Address—geocode height, total metres N[NNNN].NNN
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Geocode height |
| Synonymous names: | Height and elevation |
| METEOR identifier: | 430483 |
| Registration status: |
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| Definition: | The height of an address point on the earth, measured in metres, above or below a specified reference vertical datum. |
| Data Element Concept: | Address—geocode height |
Value domain attributes | |
Representational attributes | |
| Representation class: | Total |
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| Data type: | Number |
| Format: | N[NNNN].NNN |
| Maximum character length: | 8 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | Usage Example: 1023.378 |
| Comments: | This is considered an optional data element, but with the increased amount of high-density population and the emergence of three-dimension modelling and geographic information systems, an accurate height for an address will be increasingly in demand. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Origin: | Standards Australia 2006. AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information. Sydney: Standards Australia. |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | See also Address—geocode vertical datum, text X[X(9)]
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Standard 05/10/2016 |