Draft operational guidelines of digital india land records modernization programme (dilrmp) introduction

9.2.2 At line layer
9.2.2.1 Some of the alamats that can be represented by lines are to be provided in a line layer. The line layer required for this purpose must contain the attribute field “style” along with other necessary fields. The following table contains the “style” column for the above mentioned line layer. The other columns are given as descriptions to the “style” column. The column named “Sl. No.” is the serial number of the various symbols as per the conventions followed. The base name of the files for the line layer for the alamats must be “alml” i.e. the “.shp” file for the line layer must be “alml.shp”. The names of other necessary files (.shx, etc.) for the same line layer must be given accordingly.
9.2.2.2 In order to define the extent of the total map area, it is essential to have a sheet boundary. This boundary is to be provided in a separate line layer, which must contain similar attribute fields as defined previously for the above mentioned line layer. This layer should contain a single line with thickness of style number 16. The base name of the files for the line layer for sheet boundary must be “bnd”, i.e., the “.shp” file for the line layer must be “bnd.shp”. The names of other necessary files (.shx, etc.) for the same line layer must be given accordingly.
Note: i) Some alamat notation comprises of a line and several points on the line. In such cases the lines are to be provided in the line layer and the points are to be provided in the point layer that is described in Table 1.
ii) Attribute Naming: The “style” attribute column in the following Table 2 must be a character field having a maximum length of 4 characters.
Table 2

Item

Style (specified by the NIC)