INSPIRE feature concepts

A linear spatial object that describes the geometry and connectivity of a road network between two points in the network. Road links can represent paths, bicycle roads, single carriageways, multiple carriageway roads and even fictitious trajectories across traffic squares.

RoadLink

A linear spatial object, composed of an ordered collection of road links, which represents a continuous path in a road network without any branches. The element has a defined beginning and end and every position on the road link sequence is identifiable with one single parameter such as length. It describes an element of the road network, characterized by one or more thematic identifiers and/or properties.

RoadLinkSequence

Name of a road, as assigned by the responsible authority.

RoadName

A point spatial object that is used to either represent connectivity between two road links or to represent a significant spatial object such as a services station or roundabout.

RoadNode

Surface annexed to a road and devoted to offer particular services for it.

RoadServiceArea

Description of the type of road service area and the available facilities.

RoadServiceType

Specification of the state of the surface of the associated Road Element. Indicates whether a road is paved or unpaved.

RoadSurfaceCategory

The width of the road, measured as an average value.

RoadWidth

A defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome/heliport prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft.

RunwayArea

An operationally significant position on the centreline of a runway direction.

RunwayCentrelinePoint

A sampled existing land use data set is a collection of locations for which information on existing (present or past) land uses is provided.

SampledExistingLandUseDataSet

Extent of sea at High Water (meanHighWater).

Sea

An area of sea defined according to its physical and chemical characteristics. It may have multiple geometries (extent) to represent different tidal states.

SeaArea

An area of the sea bed with some identified type of cover, e.g. an area of vegetation or sediment type.

SeaBedArea

An area of the sea surface with some type of cover, e.g. an area of sea ice.

SeaSurfaceArea

A sewer pipe used to convey wastewater (sewer) from one location to another.

SewerPipe

Brittle to ductile style structures along which displacement has occurred.

ShearDisplacementStructure

The narrow strip of land in immediate contact with any body of water including the area between high and low water lines.

Shore

A Shore Segment is a section of shoreline.

ShoreSegment

Any Boundary between a Sea Area and land.

Shoreline

An artificial structure attached to land bordering a body of water and fixed in position.

ShorelineConstruction

Mosaic element relating to a single input image.

SingleMosaicElement

All land at the same or distinct geographic location under the management control of a holding covering activities, products and services. This includes all infrastructure, equipment and materials.

Site

An open, inclined conduit fitted with a gate for regulating water flow.

Sluice

Part of the soil cover that is delineated and that is homogeneous with regard to certain soil properties and/or spatial patterns.

SoilBody

A spatial object type for representing spatial objects with soil-related property derived from one or more soil and possibly other non soil properties.

SoilDerivedObject

Domain of a soil with a certain vertical extension, more or less parallel to the surface and homogeneous for most morphological and analytical characteristics, developed in a parent material layer through pedogenic processes or made up of in-situ sedimented organic residues of up-growing plants (peat).

SoilHorizon

Domain of a soil with a certain vertical extension developed through non-pedogenic processes, displaying a change in structure and/or composition to possibly over- or underlying adjacent domains, or a grouping of soil horizons or other sub-domains with a special purpose.

SoilLayer

A spot where a specific soil investigation is carried out.

SoilPlot

A description of the soil that is characterized by a vertical succession of profile elements.

SoilProfile

An area within a larger survey, study or monitored area, where a specific soil investigation is carried out.

SoilSite

A spatial object type that holds values for a property based on one or more soil and possibly non soil parameters within its spatial, temporal or spatiotemporal domain.

SoilThemeCoverage

A spatial object type that is associated to the soil theme coverage and holds additional information on values of a property of the soil theme coverage.

SoilThemeDescriptiveCoverage

A set of documents that indicates a strategic direction for the development of a given geographic area, states the policies, priorities, programmes and land allocations that will implement the strategic direction and influences the distribution of people and activities in spaces of various scales. Spatial plans may be developed for urban planning, regional planning, environmental planning, landscape planning, national spatial plans, or spatial planning at the Union level.

SpatialPlan

Identifiable collection of spatial data.

SpatialDataSet

This data set is a collection of individual spatial objects (units) in a distribution of species.

SpeciesDistributionDataSet

Occurrence of animal and plant species aggregated by grid, region, administrative unit or other analytical unit.

SpeciesDistributionUnit

Limit for the speed of a vehicle on a road.

SpeedLimit

Point spatial object which describes the elevation of an Earth's surface at a specific location. It provides a single elevation property value.

SpotElevation

A designated instrument flight rule (IFR) arrival route linking a significant point, normally on an ATS route, with a point from which a published instrument approach procedure can be commenced.

StandardInstrumentArrival

A designated instrument flight rule (IFR) departure route linking the aerodrome or a specific runway of the aerodrome with a specified significant point, normally on a designated ATS route, at which the en-route phase of a flight commences.

StandardInstrumentDeparture

A body of water that is entirely surrounded by land.

StandingWater

Set of measures describing how a phenomenon is spread within some part of the 2D world.

StatisticalDistribution

A grid composed of statistical cells.

StatisticalGrid

Unit for dissemination or use of statistical information that is represented as a grid cell.

StatisticalGridCell

A tesselation composed of area statistical units.

StatisticalTessellation

Unit for dissemination or use of statistical information.

StatisticalUnit

A spatial object (point, line or polygon) of a spatial plan that provides supplementary information and/or limitation on the use of land/water,necessary for spatial planning reasons or to formalise external rules defined in legal text.

SupplementaryRegulation

The composition of an aerodrome/heliport related surface.

SurfaceComposition

Any known inland waterway body.

SurfaceWater