# Feature type: WaterbodyArea_P

## Package: MaritimeRegions
## Title: FC046_P
## Definition: A geographically defined part of a waterbody (for example: the sea or other navigable waters).
## Description: It may have a proper name (for example: Philippine Sea, Bismark Sea, or Coral Sea).
## Type: Feature type
## Overview of characteristics:
Attributes and association roles
Name | Type | Multiplicity
--- | --- | ---
geometry-pointGeometryInfo.area | Real | 0..1
geometry-pointGeometryInfo.baseElevation.accuracy | Real | 0..1
geometry-pointGeometryInfo.baseElevation.value-singleValue | Real | 0..1
geometry-pointGeometryInfo.horizCoordMetadata.absoluteHorizAccuracy90.absoluteHorizAccEvalMeth | HorizPosAccuracy_absoluteHorizAccEvalMeth | 0..1
geometry-pointGeometryInfo.horizCoordMetadata.absoluteHorizAccuracy90.value | Real | 0..1
geometry-pointGeometryInfo.horizCoordMetadata.horizAccuracyCategory | HorizCoordMetadata_horizAccuracyCategory | 0..1
geometry-pointGeometryInfo.length-singleValue | Real | 0..1
geometry-pointGeometryInfo.pointGeometry | GM_Point | 0..1
geometry-pointGeometryInfo.vertCoordMetadata.absoluteVertAccuracy90.absoluteVertAccEvalMeth | VertPosAccuracy_absoluteVertAccEvalMeth | 0..1
geometry-pointGeometryInfo.vertCoordMetadata.absoluteVertAccuracy90.value | Real | 0..1
geometry-pointGeometryInfo.vertCoordMetadata.elevationAccuracyCategory | VertCoordMetadata_elevationAccuracyCategory | 0..1
geometry-pointGeometryInfo.width-singleValue | Real | 0..1
isDesignatedBy.fullName | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy.fullNameNoDiacritics | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy.fullNameOrdered | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy.geoNameCharacterSet | GeoNameInfo_geoNameCharacterSet | 0..1
isDesignatedBy.geoNameDesignation | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy.geographicNameType | GeoNameInfo_geographicNameType | 0..1
isDesignatedBy.iso15924ScriptCode | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy.languageCode | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy.languageDialectCode | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy.multipleOfficialNames | BooleanWithONINA | 0..1
isDesignatedBy.nameIdentifier | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy.namedFeatureIdentifier | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy_2.fullName | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy_2.fullNameNoDiacritics | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy_2.fullNameOrdered | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy_2.geoNameCharacterSet | GeoNameInfo_geoNameCharacterSet | 0..1
isDesignatedBy_2.geoNameDesignation | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy_2.geographicNameType | GeoNameInfo_geographicNameType | 0..1
isDesignatedBy_2.iso15924ScriptCode | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy_2.languageCode | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy_2.languageDialectCode | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy_2.multipleOfficialNames | BooleanWithONINA | 0..1
isDesignatedBy_2.nameIdentifier | CharacterString | 0..1
isDesignatedBy_2.namedFeatureIdentifier | CharacterString | 0..1
metadata.dataQualityStatement | CharacterString | 0..1
metadata.delineationKnown | BooleanWithONINA | 0..1
metadata.existenceCertaintyCat | FeatureMetadata_existenceCertaintyCat | 0..1
metadata.surveyCoverageCategory | FeatureMetadata_surveyCoverageCategory | 0..1
specifiedDomainValues | CharacterString | 0..1
uniqueEntityIdentifier | CharacterString | 1
universalUniqueIdentifier | CharacterString | 1
waterbodyMorphology | WaterbodyArea_waterbodyMorphology | 0..1
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Name: | geometry-pointGeometryInfo.area
Title: | GEM-zI007.ARA
Definition: | The area within the delineation of the feature.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | Real
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Name: | geometry-pointGeometryInfo.baseElevation.accuracy
Title: | GEM-zI007.BEL.accuracy
Definition: | The vertical distance from a specified vertical datum to the terrain surface of or at the base of the feature.
Description: | If the feature is not supported above the surface by another feature then the base of the feature is usually located at ground or water level on the downhill/downstream side. For non-inland water bodies, the water level is usually understood to be Mean Sea Level (MSL). In the case of a survey marker (monument) this is usually the elevation assigned to the marker (monument).
