Abbreviations

Results for area 4.2 ITS environment

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point
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zero-dimensional element that specifies geometric location specified by one coordinate pair or triplet

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intersection point (IP)
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core point representing an intersection, located at places where the road section signature at the location changes

NOTE 1 to entry The intersection point is one of the three defined core point types.

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curvature point
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arbitrary points on the curved road that has associated location and value of curvature

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destination
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specification of the end point of a defined route or itinerary

NOTE This may be either a location on a network or an area location.

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destination location
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location to be used as the end location of a journey for a route guidance application

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recommended route
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the recommended route is a route calculated by the CDRG infrastructure and sent to the invehicle unit

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enclave
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small part of an area enclosed by another area, seen from the area to which that part belongs

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exclave
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small part of an area enclosed by another area, seen from the enclosing area

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explicit area
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two-dimensional face on the surface of the earth, with a specified outline either being a simple geometric figure or an irregular outline/polygon

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dummy point
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optional entity that represents a position along a link where the link crosses a parcel boundary and does not necessarily coincide with a shape point or node

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functional road class (FRC)
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a classification based on the importance of the road element in the connectivity of the total road network

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functional road class 0
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motorways

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functional road class 1
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all non-Motorways that are part of a connection used for nation wide traffic and transport

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core point (CP)
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CP point belonging to the location reference core

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edge
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directed sequence of non-intersecting Line Segments with Nodes at each end

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implicit area
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selection of road segments to be referenced belonging to a certain area (subnetwork)

NOTE 1 to entry One implicit area can be built up of multiple subnetworks that are geographically connected.

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simple geometric area
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explicit area with an outline defined by a simple geometric figure

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single curve
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simple curved road with a constant radius of curvature separated from other curved roads

NOTE 1 to entry The clothoid can be included.

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complex intersection
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intersection that consists at least of two or more junctions and one or more road elements

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curve end point
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location where the radius of curvature of the curved roadway ahead becomes ≥RC

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district
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area regarded as a geographical unit, which is defined by the delivery of a specific public or private sector service

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road crossing
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location where two or more roads connect or intersect

NOTE 1 to entry A road crossing can be “simple”, corresponding to one junction, or “complex”, including internal road elements and junctions.

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crossroad
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data model entity that represents the single instance of the crossing of two named navigable features

NOTE Crossroad relates to the set of links and nodes which comprise the crossing, and to the crossing of the navigable features to a place.

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intermediate
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point, other than a Node, that defines the shape of an Edge

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place
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named area which can be used as part of address location

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next point
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point that is directly (topologically) connected to a given point, in a direction that is defined by the defined direction of the location

NOTE 1 to entry A point can have zero or more next points.

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multiple curve
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curved road which is a combination of two or more closely located curved roads where the curved roads are constant radius curvatures

NOTE 1 to entry The clothoid can be included.

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rectangle
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unit of geographic  , defined by two parallels of min/max latitude and by two meridians of

min/max longitude, that represents the coverage area of the map data enclosed by or located on the

outline of the rectangle

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area
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two-dimensional, geographical region on the surface of the earth

NOTE 1 to entry An area can be represented as an implicit area or an explicit area.

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variable radius curve
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curved road with two or more radii of curvature in the same direction

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outlined area
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explicit area with an outline defined by segments being either polylines or linear locations

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curve start point
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location where the radius of curvature of the curved roadway ahead becomes less than RC

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subnetwork
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plurality of road segments lying in geographical or topological conjunction to each other

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location
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particular place or position

NOTE 1 to entry The term “location” by itself is a broad term that can be used to reference spatial, computer memory, imaginary and other locations.

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polygon
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planar surface defined by one exterior boundary and zero or more interior boundaries

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position-on-the-link
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position on the road or road side used to identify the access point between the road network and

entrance or exit of facilities such as station, bus stop and building

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regular parcel
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parcel shaped like a rectangle

NOTE Regular parcels on the same generalization level are not intended to overlap.

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primary point
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point met last when a linear road section is travelled according to the location direction

NOTE 1 to entry In case of an affected linear with an event it generally pinpoints the origin of the event (EN ISO 14819-3).

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position
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terrestrial absolute geographical location

NOTE 1 to entry The absolute geographical location is defined according to a global coordinate reference system, such as the World Geodetic System 84 (WGS84) or the International Terrestrial Reference System (ITRS).

