Description: Supplied by LINZ,toporivers based on topo maps of 1970s and 1980s. River names have been added based ontopo maps andlocal knowledge(mostly Chris Fowles, freshwater scientistat Taranaki Regional Council). Some (limited) editing has been done to match more closely with aerial photography.
Description: Geographic name holds the proper noun of certain objects within the Topo databases. Geographic_name does not apply to roads, railway lines, or descriptive text - eg 'Brunner Mine' would be a Geographic_name but 'mine disused' is held in the descriptive_text feature Data Dictionary for geographic_name: http://apps.linz.govt.nz/topo-data-dictionary/index.aspx?page=class-geographic_name This layer is a component of the Topo50 map series. The Topo50 map series provides topographic mapping for the New Zealand mainland, Chatham and New Zealand's offshore islands, at 1:50,000 scale. Further information on Topo50: http://www.linz.govt.nz/topography/topo-maps/topo50