Street (present in all OS MasterMap Highways Network products)

The Street feature is the definition of the Street as defined in the National or Scottish Street Gazetteer. Local authorities have a statutory responsibility which means that they are the source of information for both street naming and managing the highways / roads network.

Each Street feature has a USRN (Unique Street Reference Number), a unique and persistent identifier for a street contained in either the National or Scottish Street Gazetteer. Every street, road, track, path, cycle track or way is assigned a USRN by a Roads Authority, Local Highway Authority or Highways England. Each authority is provided a USRN range that is centrally allocated and managed by GeoPlace in England and Wales and by Improvement Service in Scotland.

A Street feature encompasses both Roads and Paths. Therefore, a Street feature will reference the Road Links or Path Links. Where a Street crosses an administrative boundary, a new Street feature will be created. A Road Link or Path Link could be referenced by multiple Street features.

The Street features which are supplied with the RAMI product will contain all Street features which have either been matched to at least one Road Link or have not been matched. The Street features which are supplied with the Paths product will only contain Street features which have only been matched to a Path Link.

Where a named road crosses an administrative boundary, a new Street feature will be created, as can be seen in the above example for Wellington Road.