Counties

Dataset Number 840
Dataset Title Counties
Status Published
Metadata Maintained by DHUD PLUS

Description

Category Land Administration
Theme Land Administration
Keywords and Qualifiers
Dataset Type Spatial
Description The County layer is a derived data set from the Hundred layer, using the County field within the Hundred layer data to merge the Hundred polygons INTO the relevant County polygons.The state was initially divided INTO Counties and subdivided INTO areas called Hundreds. There are 49 Counties and 633 Hundreds (includes out of hundreds and islands) within the State, in which each are identified by an unique name and number.
Dataset Use Provide the spatial extent of all counties in South Australia.
SDE Feature Class Name County
Projection/ Coordinate System GEOGRAPHIC

Custodian

Data Authority

Data Authority Department for Housing and Urban Development
Data Authority Name Bradley Slape
Surveyor-General
Data Manager Michael Ness
Manager, Geospatial Information Services
Department for Housing and Urban Development
michael.ness@sa.gov.au
7133 2704
Subject Matter Expert Michael Ness
Manager, Geospatial Information Services
Department for Housing and Urban Development
michael.ness@sa.gov.au
7133 2704
Data Integrity Officer Michael Ness
Manager, Geospatial Information Services
Department for Housing and Urban Development
michael.ness@sa.gov.au
7133 2704

Data Provider

Data Provider Location SA

Data Quality

Lineage Captured from the digitsing of the Hundred boundaries, then amalgamated INTO the County areas.
Completeness Full coverage
Positional Accuracy In line with the underlying parcel cadastre.
Method / Capture Scale

Tables

Table Name
Primary Table

Field Description

TableNameField AliasData Type% Complete% AccuracyDescription
Primary TableCounty Character100100The name of the County

Geographic Extent

Extent NameSouth Australia
Min Easting or Longitude129
Min Northing or Latitude-38.25
Max Easting or Longitude141
Max Northing or Latitude-26

Dataset Status

Initially Acquired 1/2/1995
Last Updated CURRENT
Update Frequency As required
Maintenance Method Altered as required in relation to the underlying parcel cadastre.
Metadata Created 06-FEB-2015
If copied, source dataset
Metadata updated 21/AUG/15 dtup\holliday
Authorised 04/MAY/15 dtup\jackmanc
Metadata Retired

Security Classification

ISMF Classification OFFICIAL
ISMF Integrity I3 - HIGH Requirement
ISMF Availability A3 - HIGH Requirement
AusGOAL Licensing Classification CC BY (Attribution)
Attribution
Further considerations for supply of dataset Not yet assessed

Operator Notes

Note
dtup\wattwill 04-MAY-2015: No new Counties proclaimed in more than 100 years. It is unlikely that any new County will be proclaimed.
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