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | Real
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Name: | geometry-pointGeometryInfo.baseElevation.value-singleValue
Title: | GEM-zI007.BEL.value-singleValue
Definition: | The vertical distance from a specified vertical datum to the terrain surface of or at the base of the feature.
Description: | If the feature is not supported above the surface by another feature then the base of the feature is usually located at ground or water level on the downhill/downstream side. For non-inland water bodies, the water level is usually understood to be Mean Sea Level (MSL). In the case of a survey marker (monument) this is usually the elevation assigned to the marker (monument).
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | Real
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Name: | geometry-pointGeometryInfo.horizCoordMetadata.absoluteHorizAccuracy90.absoluteHorizAccEvalMeth
Title: | GEM-zI007.horizCoordMetadata.AHA.absoluteHorizAccEvalMeth
Definition: | The method by which the absolute horizontal accuracy was derived.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | HorizPosAccuracy_absoluteHorizAccEvalMeth (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
evaluationDeferred | 21 Evaluation deferred (no measurement).
geodeticSurveyAdequate | 1 Geodetic survey control - adequate sample.
geodeticSurveySmall | 2 Geodetic survey control - small sample.
photogrammAdequate | 22 Photogrammetric control - adequate sample.
photogrammSmall | 23 Photogrammetric control - small sample.
productSpecification | 15 Product specification accuracy value - assumed adequate sample.
sourceAccuracy | 13 Accuracy evaluation printed on the map sheet or the evaluation was derived from source accuracy.
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Name: | geometry-pointGeometryInfo.horizCoordMetadata.absoluteHorizAccuracy90.value
Title: | GEM-zI007.horizCoordMetadata.AHA.value
Definition: | The difference between the recorded horizontal coordinates of a feature and its true position referenced to the same geodetic datum expressed as a circular error at 90 percent probability.
Description: | It may also be applied to a data set. If the data contains multiple accuracies, usually the worst accuracy which applies to 10% or more of the data is recorded.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | Real
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Name: | geometry-pointGeometryInfo.horizCoordMetadata.horizAccuracyCategory
Title: | GEM-zI007.horizCoordMetadata.ACC
Definition: | A general evaluation of the horizontal accuracy of the geographic position of a feature, as a category.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | HorizCoordMetadata_horizAccuracyCategory (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
accurate | 1 Meets specified accuracy requirements.
approximate | 2 Fails to meet specified accuracy requirements but is deemed sufficiently accurate for some uses.
doubtful | 3 Fails to meet specified accuracy requirements and is probably not sufficiently accurate for most uses.
precise | 7 Exceeds specified accuracy requirements.
noInformation | -999999 No Information
notApplicable | 998 Not Applicable
other | 999 Other
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Name: | geometry-pointGeometryInfo.length-singleValue
Title: | GEM-zI007.LZN-singleValue
Definition: | The dimension of a feature taken along its primary alignment of use and generally in the horizontal plane.
Description: | The primary alignment of a feature is its established direction of flow or use (for example: a road, a power line, a river, a rapid, and/or a bridge). A feature-specific rule may apply. In the case of a bridge, the length is the distance between the bridge abutments along the bridge centreline. In the case of a dam, the length is the distance along the dam crest. If no established direction of flow or use exists then (1) if the feature is irregular in shape its length is its greatest horizontal dimension (see Attribute: 'Greatest Horizontal Extent'), else (2) if the feature is regular in shape then a shape-specific rule may apply: for a rectangular feature, the length of the longer axis; for a round feature, the diameter.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | Real
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Name: | geometry-pointGeometryInfo.pointGeometry
Title: | GEM-zI007.G01
Definition: | A 0-dimensional geometric primitive, representing a position.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | GM_Point
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Name: | geometry-pointGeometryInfo.vertCoordMetadata.absoluteVertAccuracy90.absoluteVertAccEvalMeth
Title: | GEM-zI007.vertCoordMetadata.AVA.absoluteVertAccEvalMeth
Definition: | The method by which the absolute vertical accuracy was derived.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | VertPosAccuracy_absoluteVertAccEvalMeth (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
evaluationDeferred | 21 Evaluation deferred (no measurement).
geodeticSurveyAdequate | 1 Geodetic survey control - adequate sample.
geodeticSurveySmall | 2 Geodetic survey control - small sample.
photogrammAdequate | 22 Photogrammetric control - adequate sample.
photogrammSmall | 23 Photogrammetric control - small sample.
productSpecification | 15 Product specification accuracy value - assumed adequate sample.
sourceAccuracy | 13 Accuracy evaluation printed on the map sheet or the evaluation was derived from source accuracy.
