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Towns – spatial metadata

Data structure

town

Field name Type Bytes Label Description
AreaID Text (UTF-8 encoded) 24 AreaID The unique identifier used in WetlandSummary
Name Text (UTF-8 encoded) 19 Name The name of the area used in WetlandSummary, excluding the area type
FullName Text (UTF-8 encoded) 24 Full name The name of the area used in WetlandSummary, including the area type
KML Text (UTF-8 encoded) 103 KML The URL of a simplified KML file depicting this area
NAME2 Text (UTF-8 encoded) 19 NAME
JUST Text (UTF-8 encoded) 9 JUST
OFFICE Text (UTF-8 encoded) 15 OFFICE
REGION Text (UTF-8 encoded) 10 REGION
MAINLAND Text (UTF-8 encoded) 4 MAINLAND
NAME_UL Text (UTF-8 encoded) 19 NAME_UL

Modifications

The towns layer used by WetlandSummary is based on the source layers below, with the following modifications:

  • Name is the value of the NAME_UL field
  • Excluded 39 features outside of Queensland
  • Dissolved 2,525 source features into 2,416 towns
  • Excluded source field FCODE because it is a non-string attribute that had different values in its dissolved source features

Source layer: Towns 1000000 - Queensland

(town/nat.qld-town-1m.shp.xml)

Esri
Creation Date
2018-08-21
Creation Time
21:55:32
Modification Date
2018-03-14
Modification Time
11:41:50
Data Id Info
Id Citation
Title
Towns 1000000 - Queensland
Date
Publication date
2002-12-18
Cit Resp Party
Contact—individual name
DNRME, NR, LSI, ED
Contact—organization name
Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
Contact—position name
Executive Director, Land and Spatial Information
Role
details available on request
Cit Resp Party
Contact—individual name
DNRME, NR, LSI, TDIM, MAN Topographic Data Management
Contact—organization name
Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
Contact—position name
Manager Topographic Data Management, Topographic Data, Imagery and Mapping, Land and Spatial Information
Role
details available on request
Cit Resp Party
Contact—individual name
DNRME, NR, LSI, TDIM, MAN Topographic Data Management
Contact—organization name
Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
Contact—position name
Manager Topographic Data Management, Topographic Data, Imagery and Mapping, Land and Spatial Information
Role
details available on request
Cit Resp Party
Contact—individual name
GeoScience Australia
Contact—organization name
GeoScience Australia (formerly AUSLIG)
Contact—position name
Director, Sales and Distribution, CIMA
Rp Cnt Info
Cnt Address
Contact email address
sales♲ga.gov.au
Role
details available on request
Cit Resp Party
Contact—individual name
DNRME, Trevor Eastley
Contact—organization name
Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
Contact—position name
Senior Spatial Information Officer
Rp Cnt Info
Cnt Address
Contact email address
LSISDMTopoDataMgmt♲dnrme.qld.gov.au
Role
details available on request
Additional human language abstract/description

Major Towns 1M geodata represents point locations and names of towns within Queensland that have been nominated as significant (major) for general map presentations.

Theme Keys
Thesa Name
Title
ANZLIC Search Words
Date
Publication date
2007-08-01
Keyword
LAND Geography
Theme Keys
Thesa Name
Title
Common Search Terms
Date
Publication date
2016-02-05
Keyword
town
Res Const
Leg Consts
Security use limitations
The Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Res Const
Leg Consts
Security use limitations
This material is licensed under a
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0 International licence.



Geoscience Australia requests attribution in the following manner:

© The Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2018.
Res Const
Sec Consts
Explanation of restrictions or prerequisites
Unrestricted to all levels of government and community. Data is available to all government agencies, community groups and individuals. Dataset is available through physical supply and may be made available via web delivery tools, for example, through DNRME's internet sites. All enquiries from persons outside DNRME should be directed to Geoscience Australia.
Res Const
Consts
Security use limitations

Reference to data source to be provided on all products produced using this data.

Id Po C
Contact—individual name
GeoScience Australia
Contact—organization name
GeoScience Australia (formerly AUSLIG)
Contact—position name
Director, Sales and Distribution, CIMA
Role
details available on request
Rp Cnt Info
Cnt Address
Contact email address
sales♲ga.gov.au
Supplemental information about the data
The towns selected were general selected for spread across the state and there size within the various regions
Dq Info
Data Lineage
Lineage statement, a general explanation
Captured from the Commonwealth`s 1:1 Million scale World Aeronautical Chart (WAC) Map Series
Report
Data quality report, measure description
Data as digitised from original repromat and not checked for completeness or correct feature coding
Report
Data quality report, measure description
Not Documented
Report
Data quality report, measure description
Not Documented
Report
Data quality report, measure description
Not Documented
Entity and Attribute Information
details available on request

This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (n.d.) Towns – spatial metadata, WetlandInfo website, accessed 20 December 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/get-mapping-help/metadata/town/

Queensland Government
WetlandInfo   —   Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation