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NSW Foundation Spatial Data Framework - Place Names - Geographical Names Register Place Names

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ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2FANDS&rft_id=http://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-foundation-spatial-data-framework-place-names-geographical-names-register-place-names&rft.title=NSW Foundation Spatial Data Framework - Place Names - Geographical Names Register Place Names&rft.identifier=http://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-foundation-spatial-data-framework-place-names-geographical-names-register-place-names&rft.publisher=data.nsw.gov.au&rft.description=NSW Foundation Spatial Data Framework - Place Names - Geographical Names Register Place NamesThe Geographical Names Register (GNR) is a database of the authoritative place names in NSW. Since its inception in 1966 the Geographical Names Board has recorded information in relation to NSW geographical names within the GNR. There are currently over eighty thousand place names recorded in the GNR. On average, 200 new place names are assigned and added to this database every year.\r\n\r\nEvery record in this database has the provision for over thirty attributes ranging from spatial location information in respect to co-ordinate, map tile, parish etc. to cultural information on history, meaning and origin. The GNR also holds official information such as the name’s status and feature type, and temporal information dealing with the gazettal date of the name.&rft.creator=Anonymous&rft.date=2018&rft.coverage=New South Wales (NSW81093)&rft_rights=Creative Commons Attribution http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by&rft_subject=Geographical Names Board of NSW&rft_subject=NSW Spatial Data Framework&rft_subject=Spatial Services&rft_subject=geospatial&rft.type=dataset&rft.language=English Access the data
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The Geographical Names Register (GNR) is a database of the authoritative place names in NSW. Since its inception in 1966 the Geographical Names Board has recorded information in relation to NSW geographical names within the GNR. There are currently over eighty thousand place names recorded in the GNR. On average, 200 new place names are assigned and added to this database every year.

Every record in this database has the provision for over thirty attributes ranging from spatial location information in respect to co-ordinate, map tile, parish etc. to cultural information on history, meaning and origin. The GNR also holds official information such as the name’s status and feature type, and temporal information dealing with the gazettal date of the name.

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NSW Foundation Spatial Data Framework - Place Names - Geographical Names Register Place Names

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text: New South Wales (NSW81093)

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Geographical Names Board of NSW | NSW Spatial Data Framework | Spatial Services | geospatial |

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