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Name: | geometry-pointGeometryInfo.vertCoordMetadata.absoluteVertAccuracy90.value
Title: | GEM-zI007.vertCoordMetadata.AVA.value
Definition: | The difference between the recorded elevation of a feature and its true elevation referenced to the same vertical datum expressed as a linear error at 90 percent probability.
Description: | It may also be applied to a data set. If the data contains multiple accuracies, usually the worst accuracy which applies to 10% or more of the data is recorded.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | Real
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Name: | geometry-pointGeometryInfo.vertCoordMetadata.elevationAccuracyCategory
Title: | GEM-zI007.vertCoordMetadata.ELA
Definition: | A general evaluation of the accuracy of the vertical position of a feature, as a category.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | VertCoordMetadata_elevationAccuracyCategory (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
accurate | 1 Meets specified accuracy requirements.
approximate | 2 Fails to meet specified accuracy requirements but is deemed sufficiently accurate for some uses.
noInformation | -999999 No Information
notApplicable | 998 Not Applicable
other | 999 Other
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Name: | geometry-pointGeometryInfo.width-singleValue
Title: | GEM-zI007.WID-singleValue
Definition: | The dimension of a feature taken perpendicular to its primary alignment of use and generally in the horizontal plane.
Description: | The primary alignment of a feature is its established direction of flow or use (for example: a road, a power line right-of-way, a river, rapid, and/or a bridge). A feature-specific rule may apply. In the case of a bridge, the width is the distance perpendicular to the bridge centre-line and generally in the horizontal plane. In the case of a dam, the width is the distance perpendicular to (across the) the dam crest. If no such direction of flow or use exists then (1) if the feature is irregular in shape its width is taken perpendicular to the direction of its greatest horizontal dimension (see Attribute: 'Greatest Horizontal Extent'), else (2) if the feature is regular in shape then a shape-specific rule may apply: for a rectangular feature, the length of the shorter axis; for a round feature, the diameter.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | Real
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Name: | isDesignatedBy.fullName
Title: | ISDES.FNA
Definition: | A complete name that is used to designate the entity as that designation would normally be written by the originating culture on a map or chart.
Description: | It is generally considered to consist of a specific part, a generic part, and any articles or prepositions. The order of the parts may vary with the generic part appearing at the beginning, middle or end.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy.fullNameNoDiacritics
Title: | ISDES.FN1
Definition: | A complete name that is used to designate the entity as that designation would normally be written by the originating culture on a map or chart except that any diacritics and special characters have been replaced with their corresponding Roman characters.
Description: | It is generally considered to consist of a specific part, a generic part, and any articles or prepositions. The order of the parts may vary with the generic part appearing at the beginning, middle or end.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy.fullNameOrdered
Title: | ISDES.FN2
Definition: | A complete name that is used to designate the entity as that designation would normally be written by the originating culture on a map or chart, except that its components have been arranged into an order that facilitates alphabetic ordering and search.
Description: | The component order is such that the specific part of the name appears first, followed by an optional comma, the generic part of the name, and then finally any articles or prepositions (for example: 'Everest, Mount' or 'Mexico, Gulf of'). For some geographic names no reordering of the full name is required (for example: 'Tigrus River'). Geographic names that are believed to no longer exist are enclosed in double parenthesis, as: '(( Name ))'.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy.geoNameCharacterSet
Title: | ISDES.GCS
Definition: | The character set used for the display of characters with diacritics and special characters in a geographic name.
