Abbreviations and symbols

Survey control

Vertical datum

​​​Abbreviation ​Meaning
​AHD  ​Australian Height Datum
​AHD D  ​Australian Height Datum Derived
​AIRPT  ​Airport Datum
​ARBIT  ​Arbitrary Datum
​BAROM  ​Barometric Datum
​BCC  ​Brisbane City Council Datum
​BRD  ​Burdekin River Datum
​CCC  ​Cairns City Council Datum
​CHART  ​Chart Datum
​HWD  ​High Water Datum
​ICC  ​Ipswich City Council Datum
​ISLW  ​Indian Springs Low Water Datum
​LAT  ​Lowest Astronomical Tide Datum
​LOCAL  ​Local Datum
​LWD  ​Low Water Datum
​MBD  ​Moreton Bay Datum
​MCC  ​Mackay City Council Datum
​MRD  ​Main Roads Datum
​MSL  ​Mean Sea Level Datum
​RCC  ​Rockhampton City Council Datum
​RLY  ​Railway Datum
​STATE  ​State Datum
​TDD  ​Tinaroo Dam Datum
​UNKN  ​Unknown Datum

Vertical accuracy

Symbol​ ​Meaning
​​​ ​Order
​0  ​Zero Order
​1  ​First Order
​2  ​Second Order etc.
​3  ​Third Order
​4  ​Fourth Order
​5  ​Fifth Order
​U  ​No Order
​Class ​
​AA  ​Class AA
​A  ​Class A
​B  ​Class B
​C  ​Class C
​D  ​Class D
​E  ​Class E
​PA  ​Class PA
​PB  ​Class PB
​PC  ​Class PC
​PD  ​Class PD
​PE  ​Class PE
​PF  ​Class PF
​U  ​No Class

Horizontal datum

Symbol​ ​Meaning
​AGD84  ​Australian Geodetic Datum 1984
​GDA94  ​Geocentric Datum Australia 1994

Horizontal accuracy

Symbol​ ​Meaning
​​Order
​00  ​00 Order
​0  ​Zero Order
​1  ​First Order
​10  ​DOP2
​11  ​DOP3
​12  ​DOP4
​13  ​DOP5
​14  ​DOP6
​15  ​DOP7
​16  ​DOP8
​2  ​Second Order
​20  ​No Order
​3  ​Third Order
​4  ​Fourth Order
​5  ​Fifth Order
​7  ​No Order
​8  ​Neamin
​9  ​DOP1
​​​Class
​2A  ​Class 2A
​3A  ​Class 3A
​A  ​Class A
​B  ​Class B
​C  ​Class C
​D  ​Class D
​E  ​Class E
​PA  ​Class PA
​PB  ​Class PB
​PC  ​Class PC
​PD  ​Class PD
​PE  ​Class PE
​PF  ​Class PF
​U  ​No Class

Mark condition

​Symbol ​Meaning
​0  ​Good
​1  ​Unstable
​3  ​Not found
​4  ​Destroyed
​5  ​Buried
​6  ​Damaged
​7  ​Disturbed
​8  ​Submerged

Note: For any further explanation of vertical/horizontal accuracies (Order and Class) reference should be made to ICSM Publication. SP1.

In this guide

  1. Database names
  2. Tenure
  3. Features
  4. Lease tenure reference
  5. Survey control
  6. Survey control report content
  7. Historical descriptions
  8. Government land register

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