Dataset Number 835 Dataset Title Gazetteer Areas Custodian Data Authority: Department for Infrastructure and Transport Data Provider: Location SA

Description Description The State Gazetteer is the official record of place names in South Australia, as required by the Geographical names Act. As such it does contains the information relating to places that have been assigned or approved pursuant to the said Act, but also contains information relating to place names not covered by the Act. The aim for the gazetteer is to provide a single point of truth for place names information in South Australia. Gazetteer data is contained in three tables, being: Gazetteer Sites a point data set containing the names of places in South Australia and the relevant attributes. GazetteerLine - a line data set showing the extent of linear features, linked to the point data through the RECNO field Gazetteer Areas - a polygon data set showing the extent of area features, linked to the point data through the RECNO field Usage Extent of the polygon features as determined to date

Data Quality Lineage Derived by reference to naming decisions, topographic and other maps, explorers journals and other historical documentation. Completeness Feature extents are always being added and updated to this database Positional Accuracy Scaled from the best available topo maps and other sources, including some GPS fixes. It is appropriate to take due regard of the accuracy of the data capture in any proposed use of the data.

Geographic Extent Extent Name South Australia Min Easting or Longitude 129 Min Northing or Latitude -38.25 Max Easting or Longitude 141 Max Northing or Latitude -26

Dataset Status Initially Acquired 16-NOV-2005 Last Updated CURRENT Update Frequency As required Maintenance Method ArcGIS update methodology AusGOAL CC BY (Attribution)

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Contact Information Organisation Department for Infrastructure and Transport Postal Address 77 Grenfell Street ADELAIDE 5000 Email DIT.GISOffice@sa.gov.au