Description: | Individual character sets include diacritics and special characters from multiple languages in the same geographic region.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | GeoNameInfo_geoNameCharacterSet (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
region1 | 1 Includes language-specific characters used in the Americas and Western Europe.
region2 | 2 Includes language-specific characters used in Eastern Europe.
region3 | 3 Includes language-specific characters used in Africa and the Middle East.
region4 | 4 Includes language-specific characters used in Russia and Central Asia.
region5 | 5 Includes language-specific characters used in the Asia Pacific region.
region6 | 6 Includes language-specific characters used in Vietnam.
noInformation | -999999 No Information
notApplicable | 998 Not Applicable
other | 999 Other
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Name: | isDesignatedBy.geoNameDesignation
Title: | ISDES.GND
Definition: | The designation of the type of a feature with which a geographic name is associated, as used in the NGA Geographic Names Data Base (GNDB).
Description: | A designated feature type also has a (unique, single) geographic name classification.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy.geographicNameType
Title: | ISDES.GNT
Definition: | The type of a geographic name based on its scope of use, quality of source and/or its transliteration status.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | GeoNameInfo_geographicNameType (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
conventional | 1 An English name that is in widespread usage for a feature that is located in a region where English is not the official language.
historicalOriginal | 9 A historical name for a feature that remains in the original (non-Latin/Roman) script.
historicalTransliterated | 8 A historical name for a feature that has been transliterated to the Latin/Roman script as necessary.
nativeOriginal | 5 The official local name for a feature that remains in the original (non-Latin/Roman) script and is approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN).
nativeTransliterated | 2 The official local name for a feature that has been transliterated to the Latin/Roman script as necessary and is approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN).
provisional | 10 A provisional name for a feature that has been transliterated to the Latin/Roman script as necessary.
unverifiedOriginal | 7 A local name for a feature that remains in the original (non-Latin/Roman) script, where a native source for the name was either unavailable or nonexistant and a non-native source for the name was used instead and the resulting name could not be verified from a recent local official source. An unverified name is usually indicated in a gazetteer using the dagger symbol.
unverifiedTransliterated | 4 A local name for a feature that has been transliterated to the Latin/Roman script as necessary, where a native source for the name was either unavailable or nonexistant and a non-native source for the name was used instead and the resulting name could not be verified from a recent local official source. An unverified name is usually indicated in a gazetteer using the dagger symbol.
variantOriginal | 6 A variant or alternate name for a feature that remains in the original (non-Latin/Roman) script. For example, a former name, a name in local usage, alternate name spellings found in various sources, or a derived short name.
variantTransliterated | 3 A variant or alternate name for a feature that has been transliterated to the Latin/Roman script as necessary. For example, a former name, a name in local usage, alternate name spellings found in various sources, or a derived short name.
noInformation | -999999 No Information
notApplicable | 998 Not Applicable
other | 999 Other
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Name: | isDesignatedBy.iso15924ScriptCode
Title: | ISDES.IS1
Definition: | The International Organization for Standardization (ISO 15924) four character code that designates a script.
Description: | A script is a set of graphic characters used for the written form of one or more languages.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy.languageCode
Title: | ISDES.LAN
Definition: | The International Organization for Standardization (ISO 639-3) three character code that designates the language or macrolanguage of the source of a geographic name.
Description: | A macrolanguage is a set of closely related language varieties (dialects) that generally have a common linguistic identity and a common written form; this may occur when there is a transitional socio-linguistic situation in which sub-communities of a single language community are diverging. The language of the geographic name source should be distinguished from the language of origin or etymology of a geographic name; for example, considering the place name 'San Jose, California' the language of the source of this geographic name may be English if it is determined from a United States map, regardless of the fact that this geographic name means 'St. Joseph, California' in Spanish.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy.languageDialectCode
Title: | ISDES.LAD
Definition: | The International Organization for Standardization (ISO 639-3) three character code that designates the language dialect, if applicable, of the source of a geographic name.
Description: | Some languages have no (child) dialects. Each language dialect is unique to only one parent language.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy.multipleOfficialNames
Title: | ISDES.MON
Definition: | An indication that a feature has more than one official, native script, geographic name.
Description: | Multiple official names may exist when a feature passes through more than one country and those multiple countries have different official names for that feature. Some countries have more than one official language and therefore may have an official name for a feature in each official language.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | BooleanWithONINA (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
false | 1000 False
true | 1001 True
noInformation | -999999 No Information
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Name: | isDesignatedBy.nameIdentifier
Title: | ISDES.NFN
Definition: | The unique name identifier element in the NGA Geographic Names Data Base (GNDB).
