Geocode

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
METEOR identifier:	454203
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Standard 05/10/2016
Definition:	A description of the coordinates representing the location/position of an object.

Collection and usage attributes
Comments:	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:	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:	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