Authors / CoAuthors
Lawford, G. | Stanley, S. | Kilgour, B.
Abstract
This dataset delineates political areas such as built up areas, land, ocean, pack ice and boundaries such as coastlines, city limits etc. (dataset derived from the Digital Chart of the World (DCW). Generic information on DCW data sets The primary source for DCW is the US Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) Operational Navigation Chart (ONC) series produced by the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The ONCs have a scale of 1:1,000,000, where 1 inch equals approximately 16 miles.The charts were designed to meet the needs of pilots and air crews in medium and low altitude en route navigation and to support military operational planning, intelligence briefings, and other needs. Therefore, the selection of ground features is based on the requirement for rapid visual recognition of significant details seen from a low perspective angle. The DCW database was originally published in 1992. Data currency varies from place to place depending on the currency of the ONC charts. Chart currency ranges from the mid 1960s to the early 1990s. Compilation dates for every ONC chart are included in the database. For more information on the Digital Chart of the World please browse the DCW website where you can download these data in VPF format. GA has converted these VPF format files to common GIS formats Arcview and Mapinfo. Available datasets include drainage, roads and railway networks, political areas and boundaries and population centres. Available for free download.
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dataset
eCat Id
61303
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Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
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Australia
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- GIS DatasetNational
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- boundaries
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- culture
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- topography
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- National dataset
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- dataset
- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)
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- Earth Sciences
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- Published_Internal
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- Retired_Internal
Publication Date
2000-01-01T00:00:00
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Series Information
Lineage
This dataset was compiled by Geoscience Australia staff from the original Digital Chart of the World VPF format dataset downloaded from the DCW website listed in the abstract. For information on the lineage of the original DCW (VPF format) datasets please view the Digital Chart of the World website listed in the abstract. <p>Post-DCW lineage <p>The separate DCW tiles NA11, UA11, QC32-33, QD31-33, QE31-33, QF31-33 and all the RC, RD, RE, RF, SC, SD, SE, SF, TC, TD, TE, TF, UC, UD, UE, UF, VC, VD, VE, VF, WC, WD, WE, WF, XC, XD, XE, XF, YC, YD, YE, YF, ZC, ZD, ZE and ZF were compiled into single covers based upon the separate DCW themes. The vegetation layer was not available for the Australian area. <p>The data was then attributed fully as the existing datasets were attributed in code which only made sense with the DCW Data Dictionary. The field names were changed to be clearer for example the field AEPTVAl was changed to Elevation. No cleaning of the data was necessary except for the place names coverages where upper and mixed case place names existed in the DCW data these were all changed to mixed case. <p>Geoscience Australia compliant fields were added to the data at this stage: UFI and FEATURE with AGSO_CODE and DESC added to non-polygon themes. <p>This dataset was compiled from the original DCW political and ocean arc dataset, the political and ocean polygon dataset and the populated place polygon dataset.
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[-90.0, 0.0, 0.0, 180.0]
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