Description: | Typically used together with Attribute: 'Named Feature Identifier' to provide a unique index into the NGA Geographic Names Data Base (GNDB) from which NGA draws all of its feature name information.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy.namedFeatureIdentifier
Title: | ISDES.NFI
Definition: | The unique named feature identifier element in the NGA Geographic Names Data Base (GNDB).
Description: | Typically used together with Attribute: 'Name Identifier' to provide a unique index into the NGA Geographic Names Data Base (GNDB) from which NGA draws all of its feature name information.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy_2.fullName
Title: | ISDES_2.FNA
Definition: | A complete name that is used to designate the entity as that designation would normally be written by the originating culture on a map or chart.
Description: | It is generally considered to consist of a specific part, a generic part, and any articles or prepositions. The order of the parts may vary with the generic part appearing at the beginning, middle or end.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy_2.fullNameNoDiacritics
Title: | ISDES_2.FN1
Definition: | A complete name that is used to designate the entity as that designation would normally be written by the originating culture on a map or chart except that any diacritics and special characters have been replaced with their corresponding Roman characters.
Description: | It is generally considered to consist of a specific part, a generic part, and any articles or prepositions. The order of the parts may vary with the generic part appearing at the beginning, middle or end.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy_2.fullNameOrdered
Title: | ISDES_2.FN2
Definition: | A complete name that is used to designate the entity as that designation would normally be written by the originating culture on a map or chart, except that its components have been arranged into an order that facilitates alphabetic ordering and search.
Description: | The component order is such that the specific part of the name appears first, followed by an optional comma, the generic part of the name, and then finally any articles or prepositions (for example: 'Everest, Mount' or 'Mexico, Gulf of'). For some geographic names no reordering of the full name is required (for example: 'Tigrus River'). Geographic names that are believed to no longer exist are enclosed in double parenthesis, as: '(( Name ))'.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy_2.geoNameCharacterSet
Title: | ISDES_2.GCS
Definition: | The character set used for the display of characters with diacritics and special characters in a geographic name.
Description: | Individual character sets include diacritics and special characters from multiple languages in the same geographic region.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | GeoNameInfo_geoNameCharacterSet (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
region1 | 1 Includes language-specific characters used in the Americas and Western Europe.
region2 | 2 Includes language-specific characters used in Eastern Europe.
region3 | 3 Includes language-specific characters used in Africa and the Middle East.
region4 | 4 Includes language-specific characters used in Russia and Central Asia.
region5 | 5 Includes language-specific characters used in the Asia Pacific region.
region6 | 6 Includes language-specific characters used in Vietnam.
noInformation | -999999 No Information
notApplicable | 998 Not Applicable
other | 999 Other
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Name: | isDesignatedBy_2.geoNameDesignation
Title: | ISDES_2.GND
Definition: | The designation of the type of a feature with which a geographic name is associated, as used in the NGA Geographic Names Data Base (GNDB).
Description: | A designated feature type also has a (unique, single) geographic name classification.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy_2.geographicNameType
Title: | ISDES_2.GNT
Definition: | The type of a geographic name based on its scope of use, quality of source and/or its transliteration status.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | GeoNameInfo_geographicNameType (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
conventional | 1 An English name that is in widespread usage for a feature that is located in a region where English is not the official language.
historicalOriginal | 9 A historical name for a feature that remains in the original (non-Latin/Roman) script.
historicalTransliterated | 8 A historical name for a feature that has been transliterated to the Latin/Roman script as necessary.
nativeOriginal | 5 The official local name for a feature that remains in the original (non-Latin/Roman) script and is approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN).
nativeTransliterated | 2 The official local name for a feature that has been transliterated to the Latin/Roman script as necessary and is approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN).
provisional | 10 A provisional name for a feature that has been transliterated to the Latin/Roman script as necessary.
unverifiedOriginal | 7 A local name for a feature that remains in the original (non-Latin/Roman) script, where a native source for the name was either unavailable or nonexistant and a non-native source for the name was used instead and the resulting name could not be verified from a recent local official source. An unverified name is usually indicated in a gazetteer using the dagger symbol.
unverifiedTransliterated | 4 A local name for a feature that has been transliterated to the Latin/Roman script as necessary, where a native source for the name was either unavailable or nonexistant and a non-native source for the name was used instead and the resulting name could not be verified from a recent local official source. An unverified name is usually indicated in a gazetteer using the dagger symbol.
