Updated: 02 Jun 2003

Geographic Extent Name (GEN) Register

The GEN Register is an online resource that contains the geographic extents of thousands of geographic objects. These objects range from maps sheets, navigational charts, oceans and rivers, through to States, Territories and Local Government Areas.

The register has been developed by ANZLIC, the Spatial Information Council, to assist users complete the GEN element of the ANZLIC metadata guidelines. This element requires users to specify the the ordinary name of one or more predefined geographic objects that reasonably show the geographic coverage of their dataset.

The GEN Register can be accessed from www.anzlic.org.au/infrastructure_metadata.html#GEN

The GEN Register is maintained by Geoscience Australia on behalf of
ANZLIC, the spatial information council.