries (feature class)  

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

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

Waterhole

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

81

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

Currently not used by symbology; 0

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

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

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

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

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

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.
 
Waterholes which are distinctive may have an accompanying textnote e.g: 'salt', 'billabong' unless the words 'salt','billabong' etc are included in the name.  

Waterholes must be coincident with a vertex on a Watercourse chain or fall within a Watercourse Area.

Waterholes cannot overlap;
Lake perennial or Reservoir.  

Waterholes must be coincident with a vertex on a Watercourse chain or fall within a Watercourse Area.

Waterholes cannot overlap;
Sea.

Waterholes which are distinctive may have an accompanying descriptive note e.g: 'salt', 'billabong' unless the words 'salt','billabong' etc are included in the name.  

Connector, Lake, Watercourse, Watercourse Area , Gnamma Hole, Native Well, Pool, Rockhole, Soak,  

Section 3 chapters 5.11.2 and 6.9