variantOriginal | 6 A variant or alternate name for a feature that remains in the original (non-Latin/Roman) script. For example, a former name, a name in local usage, alternate name spellings found in various sources, or a derived short name.
variantTransliterated | 3 A variant or alternate name for a feature that has been transliterated to the Latin/Roman script as necessary. For example, a former name, a name in local usage, alternate name spellings found in various sources, or a derived short name.
noInformation | -999999 No Information
notApplicable | 998 Not Applicable
other | 999 Other
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Name: | isDesignatedBy_2.iso15924ScriptCode
Title: | ISDES_2.IS1
Definition: | The International Organization for Standardization (ISO 15924) four character code that designates a script.
Description: | A script is a set of graphic characters used for the written form of one or more languages.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy_2.languageCode
Title: | ISDES_2.LAN
Definition: | The International Organization for Standardization (ISO 639-3) three character code that designates the language or macrolanguage of the source of a geographic name.
Description: | A macrolanguage is a set of closely related language varieties (dialects) that generally have a common linguistic identity and a common written form; this may occur when there is a transitional socio-linguistic situation in which sub-communities of a single language community are diverging. The language of the geographic name source should be distinguished from the language of origin or etymology of a geographic name; for example, considering the place name 'San Jose, California' the language of the source of this geographic name may be English if it is determined from a United States map, regardless of the fact that this geographic name means 'St. Joseph, California' in Spanish.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy_2.languageDialectCode
Title: | ISDES_2.LAD
Definition: | The International Organization for Standardization (ISO 639-3) three character code that designates the language dialect, if applicable, of the source of a geographic name.
Description: | Some languages have no (child) dialects. Each language dialect is unique to only one parent language.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy_2.multipleOfficialNames
Title: | ISDES_2.MON
Definition: | An indication that a feature has more than one official, native script, geographic name.
Description: | Multiple official names may exist when a feature passes through more than one country and those multiple countries have different official names for that feature. Some countries have more than one official language and therefore may have an official name for a feature in each official language.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | BooleanWithONINA (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
false | 1000 False
true | 1001 True
noInformation | -999999 No Information
## Attribute: back to top
Name: | isDesignatedBy_2.nameIdentifier
Title: | ISDES_2.NFN
Definition: | The unique name identifier element in the NGA Geographic Names Data Base (GNDB).
Description: | Typically used together with Attribute: 'Named Feature Identifier' to provide a unique index into the NGA Geographic Names Data Base (GNDB) from which NGA draws all of its feature name information.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | isDesignatedBy_2.namedFeatureIdentifier
Title: | ISDES_2.NFI
Definition: | The unique named feature identifier element in the NGA Geographic Names Data Base (GNDB).
Description: | Typically used together with Attribute: 'Name Identifier' to provide a unique index into the NGA Geographic Names Data Base (GNDB) from which NGA draws all of its feature name information.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | metadata.dataQualityStatement
Title: | MD0.DQS
Definition: | A narrative or other textual description that records a general assessment of the quality of a resource (for example: a data instance, a data set or a data processing activity).
Description: | The quality of a data resource is dependent on the data providers knowledge regarding the lineage of the data and the processes that have been used to transform that data. No restriction is placed on the length of the statement.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | metadata.delineationKnown
Title: | MD0.COD
Definition: | An indication that the delineation (for example: limits and information) of a feature is known.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | BooleanWithONINA (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
false | 1000 False
true | 1001 True
noInformation | -999999 No Information
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Name: | metadata.existenceCertaintyCat
Title: | MD0.COE
Definition: | A general evaluation of the quality of a feature assessment, as a category.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | FeatureMetadata_existenceCertaintyCat (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
definite | 1 A feature whose existence has been confirmed by a trusted source.
doubtful | 2 A feature whose existence has been reported and was not able to be confirmed, but which is assumed to be present for reasons of safety.
reported | 3 A feature whose existence has been reported but not confirmed.
noInformation | -999999 No Information
notApplicable | 998 Not Applicable
other | 999 Other
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Name: | metadata.surveyCoverageCategory
Title: | MD0.SUR
Definition: | A general evaluation of the coverage quality of a survey, as a category.
