Feature Type

Feature Type Name

Bridge

Synonyms

Definition

A structure that spans and provides a passage over a road, railway, river, or some other obstacle

Comments

Bridges take the attributes of the road or path that cross it. Depending on the scale of representation, bridges may be shown as polygons, lines or points.

Table Name

BRIDGE

Australia's Implementation Table Names

  • BRIDGE_LN
  • BRIDGE_PT
  • BRIDGE_PY

The following have been used in the definition of this feature type

  • European Environment Information and Observation Network (EIONET), GEneral Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus (GEMET) online. Sited 30 July 2002. URL updated 10/12/2014

The following have been used in categorising this feature type

  • Infrastructure Services
  • Structure
Code Name Definition   Data type Values UoM Used by these Feature Types
1030 Classification Arrange in classes; assign to a class Mandatory character(50)
label Definition
Minor
Other
Principal
Track
Unknown
  Types
1042 Dataset_Id An unique identifier of the dataset the feature belongs to Mandatory number(4)     Types
1150 Q_Info An unique identifier pointing to additional data quality information not included in the metadata record. Mandatory number(5)     Types
1166 Route_No   Optional character(50)     Types
1186 Status The state or condition of a feature Mandatory character(50)
label Definition
Abandoned
Closed
Current
Moved
Non-preferred This dataset has not been superseded but there is another dataset that is the preferred dataset for general use.
Operational
Other
Proposed
Removed
Ruin
Seasonal One or more of the divisions of the year. E.g. summer
Superseded
Under construction
Unknown
Year-round All of the year
  Types
1192 Surface The outside of a material body, the limits that terminate a solid, the upper boundary of soil, etc. Mandatory character(50)
label Definition
Bitumen
Blue_ice Bands of transparent ice containing no air bubbles, its mass acquiring a blueish tint.
Concrete
Gravel
Ice
Ice free ground A general term for areas that are ice free
Ice or snow
Other
Rock The hard material of the earth's crust, exposed on the surface or underlaying the soil.
Sea ice
Snow Atmospheric precipitation of ice crystals.
Timber
Unknown
Water Sea: The expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its and masses. Lake: A large body of water surrounded by land.
  Types
1203 Transport   Mandatory character(50)
label Definition
Aircraft
Dog-sled
Other
Pedestrian
Ship
Ski
Unknown
Vehicle
  Types