Vector feature types

ATES system Alias ates_system Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage system. View properties

Administrative area Alias administrative_area Country, province, municipality, district, neighbourhood View properties

Archeological site Alias archeological_site A place in which evidence of past activity is preserved or historical, and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and represents a part of the archaeological record. View properties

Bare terrain Alias bare_terrain Terrain with homogeneous surface material and function not covered in vegetation and not fitting any other more specific feature type View properties

Barrier Alias barrier Freestanding structure, designed to restrict or prevent movement across a boundary View properties

Berth Alias berth Mooring site for floating objects (ships, houseboats) View properties

Boundary Alias boundary Line which marks the limits of an area; a dividing line View properties

Bridge Alias bridge Structure built to span a physical obstacle, such as a body of water, valley, or road, without closing the way underneath. View properties

Building Alias building Structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house, office or factory. View properties

Building part Alias building_part Structural part of a building as a whole View properties

Building unit Alias building_unit Individual unit within a building (such as an apartment or office). In Dutch this is a 'verblijfsobject'. View properties

Camera Alias camera Device for recording visual images in the form of photographs, film, or video signals View properties

Cemetery Alias cemetery Place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred View properties

Charging station Alias charging_station A power supply station that supplies electrical power for recharging plug-in electric vehicles or other electronic devices. These stations are most commonly associated with electric vehicles, but they can also refer to stations for charging e-bikes, scooters, and even portable electronics like smartphones View properties

Communication tower Alias communication_tower Structure for transmitting radio applications like television, radio, mobile phone or officials radio View properties

Contour Alias contour Imaginary line on the land surface, all points of which have the same value for some parameter. Common examples are elevation (isohypse), travel time to an object (isochrone), pressure (isobar). View properties

Drainage basin Alias drainage_basin A drainage basin is any area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water View properties

Electricity pylon Alias electricity_pylon Tall structure, usually a steel lattice tower, used to support an overhead power line View properties

Facility Alias facility Place where a particular economic activity happens or where a specific service is provided to customers. For example shops, dentists, medical centers, universities, schools, sports facilities, restaurants, hotels, child care and police stations. Classified according to Google Business list: https://pixelcutlabs.com/blog/google-my-business-categories/ View properties

Fault Alias fault Planar or gently curved fracture in the rocks of a planet's crust View properties

Field sample Alias field_sample An individual sample, taken at a specific location on a specific time, without leaving any (semi-permanent) physical installation in place. For example a CPT test, water quality sample, one-time water level measurement. View properties

Fire hydrant Alias fire_hydrant A fire hydrant is a connection point by which firefighters can tap into a water supply. View properties

Fixed drainage level area Alias fixed_drainage_level_area A cluster of drainage areas in which one and the same water level is maintained. View properties

Groundwater body Alias groundwater_body A a distinct volume of groundwater within an aquifer or aquifers View properties

Groundwater monitoring tube Alias groundwater_monitoring_tube Tube installed for measuring groundwater levels and/or quality parameters, typically for a specific aquifer. For this purpose, the tube also contains a sensor. View properties

Groundwater well Alias groundwater_well Structure created in the ground to access groundwater resources. Can be used for extraction or injection. View properties

Groyne Alias groyne Rigid structure stretching out a short distance from the shoreline or riverbank for the purpose of reducing the movement of sediment or ice-jamming View properties

Halting site Alias halting_site Residential area is a designated place for (static) caravans and mobile homes View properties

Incident Alias incident An incident is an unplanned situation necessitating a response. View properties

Irrigated area Alias irrigated_area An area that is artificially supplied with water. View properties

Land cover Alias land_cover Physical appearance of the surface of the earth View properties

Lock Alias lock Construction used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways. In Dutch: 'sluis'. This feature type refers to the entire structure, View properties

Marker Alias marker Physical marker used to identify and/or indicate geographic features View properties

Monitoring station Alias monitoring_station A small scale semi-permanent location where measurements are collected. Note that weather stations are classified as their own feature type. View properties

Monument Alias monument A structure or object (or its remnants) that is of general interest due to its beauty, significance for science, or cultural-historical value. View properties

Nature reserve Alias nature_reserve Protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for purposes of conservation View properties

Network link car Alias network_link_car Routable network element for transport mode 'car' View properties

Node Alias node A node is a localized swelling (a knot) or a point of intersection (a vertex) View properties

Parcel Alias parcel Piece of land owned by someone View properties

Park Alias park Large public garden or area of land used for recreation View properties

Parking lot Alias parking_lot Cleared area that is intended for parking vehicles View properties

Pier Alias pier Long, narrow structure extending into the water to afford a berthing place for vessels, to serve as a promenade, etc. View properties

