NZ Topo - object class wharf_cl

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

Description

Any structure on a waterfront, designed to make it possible for vessels to lie alongside and take or unload cargo, passengers etc.

Topo50 description

Only those significant either by their size or location are held in the data and shown on the printed maps. Of these wharf_cl is used when the feature is too narrow to be captured as an edge feature. Wharfs are held in the data at their true size; wharves less than 50m in length are shown on the printed maps with a length of 50m.

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

Representation specification

Representation specification showing wharf_cl

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Class attributes

Attribute Value
Object class wharf_cl
Entity class WHARF
Additional entity class Not applicable
Object inheritance simple_line
Entity source Proposed change to US Entity
Map series Topo50 Topo250
LSLIFF object class 187

Object attributes

Attribute LSLIFF code
Shapefile field
Data type
Attribute description Attribute values*
name 1001
name
string
The name of the wharf, where known. Text data from July 2012 will be in UTF-8 format. If your system is not UTF-8 compliant, you will need to use the name_ascii attribute, which has had any macronated vowels removed. UTF-8 stands for Unicode Transformation Format-8. It is an octet (8-bit) lossless encoding of Unicode characters. UTF-8 encodes each Unicode character as a variable number of 1 to 4 octets, where the number of octets depends on the integer value assigned to the Unicode character. It is an efficient encoding of Unicode documents that use mostly US-ASCII characters because it represents each character in the range U+0000 through U+007F as a single octet. UTF-8 is the default encoding for XML.
"Orakei Wharf"
{empty}
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
wharf_use 1111
wharf_use
string
Values
jetty a small wharf, usually in private rather than commercial use
jetty
{empty}
wharf_status 1112
status
string
Values
derelict In a state of disrepair, no longer safe to use.
derelict
disused
{empty}
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
6 2012-08-28 Updated map image and aerial view; added representation specification and example feature photographs
5 2012-08-28 Added scale-specific definitions
4 2012-08-16 Name attribute in UTF-8 format; added name_ascii attribute
3 2010-03-01 added name_macronated attribute
2 2001-11-23 Unspecified update
1 1999-03-01 intial status