Abbreviations

Results for query POINT OF INTEREST

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point of interest (POI)
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specific point location that is thought useful or interesting

EXAMPLE A point on the Earth’s representing the location of a monument or of hotels, campsites, fuel stations or any other categories often used in navigation systems.

NOTE 1 to entry A POI may lie outside the road network. An access point is a point on the road network in order to access this POI.

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point of interest (POI)
definition

a type of PLACE to or through which passengers may wish to navigate as part of their journey and which is modelled in detail by JOURNEY PLANNERS

NOTE 1 to entry A POINT OF INTEREST may further have a complex spatial substructure with constrained POINT OF INTEREST ENTRANCES and access pathways described using ACCESS PATH LINKS. A JOURNEY PLANNER will normally provide an optimised route from a STOP PLACE to a POINT OF INTEREST ENTRANCE using a NAVIGATION PATH comprising one or more PATH LINKS IN SEQUENCE.

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