Abbreviations and symbols

Survey control

Vertical datum

AbbreviationMeaning
​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

SymbolMeaning
​ ​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

SymbolMeaning
​AGD84  ​Australian Geodetic Datum 1984
​GDA94  ​Geocentric Datum Australia 1994

Horizontal accuracy

SymbolMeaning
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

SymbolMeaning
​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. Valuations
  5. Lease tenure reference
  6. Survey control
  7. Survey control report content
  8. Historical descriptions
  9. Government land register

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