Vicmap Features - VICNAMES Place Name Register Point

dataset: GNR
Part of the Vicmap Features of Interest dataset series. This layer is derived from the Register of Geographic Names. Named locations desribed in this layer include town names, buildings/structures and place names in general.These locations are stored as named points. The layers primary function is to support production of map annotation and as a general reference for localities. The Register is the primary reference for official names and their applications. The Register holds the status of names (e.g. official; official alternative; official historical; etc). To provide the official legal name of a place or feature or asset as in section 18 of the Geographic Place Names Act 1998.
 
Citation proposal Citation proposal

(2017)

Vicmap Features - VICNAMES Place Name Register Point

Department of Transport and Planning

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Identifiers and Keywords

ANZLIC Id
ANZVI0803002305 
Victorian Spatial Data Library (VSDL) Schema
VMFEAT:GNR 
Jurisdiction
Victoria 
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Utilities communication
  • Transportation
 

Resource Constraints

Use limitation
For enquires relating to this product: vicmap.help@transport.vic.gov.au 
Classification
Unclassified 
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY)
 

Other Dataset Details

Date (Revision)
2017-02-02
Date (Publication)
2026-03-26T04:32:21
Status
Completed 
Supplemental Information
Related Documents: None Please see Vicmap Features of Interest product description for more detailed information on this product. This can be found on the Vicmap Features of Interest webpage. http://www.delwp.vic.gov.au/vicmap > Vicmap Products > Vicmap Features of Interest http://www.delwp.vic.gov.au/vicmap 
Maintenance and update frequency
Continual 
Maintenance date (Publication)
2023-03-09T11:59:37
 

Spatial

Spatial representation type
Vector 
Description
General - Victoria 
Reference system identifier
4283

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Temporal

Begin date
1996-04-01 
End date
now 
 

Quality

Conceptual Consistency
Cross error checks undertaken for location. 
Missing Data
Spatial Coverage: 100% There are currently approximately 34,000 named features present within the layer. 
Attribute Quality
Estimated at 99%. 
Positional Accuracy
Description: 1:25 000 maps (approx. 100m accuracy); 1:100 000 maps (approx. 1000m accuracy) Determination: Comparison to independent source Vertical Accuracy (m): N/A (no height data maintained) 
 

Lineage

Description
Processing Steps: Co-ordinate transformations 
Statement
Dataset Source: This data was derived from the Register of Geographic Names. Dataset Originality: Derived 
 

Attributes

Column Name Obligation Unique Data Type Data Length Data Precision Data Scale Reference Table Owner Reference Table Name Reference Table Code Column Name Short Column Name Definition
PLACE_ID O N NUMBER 22 10 0 NONE NONE NONE PLACE_ID
NAME_ID O N NUMBER 22 10 0 NONE NONE NONE NAME_ID
LONGITUDE O N NUMBER 22 8 5 LONGITUDE
NAME_STATUS_CODE M N VARCHAR2 3 VMREFTAB GNR_NAME_STATUS NAME_STATUS_CODE NAMESTATC
UFI O N NUMBER 22 10 0 UFI
PLACE_NAME O N VARCHAR2 100 NONE NONE NONE PLACE_NAME
FEATURE O N VARCHAR2 50 FEATURE
NAME_STATUS O N VARCHAR2 20 NAMESTAT
LATITUDE O N NUMBER 22 7 5 LATITUDE
VICMAP_ID O N NUMBER 22 10 0 VICMAP_ID
CREATE_DATE_UFI O N DATE 7 CRDATE_UFI
FEATURE_CODE M N VARCHAR2 4 VMREFTAB GNR_FEATURE FEATURE_CODE FEATUREC
REGISTRATION_DATE O N DATE 7 REG_DATE
 

About the Metadata Record

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid / 54322f3a-6c06-5c48-831c-45214f6d6aa0

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Resource Type
Dataset 
Date info (Creation)
Date info (Revision)
2025-08-06T11:18:57
Standard Name
ISO 19115-3:2018 
Profile Name
DELWP Profile 
Profile Version
Version 1 
Profile Date
2019-05-24 
 

Metadata Constraints

Classification
Unclassified 
 
 

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