Description: | See possibly accompanying Attribute: 'Position Quality Category' for additional survey-related information.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | FeatureMetadata_surveyCoverageCategory (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
inadequatelySurveyed | 2 Surveyed, but not with complete coverage and/or not to established standards.
surveyed | 1 Surveyed with complete coverage and to established standards. Survey implies a regular, controlled survey of any date.
unsurveyed | 3 Survey data either does not exist or is very poor in coverage and/or quality.
noInformation | -999999 No Information
notApplicable | 998 Not Applicable
other | 999 Other
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Name: | specifiedDomainValues
Title: | OTH
Definition: | One or more intended attribute domain values for one or more enumeration or codelist attributes that are not currently valid members of their respective attribute ranges.
Description: | The actual attribute domain values may have been previously, or may become in the future, valid members of the attribute domain range.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | uniqueEntityIdentifier
Title: | UFI
Definition: | The globally unique and persistent identifier of an entity (for example: feature or event) instance as specified by a Uniform Resource Name (URN) in accordance with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) RFC2396 and RFC2141.
Description: | It is based on the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), a compact string of characters for identifying an abstract or physical resource. The term 'Uniform Resource Name' (URN) refers to the subset of URI that are required to remain globally unique and persistent even when the resource ceases to exist or becomes unavailable. The URN is drawn from one of a set of defined namespaces, each of which has its own set name structure and assignment procedures.
Multiplicity: | 1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | universalUniqueIdentifier
Title: | UUI
Definition: | The Universal Unique Identifier (UUID) that is assigned to a feature in order to uniquely identify it for the purpose of maintaining relationships between features (relational database) and version control.
Description: | UUIDs are defined in ITU-T Rec. X.667 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ISO/IEC 9834-8.
Multiplicity: | 1
Value type: | CharacterString
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Name: | waterbodyMorphology
Title: | SEA
Definition: | The shape and/or configuration of a waterbody as a whole or in a localized area.
Description: | Generally used to describe relatively large bodies of water, for example those that are characterized by tidal conditions, swells, and/or high heavy wave action, whether containing fresh or salt water.
Multiplicity: | 0..1
Value type: | WaterbodyArea_waterbodyMorphology (enumeration)
Values: | See listed values
Value Name | Documentation
--- | ---
gat | 2 A natural or artificial passage or channel through shoals or steep banks, or across a line of banks lying between two channels.
bank | 3 An elevation over which the depth of water is relatively shallow, but normally sufficient for safe surface navigation. Typically located on a shelf (continental or insular).
deep | 4 An obsolete term which was generally restricted to depths greater than 6,000 metres.
bay | 5 An indentation in the coastline.
basin | 7 A depression in the sea floor of variable extent.
tidalFlat | 8 A large flat area of mud or sand attached to the shore and alternately covered and uncovered by the tide.
trench | 9 A long narrow, characteristically very deep and asymmetrical depression of the sea floor, with relatively steep sides, commonly between abyssal hills and continental margins. Trenches are commonly associated with subduction zones, the trench then paralleling a volcanic arc.
mudFlats | 10 A level tract of land, as the bed of a dry lake or an area frequently uncovered at low tide.
reef | 11 A rock lying at or near the sea surface that may constitute a hazard to surface navigation.
ledge | 12 A rocky formation continuous with and fringing the shore.
canyon | 13 A relatively narrow, deep depression with steep sides, the bottom of which generally has a continuous slope. Developed characteristically on some continental slopes.
narrows | 14 A navigable narrow part of a bay, strait, or river.
shoal | 15 An offshore hazard to surface navigation that is composed of unconsolidated material.
knoll | 16 A relatively small isolated elevation of a rounded shape.
ridge | 17 A long, narrow elevation with steep sides often separating ocean basins.
seamount | 18 A large isolated elevation, greater than 1000 metres in relief above the sea floor, characteristically of conical form.
pinnacle | 19 Any high tower or spire-shaped pillar or rock or coral, alone or cresting a summit. It may extend above the surface of the water. If completely submerged it may or may not be a hazard to surface navigation.
abyssalPlain | 20 An extensive, flat, gently sloping or nearly level region at abyssal depths.
plateau | 21 A flat or nearly flat area of considerable extent, dropping off abruptly on one or more sides.
