Route

A Route is a feature representing a named entity that forms a recognised and signed route that the public can use.

Route attributes

The following sub-sections provide details about the attributes included with this feature, their data types in the different output formats, and other important metadata about them.

featureID

A unique identifier assigned to a Route. The ID is in the form of a GUID.

Note:

In the current version of the product, featureID values are not maintained between product supplies; see Feature Level Metadata in data quality.

• Attribute Name: featureID (GML), feature_id (GeoPackage), Not provided (Vector tiles)

• Type: CharacterString

• Length: 36

• Multiplicity: [1]

versionID

A number assigned to uniquely identify and manage change. The versionID is used to distinguish between different revisions of a feature and within the set of all revisions, the versionID is unique.

Note:

In the current version of the product, versionID values are not maintained between product supplies; see Feature Level Metadata in data quality.

• Attribute Name: versionID (GML), version_id (GeoPackage), Not provided (Vector tiles)

• Type: Number

• Length: 20

• Multiplicity: [1]

versionDate

The date on which the feature was last edited.

Note:

In the current version of the product, versionDate values are not maintained between product supplies; see Feature Level Metadata in data quality.

• Attribute Name: versionDate (GML), version_date (GeoPackage), Not provided (Vector tiles)

• Type: Date

• Multiplicity: [1]

descriptiveGroup

The primary classification attribute of a feature. For OS Detailed Path Network features, this value will always be set to "Non Motorised Vehicular Route Network".

• Attribute Name: descriptiveGroup (GML), descriptive_group (GeoPackage), Not provided (Vector tiles)

• Type: RouteDescriptiveGroupValue
• Length: 50

• Multiplicity: [1]

descriptiveTerm

The recognised classification of the type of Route. For example, National Cycle Network, National Trail and Core Path.

• Attribute Name: descriptiveTerm (GML), descriptive_term (GeoPackage), Not provided (Vector tiles)

• Type: RouteDescriptiveTermValue
• Length: 50

• Multiplicity: [1]

name

A proper name assigned to identify to the Route. If the proper name is defined in multiple languages, then each name is provided with an associated language qualifier. If the proper name is only defined in one language, then no language qualifier will be provided.

• Attribute Name: name (GML), name (GeoPackage), Not provided (Vector tiles)

• Type: LocalisedCharacterString

• Length: 50

• Multiplicity: [1..2]

adopts

Ordered list of references to the RouteLink features that comprise the Route.

• Attribute Name: adopts (GML), adopts (GeoPackage), Not provided (Vector tiles)

• Multiplicity: 1..*