[Talk-GB] featdesc & featcode

[Brian Prangle]

Dump for external databases? Surely not! FHRS? UPRN? USRN? Edubase?

Regards

Brian

On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 at 19:09, Dave F via Talk-GB <talk-gb at openstreetmap.org>
wrote:

> Thanks for that.
>
> I'm struggling to see the benefit of this in OSM, & given only one
> contributor has added them I presume I'm not alone.
> The codes appear to be another company's database reference system, of
> which OSM has its own.
> OSM should not become a dump for external databases. Anyone with valid
> reasons for not removing these tags?
>
> DaveF
>
> On 19/11/2020 16:49, Martin Wynne wrote:
> > On 19/11/2020 16:24, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote:
> > >
> > > Anybody know what featdesc & featcode refer to? Local authority
> > > references?
> >
> > Hi Dave,
> >
> > Sorry about poor formatting, copied from:
> >
> >
> >
> https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/documents/os-vectormap-district-product-guide.pdf
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > OS VectorMap District technical specification feature codes  v1.8 –
> > 09/2016   © Crown copyright   Page 51 of 56
> >
> >   Feature Codes
> >
> >
> > Feature Codes represented in the vector product
> >
> > FeatureType  classification   featureCode
> > Building    25014
> > Glasshouse    25016
> > Road  Motorway  25710
> >   Primary Road  25723
> >   A Road  25729
> >   B Road  25743
> >   Minor Road  25750
> >   Local Street  25760
> >   Private Road Publicly Accessible  25780
> >   Pedestrianised Street  25790
> >   Motorway, Collapsed Dual Carriageway  25719
> >   Primary Road, Collapsed Dual Carriageway  25735
> >   A Road, Collapsed Dual Carriageway  25739
> >   B Road, Collapsed Dual Carriageway  25749
> >   Minor Road, Collapsed Dual Carriageway  25759
> > RoadTunnel    25792
> > MotorwayJunction    25796
> > Roundabout  Primary Road  25703
> >   A Road  25704
> >   B Road  25705
> >   Minor Road  25706
> >   Local Street  25707
> >   Private Road Publicly Accessible  25708
> > SurfaceWater_Line    25600
> > SurfaceWater_Area    25609
> > TidalWater  High Water Mark  25608
> > TidalBoundary  High Water Mark Low Water Mark  25604
> >   Low Water Mark  25605
> > Foreshore    25612
> > AdministrativeBoundary  National  25204
> >   Parish Or Community  25200
> >   District Or London Borough  25201
> >   County Or Region Or Island  25202
> > RailwayTrack  Multi Track  25300
> >   Single Track  25301
> >   Narrow Gauge  25302
> > RailwayTunnel    25303
> > RailwayStation  Light Rapid Transit Station  25420
> >   Railway Station  25422
> >   London Underground Station  25423
> >   Railway Station And London Underground Station  25424
> > OS VectorMap District technical specification feature codes  v1.8 –
> > 09/2016   © Crown copyright   Page 52 of 56
> >   Light Rapid Transit Station And Railway Station  25425
> >   Light Rapid Transit Station And London Underground Station 25426
> > FunctionalSite  Education Facility - School  25250
> >   Police Station  25251
> >   Medical Care  25252
> >   Place Of Worship  25253
> >   Leisure Or Sports Centre  25254
> >   Air Transport  25255
> >   Education Facility - Higher  25256
> >   Water Transport  25257
> >   Road Transport  25258
> >   Road Services  25259
> > Woodland    25999
> > Ornament    25550
> > ElectricityTransmissionLine    25102
> > NamedPlace  Populated Place  25801
> >   Landform  25802
> >   Woodland Or Forest  25803
> >   Hydrography  25804
> >   Landcover  25805
> > SpotHeight    25810
> >
> >
> >
> >
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