New Zealand Topographic Data Dictionary

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For more information contact the New Zealand National Topo/Hydro Authority. Please note: the metadata presented here is prior to changes agreed with ICSM members and is therefore subject to alteration. Please read the Explanatory Page for explanations of the fields, abbreviations and symbols which have been used.

Object_class	Entity_class	Additional entity class	Object Inheritance
pa_pnt	HISTORICAL SITE	Not applicable	simple_point
Object description
Defensive earthworks constructed by Maori at any time between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries which were still visible as a topographical object at the time the first edition of the map was published. (see info. button for more information).
Map image		Digital data image
Click to enlarge map		Click to enlarge diagram
Comments
Note that a marae is captured using the building_pnt object with an entry 'marae' in the building_pnt_use field.
Entity Source	Classification	Seed class	Last updated	Edition number
Proposed NZ Std Entity	50k topo	not_applicable	23/11/2001	2

Associated Objects

(Where applicable)

Object Attributes

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