Description

An artificial bank of earth and or stone built above the natural surface

Topo50 description

Only those significant either by their size or location are held in the data and shown on the printed maps

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

Map image

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Representation specification

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Example

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Aerial view

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Class attributes

Attribute	Value
Object class	embankment_cl
Entity class	EMBANKMENT
Additional entity class	Not applicable
Object inheritance	simple_line
Entity source	US Standard Entity
Map series	Topo50 Topo250
LSLIFF object class	35

Object attributes

Attribute	LSLIFF code Shapefile field Data type	Attribute description	Attribute values*
embankment_use	1028 embkmt_use string	Values stopbank A type of embankment built to prevent flooding. They are usually earthen and often parallel to the course of a river or the coast	stopbank {empty}
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
10	2012-08-28	Updated map image and aerial view; added representation specification and example feature photographs
9	2012-08-28	Added scale-specific definitions
8	2012-08-27	Attribute update
7	2012-08-16	Name attribute in UTF-8 format; added name_ascii attribute
6	2010-03-01	object class change, removed attribute value from embankment_use, and added name_macronated attribute
5	2004-06-14	Unspecified update
4	2002-04-23	new attribute value
3	2001-11-23	Unspecified update
2	2001-07-01	new attribute
1	1999-03-01	intial status