NOTE 2 to entry The CEN/TR 17297 series presents a tutorial on location referencing methods, applicable location

systems and translation methods between different system.

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location point (LP)
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core point that bounds or is located on the location

NOTE 1 to entry Location points can coincide with intersection points or routing points. The start and the end of the location are always represented by a location point. Additional intermediate location points can be created to represent the shape of the location. The location point is one of the three defined core point types.

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road
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curvilinear length of roadway that shares the same identification

NOTE 1 to entry A length of the road network may be referenced by multiple designators (e.g. Main Street and Route 7). In this case, there would be two “roads” that share the same set of “carriageways”.

NOTE 2 to entry A road can change directions at a junction.

NOTE 3 to entry The identification is generally a name or number.

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road element
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linear section of the road network which is designed for vehicular movement having a junction at each end

NOTE 1 to entry It serves as the smallest unit of the road network at GDF level 1 that is independent.

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cross-section
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transverse view of road geometry

NOTE 1 to entry The transverse view provides a vertical section of the ground and carriageway at right angles to the centre line of the carriageway.

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next point relation
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ordered pair of points (A, B) for which a direct connection exists from A to B along the path of the referenced location

NOTE 1 to entry In the road network, a direct connection between points A and B exists when point B can be reached from point A via part of the road network, without visiting intermediate points in the location reference.

This excludes points connected in a GDF graph via a node representing an intersection-not-at-grade. Such points are not considered to be directly connected.

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location reference extension
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additional point or set of points, not belonging to the location reference core, available in a location reference under special conditions

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extension point (EP)
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line string
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curve composed of straight-line segments

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segment
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straight section of a link connecting two successive shape points, or a shape point and a node, or two nodes where a link does not contain shape points

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secondary point
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point met first when a linear road section is travelled according to the location direction

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side road direction
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curved road
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section where the radius of curvature is less than or equal to RC

NOTE 1 to entry RC denotes the maximum radius of curvature to be regarded as a curvature point of interest for potential warning for CSWS.

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connectivity
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status of being topologically connected

NOTE 1 to entry In a graph, two or more edges are said to be connected if they share one or more nodes.

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link
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directed topological connection between two nodes, composed of an ordered sequence of one or more segments and represented by an ordered sequence of zero or more shape points

<traffic> segment of a road network

NOTE 1 to entry While highway links are generally separated by one data collection node (such as an RSE or a vehicle detector station), local road links tend to be limited by intersections with cross streets.

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status location
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location to be used to position location-based status information

EXAMPLE A location for speed limit information or traffic level information.

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road element side (RES)
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basic component of the road section entity that represents left or right side of a link and corresponds to one or more unique combinations of a navigable feature and a house number range

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super link
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aggregation of linearly connected regular links present in the lowest level as a simplified representation of the road network in higher levels

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path
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finite, alternating sequence of nodes and edges, such that every arc is immediately preceded and succeeded by the two vertices with which it is incident and in which no vertex is repeated, except (possibly) the first and the last one

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route
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ordered list of route links, or of stop points respectively, defining a single path through the transport network, with a direction

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place class
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attribute of place entity, classifying into highest administrative or geographic division, administrative subdivision, postal, or colloquial (e.g. regions or neighbourhoods)

NOTE Place class can be partially ordered as “place class A is below place class B“. This does not imply strict or complete containment.

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address type
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attribute of road section entity that specifies the type of house number ranges

EXAMPLE Distinction between base address, county address, commercial address, etc., or no address.

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side road section
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road section which is not part of the location to be referenced, but connected to it via an at least trivalent junction

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ground-truth surrogate
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reference source of sufficient Completeness and/or accuracy that may be substituted for Field verification when measuring the Completeness and/or accuracy of map database Features, Attributes, or properties

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control point
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point having known coordinates in the real world and identifiable with a corresponding point in a map or an aerial photograph or satellite image

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node
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zero-dimensional element that is a topological junction of two or more edges, or an end point of an edge

NOTE A node is created for topologically significant points, such as simple intersections of roads or other linear features including boundaries but also for locations such as electric beacons, kilometre-posts or sensors detecting traffic flows, being significant points specified in a map.

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cartographic primitive
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atomic construction element in a cartographic representation, i.e. Node, Edge and Face

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base map
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source material
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origin of data in analogue or digital representation, stored on any kind of data medium

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