Input Dataset

NSW Place Area Dataset

Jurisdiction 
NSW
Custodian 

A place area represents the area of a named place in NSW. A place area can be a region, city, town, village, locality or suburb. The current dataset holds only region type features. There are two attributes, population source and population, that are not currently maintained. Place area is a polygon feature class of the NSW Digital Topographic Database ( DTDB ), within the Cultural theme. There Read More »

Dataset Purpose

The DTDB is primarily used for planning, developmental activities, navigation and resource monitoring by emergency services, the Defence Forces, environmental resource managers and engineers. This information is also commonly used by bushwalkers, canoeists, anglers and fossickers to establish a detailed picture of the local environment.

Funding Support

Access Format

GeoDatabase(gdb), Shape(shp), ESRI SDE, Well Known Text(wkt), Data Exchange Format(dxf),Oracle(SDO), MapInfo(MID/MIF/TAB)

Dataset Lineage

The original mapping information that constitutes the DTDB was initially created from 1970 at 1:25 000, 1:50 000 and 1:100 000 scales from stereoscopic aerial photography supported by ground truth, field data capture and updating. These scales have an inherent accuracy as per the National Mapping Council of Australia, Standards of Map Accuracy (1975). Therefore, the position of the feature Read More »

Access and Licensing

Identified Mandate

Yes

Content Source

National datasets