Island Groups

Island Groups

A polygon feature class displaying the extent of named clusters or chains of marine islands within Queensland’s maritime waters.

Island Groups

A polygon feature class displaying the extent of named clusters or chains of marine islands within Queensland’s maritime waters.

Column Name

Nulls

Format

Size

Description

Constraints

FEATURE_TYPE

No

Text

50

 

Unique feature type that identifies the type of feature. Options:

  • Island Group

 

 

NAME

No

Text

100

The name of the feature

 

ALTERNATE_NAME

Yes

Text

100

 

An alternate name of the feature if available from the Queensland Place Names Database, otherwise left blank

 

 

QLD_PNDB_ID

Yes

Long

 

Queensland Place Names Database unique identifier

 

ATTRIBUTE_SOURCE

No

Text

100

 

The source map or data where the name of the feature was obtained.

 

 

ATTRIBUTE_DATE

No

Date

 

 

Date of the source map or data where the name of the feature was obtained.

 

 

ADDITIONAL_NAMES

Yes

Text

100

 

Other names of the feature if not recorded in the Queensland Place Names Database. May be commonly known by other names or have different spelling. Multiple names can be shown, separated by a comma.

 

 

ADD_NAMES_SOURCE

Yes

Text

100

 

The source map or data that the additional names of the feature were obtained. Multiple sources can be shown, separated by a comma. If multiple sources are shown, the written sequence will be the same as the written sequence of the names themselves.

 

 

FEATURE_SOURCE

No

Text

100

 

The source imagery, map, or data that the spatial location and shape of the of the feature was obtained from.

 

 

FEATURE_DATE

No

Date

 

 

Date of the source imagery, map, or data that the spatial location and shape of the feature was obtained from.

 

 

PFI

No

Text

 

 

A Persistent Feature Identifier (PFI) is generated for each feature at the point of creation in the database. The value of the PFI will stay with the feature through all changes to the feature (both spatial and non-spatial) until the feature is retired. (See Persistent and Unique Feature Identifiers)

 

 

UFI

No

Text

 

 

A Unique Feature Identifier (UFI) is generated for each new feature at the point of creation in the database (at this point the PFI and UFI will be the same). The value of the UFI will stay with the feature through all changes to the feature (both spatial and non-spatial) unless the feature is split into multiple other parts. If the feature is split, the separate parts will retain the original PFI but new UFI’s will be generated for the split parts. (See Persistent and Unique Feature Identifiers)

 

 

CREATED_DATE*

No

Date

 

The date the feature was originally captured and first loaded to the database

*internal use only

 

LAST_EDITED_DATE*

No

Date

 

Date of the last editing or revision to the feature

*internal use only

 

DIMENSION_M2

No

Double

 

The area of the feature measured in square metres GDA2020

 

UPPER_SCALE

No

Long

 

The upper scale for which the feature should be considered suitable for digital display

dm_upper_scale

TEXT_NOTE

Yes

Text

50

 

For mapping purposes. Additional annotation that can be shown on a map.

 

 

ADD_INFORMATION

Yes

Text

255

A comment field (additional information)

 

Feature Type definitions:

  • Island Group – A cluster or chain of islands named as a group.

Upper scale:

  • 1:1 000 000 – all data

Capture process:

 

ISLAND GROUP

 

Definition: A cluster or chain of islands named as a group.

 

Alternate Terms: Archipelago, Island chain, Islets

 

 

  • Capture as a 2D polygon

  • The actual extents of these features are fuzzy and as such hard to define.

  • Obtain the extent by enclosing those islands that make up the island group with a suitable buffer at the extremities.

  • The location is plotted from orthorectified imagery.

  • Locations can be obtained from existing mapping, maritime charts, maritime organisations, other datasets, existing mapping, Local Government websites or other source material.

  • heck for name from Queensland Place Names dataset.

  • Only named island groups are captured.

 

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