New Zealand Topographic Data Dictionary

Index organised by entity classes

From here you can access descriptions of the object classes used to represent objects in the NZTopo topographic database. The object classes are organised according to the entity class within which they are grouped.

Entity_class Object_code
AIRPORT airport_pnt
airport_poly
ANTENNA satellite_station_pnt
AQUACULTURE AREA fish_farm_poly
marine_farm_cl
marine_farm_poly
BAR shoal_poly
BASIN depform_edge
BEACON beacon_pnt
BIVOUAC bivouac_pnt
BLOWHOLE blowhole_pnt
BOATRAMP boatramp_cl
slipway_cl
BOUNDARY linz_map_sheet
BREAKWATER boom_cl
breakwater_cl
BRIDGE bridge_cl
walkwire_cl
BUILDING building_pnt
building_poly
rail_station_pnt
BUOY buoy_pnt
CABLEWAY cableway_industrial_cl
cableway_people_cl
ski_lift_cl
ski_tow_cl
CAVE cave_pnt
CEMETERY cemetery_pnt
cemetery_poly
CHIMNEY chimney_pnt
flare_pnt
CLIFF cliff_edge
ice_cliff_edge
CREVASSE crevasse_cl
CROPLAND orchard_poly
vineyard_poly
CUTTING cutting_edge
DAM dam_cl
weir_cl
DREDGE dredge_pnt
DRY DOCK dry_dock_poly
DUMPING GROUND dredge_tailing_cl
landfill_poly
EMBANKMENT embankment_cl
FENCE fence_cl
FORD ford_pnt
FUMAROLE fumarole_pnt
GAP saddle_pnt
GATE cattlestop_pnt
floodgate_pnt
gate_pnt
GOLF COURSE golf_course_poly
GRAVE SITE grave_pnt
GROUND moraine_poly
moraine_wall_poly
mud_poly
sand_poly
shingle_poly
GROUND SURFACE contour
slip_edge
HELIPAD helipad_pnt
HISTORICAL SITE historic_site_pnt
pa_pnt
redoubt_pnt
ICEBERG iceberg_poly
ICEFIELD distice_poly
fastice_poly
ice_poly
ice_shelf_poly
INTERSECTION rr_crossing_pnt
ISLAND island_poly
KILN kiln_pnt
LADDER ladder_cl
ladder_pnt
LAGOON lagoon_poly
LAKE glacial_lake_poly
lake_poly
pond_poly
LANE ferry_crossing_cl
MELTSTRM melt_stream_cl
MINE gravel_pit_poly
mine_pnt
mine_poly
pumice_pit_poly
quarry_poly
MONUMENT monument_pnt
PINNACLE rock_outcrop_pnt
PLACE residential_area_poly
RACETRACK racetrack_cl
racetrack_pnt
racetrack_poly
RADAR DOME radar_dome_pnt
RAILWAY railway_cl
RAPIDS rapid_cl
rapid_poly
REEF reef_poly
RESTRICTED AREA rifle_range_poly
ROAD road_cl
track_cl
RUNWAY runway_poly
SHAFT shaft_pnt
SHELTERBELT shelter_belt_cl
SHORE rock_pnt
rock_poly
SHORELINE coastline
SHOW GROUND showground_poly
SINKHOLE sinkhole_pnt
SIPHON siphon_pnt
siphon_poly
SNOWFIELD snow_poly
SOAKHOLE soakhole_pnt
SPILLWAY spillway_edge
SPORTS FIELD sportsfield_poly
SPOT HEIGHT height_pnt
SPRING spring_pnt
STOCKYARD stockyard_pnt
TALUS scree_poly
TANK reservoir_poly
tank_pnt
tank_poly
TEXT descriptive_text
geographic_name
TOWER mast_pnt
pylon_pnt
tower_pnt
TRANSMISSION LINE gas_valve_pnt
pipeline_cl
powerline_cl
telephone_cl
TREE tree_pnt
TRIG trig_pnt
TUNNEL tunnel_cl
WATERCOURSE canal_cl
canal_poly
drain_cl
flume_cl
flume_pnt
ice_stream_cl
river_cl
river_poly
water_race_cl
WATERFALL waterfall_cl
waterfall_edge
waterfall_pnt
waterfall_poly
WELL geo_bore_pnt
well_pnt
WETLAND mangrove_poly
swamp_pnt
swamp_poly
WHARF wharf_cl
wharf_edge
WINDMILL windmill_pnt
WOODLAND exotic_poly
native_poly
scattered_scrub_poly
scrub_poly
WRECK wreck_pnt