Geocode
Glossary Item Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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METEOR identifier: | 454203 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health!, Standard 05/10/2016 |
Definition: | A description of the coordinates representing the location/position of an object. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Comments: | A geocode caters for the needs of a variety of users, with a particular focus on the needs of emergency and other essential service providers. There are a number of elements needed to define a unique address geocode. The elements comprise a: reference datum, the way coordinates are expressed, the units, the coordinates themselves and the accuracy or uncertainty of the coordinate values. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Reference documents: | ESRI 2011. Geographic information systems dictionary. ESRI. Viewed 1 July 2011, Standards Australia 2006. AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information. Sydney: Standards Australia. |
Relational attributes | |
Metadata items which use this glossary item: | Address geocode cluster Health!, Standard 05/10/2016 Address—geocode containment indicator Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health!, Standard 05/10/2016 Address—geocode containment indicator, yes/no code N Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health!, Standard 05/10/2016 Address—geocode feature, text X[X(29)] Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health!, Standard 05/10/2016 Address—geocode geographic datum Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health!, Standard 05/10/2016 Address—geocode geographic datum, text X[X(9)] Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health!, Standard 05/10/2016 Address—geocode positional uncertainty, total metres N[NNN].NNN Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health!, Standard 05/10/2016 Address—geocode vertical datum, text X[X(9)] Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health!, Standard 05/10/2016 Geocode feature Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health!, Standard 05/10/2016 Geocode geographic datum Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health!, Standard 05/10/2016 Geocode vertical datum Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health!, Standard 05/10/2016 |