Geoscience Australia Spatial Data Dictionary  

Authors / CoAuthors

Abstract

The Spatial Data Dictionary is a specification for the capture of geoscientific spatial data. It describes fields for each feature type in a database, containing the themes currently created from Geoscience Australia's databases. It forms a foundation for the production of geoscientific spatial data by specifying rules regarding the structure of such data. The dictionary covers such matters as allowable coverage names, feature types, and attribute values. A theme is a set of spatial objects. Some of the themes in this data dictionary have associated look-up tables. Look-up tables store an additional array of attributes that may be linked to the primary attribute table of a theme. Object type, feature definition, field type, attribute case, compulsion for data entry, a list of valid values and any rules or comments regarding the feature are also given in this data dictionary. The Data Dictionary consists of four modules: • Module 1: Definitions, Rules and Terminology • Module 2: Geology, Geophysical, Geochemistry and Geochronology Themes • Module 3: Mineral Deposits and Mineral Potential Assessment Themes, Surveys and Field Observations Themes • Module 4: Urban Infrastructure Themes, Terrain Physiography Themes, Cartographic Themes

Product Type

document

eCat Id

115463

Contact for the resource

Keywords

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification: Fields of Research

• Earth Sciences

• spatial data dictionary

• Published_External

Publication Date

2017-12-07T22:42:14

Creation Date

2017-12-06T15:00:00

Security Constraints

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem    

Classification - unclassified

Legal Constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence    

Access - license

Use - license

Status

Purpose

Maintenance Information

notPlanned

Topic Category

geoscientificInformation

Series Information

Lineage

Not applicable

Parent Information

Extents

[-44, -9, 112, 154]

Reference System

Spatial Resolution

Service Information

Associations

Downloads and Links

Explanatory notes (pdf)  

Module 1 (pdf)  

Module 2 (pdf)  

Module 3 (pdf)  

Module 4 (pdf)  

Source Information