Feature Type

Feature Type Name

Refuge

Synonyms

Definition

A shelter from extreme or dangerous environmental conditions such as those posed by the weather.

Comments

Description - include access, geographic description, conditions, environmental information. For Australian refuges, see refuge db (under development) for information like description, date_est, date_rem, date_last_visited, purpose, accommodation, facilit

Table Name

REFUGE

Australia's Implementation Table Names

  • REFUGE_1M_PT
  • REFUGE_PT

None entered in defining this feature type

The following have been used in categorising this feature type

  • Management
Code Name Definition   Data type Values UoM Used by these Feature Types
1316 Asset_manag_no Australia uses this field to record the new asset management number from Maximo. Optional character(20)     Types
1042 Dataset_Id An unique identifier of the dataset the feature belongs to Mandatory number(4)     Types
1054 Description Describing, verbal portrait, of a person, object, or event Mandatory character(100)     Types
1272 Gaz_Id Reference number as in national Gazetteer of Antarctica Optional number(10)     Types
1109 Jurisdiction The name of the country that manages that feature type. (Country name must match ISO 31661) Mandatory character(50)     Types
1267 Name Name used to refer or label something. For example waypoints, buildings, and camps. Note: Name does not include SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica placenames. See the attribute SCAR_Name. Mandatory character(100)     Types
1150 Q_Info An unique identifier pointing to additional data quality information not included in the metadata record. Mandatory number(5)     Types
1090 SCAR_Gaz_Id Reference number as in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica Mandatory number(10)     Types
1127 SCAR_Name A placename name in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica. These names have been contributed by national gazetteers. Mandatory character(100)     Types
1186 Status The state or condition of a feature Mandatory character(50)
label Definition
Abandoned
Closed
Current
Moved
Non-preferred This dataset has not been superseded but there is another dataset that is the preferred dataset for general use.
Operational
Other
Proposed
Removed
Ruin
Seasonal One or more of the divisions of the year. E.g. summer
Superseded
Under construction
Unknown
Year-round All of the year
  Types
1196 Temporal Of or in or denoting time. For example, the period for which the data has been captured. Mandatory character(50)
label Definition
Annual The feature is an annual representation of the feature type
Monthly The feature is a monthly representation of the feature type
Other
Perennial A natural feature that is generally present at all times of the year
Permanent A man-made feature that is continuously present or in use
Seasonal A feature that is present or in use during a certain period of time each year
Temporary A feature that is present only for a limited period of time
Unknown
  Types