NZ Topo - object class descriptive_text

This page describe the descriptive_text object class used to represent objects in the NZTopo topographic database.

Description

Descriptive text; object used to hold text.

Topo50 description

Descriptive text is used to aid map and data users by displaying and holding useful information in descriptive form.

Topo250 description

Only those significant by their size or location are held in the Topo250 data and shown on the Topo250 printed maps; these are a generalised subset of those shown on the Topo50 series

Ant50 description

Descriptive text is used to aid map and data users by displaying and holding useful information in descriptive form.

Representation specification

Representation specification showing descriptive_text

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See also: geographic_name

Class attributes

Attribute Value
Object class descriptive_text
Entity class TEXT
Additional entity class Not applicable
Object inheritance simple_point
Entity source Proposed NZ entity
Map series Topo50 Topo250 Ant50
LSLIFF object class 703

Object attributes

Attribute LSLIFF code
Shapefile field
Data type
Attribute description Attribute values*
information_displayed 1182
info_disp
string
Description of an object not represented by a unique symbol or held as a specific feature
"Aluminium Smelter"
"Sch"
"Container terminal"
name_macronated 1140
macronated
boolean
Indicates whether the entry in the name_ascii field contains a macronated vowel. Where the value is "Y" go to http://www.linz.govt.nz/regulatory/place-names/find-place-name/find-m%C4%81ori-place-names-dual-names-and-alternative-names for a list of places or feature names within New Zealand that are gazetted and include macrons
Y
N
linz_text_size 2006
size
real
Value governing text size on LINZ printed map.
3.5
name_ascii 9000
name_ascii
string
Text data from July 2012 will be in UTF-8 format. If your system is not UTF-8 compliant, you will need to use this attribute, which has had any macronated vowels removed.
UFID 1000
t50_fid
integer
A unique identifier for use on Topo50 data in the LINZ Data Service. This is not a universal ID. The intention is to manage these ID’s as persistent, however this is not guaranteed and there will be instances where what appears to be a minor change to a feature may result in a new ID being assigned.
"3254886"

* See explanation of attribute values for more information about how attribute values are represented.

Change log

Feature version Revised Description
11 2012-08-28 Updated map image and aerial view; added representation specification and example feature photographs
10 2012-08-28 Added scale-specific definitions
9 2012-08-16 Name attribute in UTF-8 format; added name_ascii attribute
8 2010-03-01 object class change, removed a number of attributes, and added name_macronated attribute
7 2003-06-30 new attribute
6 2002-09-18 attribute description
5 2002-06-18 attribute description
4 2002-04-23 attribute description
3 2001-11-23 Unspecified update
2 2001-09-05 comments and object attributes
1 1999-03-01 intial status