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Geocode

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termGlossary Item
METEOR identifier:Help on this term454203
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012
  • Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
  • Health, Standard 05/10/2016
Definition:Help on this term

A description of the coordinates representing the location/position of an object.

Collection and usage attributes

Comments:Help on this term

A geocode caters for the needs of a variety of users, with a particular focus on the needs of emergency and other essential service providers.

There are a number of elements needed to define a unique address geocode. The elements comprise a: reference datum, the way coordinates are expressed, the units, the coordinates themselves and the accuracy or uncertainty of the coordinate values.

Source and reference attributes

Reference documents:Help on this term

ESRI 2011. Geographic information systems dictionary. ESRI. Viewed 1 July 2011,
http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/
Gisdictionary/browse

Standards Australia 2006. AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information. Sydney: Standards Australia.

Relational attributes

Metadata items which use this glossary item:Help on this term
Address geocode cluster
  • Health, Standard 05/10/2016
Address—geocode containment indicator
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012
  • Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
  • Health, Standard 05/10/2016
Address—geocode containment indicator, yes/no code N
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012
  • Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
  • Health, Standard 05/10/2016
Address—geocode feature, text X[X(29)]
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012
  • Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
  • Health, Standard 05/10/2016
Address—geocode geographic datum
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012
  • Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
  • Health, Standard 05/10/2016
Address—geocode geographic datum, text X[X(9)]
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012
  • Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
  • Health, Standard 05/10/2016
Address—geocode positional uncertainty, total metres N[NNN].NNN
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012
  • Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
  • Health, Standard 05/10/2016
Address—geocode vertical datum, text X[X(9)]
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012
  • Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
  • Health, Standard 05/10/2016
Geocode feature
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012
  • Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
  • Health, Standard 05/10/2016
Geocode geographic datum
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012
  • Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
  • Health, Standard 05/10/2016
Geocode vertical datum
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012
  • Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
  • Health, Standard 05/10/2016
Person and provider identification in healthcare National Best Practice Data Set
  • Health, Standard 05/10/2016
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