spur | 22 A subordinate elevation, ridge or rise projecting outward from a larger feature.
shelf | 23 A zone adjacent to a continent (or around an island) and extending from the low water line to a depth at which there is usually a marked increase of slope towards oceanic depths.
trough | 24 A long depression of the sea floor characteristically flat bottomed and steep sided and normally shallower than a trench.
saddle | 25 A broad pass, resembling in shape a riding saddle, in a ridge or between contiguous seamounts.
abyssalHills | 26 A tract, on occasion extensive, of often low (100-500 metre) elevations on the deep sea floor.
apron | 27 A gently dipping featureless surface, underlain primarily by sediment, at the base of any steeper slope.
archipelagicApron | 28 A gentle slope with a generally smooth surface on the sea floor, characteristically found around groups of islands or seamounts.
borderland | 29 A region adjacent to a continent, normally occupied by or bordering a shelf, that is highly irregular with depths well in excess of those typical of a shelf.
continentalMargin | 30 The zone, generally consisting of shelf, slope and rise, separating the continent from the abyssal plain or deep sea floor.
continentalRise | 31 A gentle slope rising from the oceanic depths towards the foot of a continental slope.
escarpment | 32 An elongated and comparatively steep slope separating or gently sloping areas.
fan | 33 A relatively smooth, fan-like, depositional feature normally sloping away from the outer termination of a canyon or canyon system.
fractureZone | 34 An extensive linear zone of irregular topography of the sea floor, characterized by steep-sided or asymmetrical ridges, troughs or escarpments.
gap | 35 A narrow break in a ridge or a rise.
guyot | 36 A seamount having a comparatively smooth flat top.
hill | 37 A small isolated elevation of the sea floor.
hole | 38 A local depression, often steep sided, of the sea floor.
levee | 39 A depositional embankment bordering a canyon, valley or deep-sea channel.
medianValley | 40 The axial depression of the mid-oceanic ridge system.
moat | 41 An annular depression that may not be continuous, located at the base of many seamounts, islands and other isolated elevations.
mountains | 42 A large and complex grouping of ridges and seamounts.
peak | 43 A prominent elevation either pointed or of a very limited extent across the summit.
province | 44 A region identifiable by a group of similar physiographic features whose characteristics are markedly in contrast with surrounding areas.
rise | 45 A broad elevation that rises gently and generally smoothly from the sea floor. May occasionally be used to refer to the linked major mid-oceanic mountain systems of global extent.
seaChannel | 46 A continuously sloping, elongated narrow depression commonly found in fans or abyssal plains and customarily bordered by levees on one or both sides.
seamountChain | 47 Several seamounts in linear or arcuate alignment.
shelfEdge | 48 A narrow zone at the seaward margin of a shelf along which is a marked increase of slope.
sill | 49 A sea floor barrier of relatively shallow depth restricting water movement between basins.
slope | 50 The slope seaward from the shelf edge to the upper edge of a continental rise or the point where there is a general reduction in slope.
terrace | 51 A relatively flat horizontal or gently inclined surface, sometimes long and narrow, that is bounded by a steeper ascending slope on one side and by a steeper descending slope on the opposite side.
valley | 52 A relatively shallow, wide depression, the bottom of which usually has a continuous gradient. This term is generally not used for features that have canyon-like characteristics for a significant portion of their extent.
channel | 80 The deepest part of a stream, bay, lagoon, or strait, through which the main current flows.
fjord | 82 A long, narrow, steep-walled, deep-water arm of the sea at high latitudes, usually along mountainous coasts.
gulf | 87 A large recess in the coastline, larger than a bay.
ocean | 91 One of the major divisions of the vast expanse of salt water covering part of the Earth.
plain | 93 A flat, gently sloping or nearly level region.
sound | 97 A long arm of the sea either forming a channel between the mainland and an island or islands, or connecting two larger bodies of water.
sea | 98 A large body of salt water more or less confined by continuous land or chains of islands forming a subdivision of an ocean.
strait | 100 A relatively narrow waterway, usually narrower and less extensive than a sound, connecting two larger bodies of water.
caldera | 102 A collapsed or partially-collapsed seamount, commonly of annular shape.
noInformation | -999999 No Information
notApplicable | 998 Not Applicable
other | 999 Other