New Zealand Topographic Data Dictionary

Index to object classes

From here you can access descriptions of the object classes used to represent objects in the NZTopo topographic database.

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