Feature Type

Feature Type Name

Spot height

Synonyms

Definition

Altitude of a point on the land surface

Comments

Table Name

SPOT_HT

Australia's Implementation Table Names

  • SPOT_HT_PT
  • SPOT_HT_1M_PT
  • SPOT_HT_1M_ADD_PS_PT
  • SPOT_HT_ERS_GG_PT

The following have been used in the definition of this feature type

  • Sykes, J. B. (editor) - The Concise Oxford Dictionary, 6th edition, Oxford Press, 1979, England

The following have been used in categorising this feature type

  • Topographic
Code Name Definition   Data type Values UoM Used by these Feature Types
1042 Dataset_Id An unique identifier of the dataset the feature belongs to Mandatory number(4)     Types
1251 Display A field used to select data for display purposes through a query. For example, data is too dense for display on a map at a particular scale. Australia uses this field to enter the scale at which the data is to be displayed. E.g. options are: 25000, 50000 Optional character(50)     Types
1064 Elevation Height of ground level above mean sea level (MSL) Mandatory number(10,2)   metres Types
1124 Method   Mandatory character(50)
label Definition
Airborne altimetric, surface barometric
Altimetric
Astronomical
Barometric The use of an instrument to measure atmospheric pressure.
Differential levelling or trigonometrical
Digitising Convert from a physical product into digital form
Geodetic satellite observation
GPS Global Positioning System
Levelling
Other
Photogrammetric
Trigonometrical Calculations are based on the relationships between the sides and the angles of triangles.
Unknown
  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. Optional 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
1248 Source The source of the data Optional character(50)     Types
1186 Status The state or condition of a feature Optional 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Non-preferred This dataset has not been superseded but there is another dataset that is the preferred dataset for general use.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Superseded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
1192 Surface The outside of a material body, the limits that terminate a solid, the upper boundary of soil, etc. Mandatory character(50)
label Definition
Bitumen
Blue_ice Bands of transparent ice containing no air bubbles, its mass acquiring a blueish tint.
Concrete
Gravel
Ice
Ice free ground A general term for areas that are ice free
Ice or snow
Other
Rock The hard material of the earth's crust, exposed on the surface or underlaying the soil.
Sea ice
Snow Atmospheric precipitation of ice crystals.
Timber
Unknown
Water Sea: The expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its and masses. Lake: A large body of water surrounded by land.
  Types