Pipe Alias pipe Tube for transporting liquids, gases, or finely divided solids. Typically used for natural gas, oil, drinking water and wastewater. View properties

Place Alias place City, town, village, hamlet or isolated dwelling View properties

Plant cover Alias plant_cover Area covered by a certain vegetation class View properties

Policy intervention Alias policy_intervention One or more action taken by a government, organization, or company to achieve a specific policy objective or goal. These measures can include new laws, regulations, subsidies, taxes, or public campaigns View properties

Power cable Alias power_cable Cable for transporting electrical power. Power cables may be installed as permanent wiring within buildings, buried in the ground, run overhead, or exposed. View properties

Power plant Alias power_plant An industrial facility that generates electricity from primary energy View properties

Pumping station Alias pumping_station Facility that houses pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another. Examples include sewage pumping stations, pumping stations for irrigation or drainage, oil, or for drinking and industrial water supply View properties

Railway Alias railway Tracks made of steel rails along which trains run View properties

Recycle bin Alias recycle_bin Medium and large waste bins, typically for bagged up household or industrial waste. They may be in the street, but they are not primarily for use by passing pedestrians. View properties

Region Alias region An area with common characteristics, defined by language, government or religion, but without formal judicial status like that of an administrative area or a nature reserve. View properties

Restriction Alias restriction Disclosure of Public Law Restrictions on Immovable Property Act concerns restrictions imposed by the government on a piece of land or a building or any valuable structure View properties

Road Alias road A paved or improved path for vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians View properties

Sensor Alias sensor Device that detects or measures a physical quantity and converts it into a signal that can be read or recorded. View properties

Shipping lane Alias shipping_lane A regularly used navigable route for large water vessels (ships) on wide waterways such as oceans and large lakes, and is preferably safe, direct and economic. View properties

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

Soil profile probe Alias soil_profile_probe Device that measure soil moisture, temperature and conductivity of soil column View properties

Solitary vegetation object Alias solitary_vegetation_object Individual trees, plants or hedges. View properties

Sports ground Alias sports_ground Piece of land used for sports, refers only to outdoor facilities (tennis courts, baseball fields, football fields) View properties

Storage tank Alias storage_tank Containers that hold liquids, compressed gases (gas tank) or mediums used for the short- or long-term storage of heat or cold View properties

Street light Alias street_light Light illuminating a road, typically mounted on a tall pole, or hanging on a cable that is span between buildings or poles. View properties

Structure Alias structure Generic type for man-made objects that cannot be classified as a building or any other feature type View properties

Structure part Alias structure_part Component of a larger civil engineering structure View properties

Substation Alias substation Facility for controlling the flow of electricity in a power network. Substations can vary in size from small buildings the size of a garden shed, to much larger outdoor installations of the size of many football fields View properties

Threshold Alias threshold Level above which something is true and below which it is not. Note: the threshold is a static value, dynamic thresholds are considered timeseries. Simple, standardized thresholds can be modelled easier as columns with the parent feature type. This 'threshold' feature type is only for user-defined and advanced thresholds, that require additional properties beyond simply the threshold value to be stored. View properties

Traffic light Alias traffic_light Set of automatically operated coloured lights, typically red, amber, and green, for controlling traffic at road junctions, pedestrian crossings, and roundabouts View properties

Transect Alias transect Path along which one counts and records occurrences of the objects of study View properties

Trash can Alias trash_can Public trash can for solid waste disposal View properties

Tunnel Alias tunnel An underground passageway, dug through the surrounding soil/earth/rock and enclosed except for entrance and exit, commonly at each end. View properties

Utility box Alias utility_box Any transformer, switch box, telephone, cable television box, service panel, meter or similar device, either ground-mounted or mounted to a support structure. View properties

Valve Alias valve A valve is a device or natural object that regulates, directs or controls the flow of a fluid (gases, liquids, fluidized solids, or slurries) by opening, closing, or partially obstructing various passageways. View properties

Vehicle Alias vehicle A machine designed for self-propulsion, usually to transport people, cargo, or both View properties

Waterbody Alias waterbody Body of water forming a physiographical feature, for example a sea or a reservoir View properties

Weather station Alias weather_station Observation post where weather conditions and meteorological data are observed and recorded View properties

Weir Alias weir A barrier built across a river, sometimes to divert water for industrial purposes. Water can flow over the top View properties

Wellfield Alias wellfield Array of extraction and/or injection wells, together with interconnected piping and related materials, providing water to a nearby facility. View properties

Wind turbine Alias wind_turbine Device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into mechanical energy View properties

Zoning plan Alias zoning_plan Zoning is a method of urban planning in which a municipality or other tier of government divides land into areas called zones, each of which has a set of regulations for new development that differs from other zones. View properties