Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Geocode positional uncertainty |
Synonymous names: | Positional uncertainty |
METEOR identifier: | 430490 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health!, Standard 05/10/2016 |
Definition: | The horizontal uncertainty of the geocode for an address site, measured in total metres. |
Data Element Concept: | Address—geocode positional uncertainty |
Value Domain: | Total metres N[NNN].NNN |
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Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Total | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N[NNN].NNN | |
Maximum character length: | 7 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | The positional uncertainty is measured in metres at the 95% confidence level, with respect to the defined reference frame. It is intended to be a measure for physical address point features. Usage Example: 10.000 |
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Comments: | This is a measure of the closeness of the location of the point in relation to true position on the earth. That is, we are 95% confident that the true position lies within 10 metres of the position given by the geocode. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Origin: | Standards Australia 2006. AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information. Sydney: Standards Australia. |
Relational attributes | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Address details data dictionary Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Address geocode cluster Health!, Standard 05/10/2016 |