Feature Type

Feature Type Name

Ice shelf boundary

Synonyms

Definition

The boundary of the ice shelf.

Comments

Table Name

SHELF_BNDY

Australia's Implementation Table Names

  • SHELF_BNDY_10M_PS_LN
  • SHELF_BNDY_BP_GG_LN
  • SHELF_BNDY_10M_GG_LN

None entered in defining this feature type

None entered in categorising this feature type

Code Name Definition   Data type Values UoM Used by these Feature Types
1029 Certainty Undoubted fact Optional character(50)
label Definition
Approximate In the data capture process the feature was evident but its location was not entirely clear
Connector A line that is introduced for data completeness, e.g. a line used to close polygons, to represent missing data or data that is not visible.
Definite High level of confidence that the feature is correctly located.
Inferred In the data capture process the feature was not evident but the location of the feature was inferred
Interpolated The location of the feature was determined by interpolation
Unknown
  Types
1034 Comments Any additional comments. Optional character(100)     Types
1042 Dataset_Id An unique identifier of the dataset the feature belongs to Mandatory number(4)     Types
1045 Date_Capture The date the feature was captured Optional date     Types
1249 Date_Flag The type of date been stored, i.e.whether the date is approximate or definite, and for which component of the date is approximate or definite. Also includes seasons Optional character(50)
label Definition
Appoximate day in a known month and year
Approximate month in a known year The entry must be a full date, e.g. 1/1/2002, but only the month and year are valid.
Approximate season of a known year The season must be an Antarctic summer, autumn, winter or spring season. Enter season date with the approximate date of the middle of the season. Eg for spring 2002, enter as 15/10/2002.
Approximate year The entry must be a full date, e.g. 1/1/2002, but only the year is valid.
Definite day, month and year
Definite month and year The entry must be a full date, e.g. 1/1/2002, but only the month and year are valid.
Definite season and year The season must be an Antarctic summer, autumn, winter or spring season. Enter season date with the approximate date of the middle of the season. Eg for spring 2002, enter as 15/10/2002.
Definite year The entry must be a full date, e.g. 1/1/2002, but only the year is valid.
Pre year The entry must be a full date, e.g. 1/1/2002, but only the year is valid. The data was sourced before the year listed.
Unknown Value indicating that an attribute is not applicable or that it is impossible to determine
  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
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 Mandatory character(50)     Types