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# FerryNode
A FerryNode is a point spatial object which is used to represent the connectivity where the FerryLink features start and end. A FerryNode feature may serve multiple FerryLink features if more than one destination is served from the same location. FerryNodes will always be referenced by at least one FerryLink.
Context diagram: FerryLink, FerryNode and FerryTerminal
The context diagram above shows how the FerryNode has been inherited from INSPIRE, the attribution held on the FerryNode and how it relates to the other Ferry components.
## FerryNode attributes
A feature representing the point at which a vehicular or pedestrian ferry route or section of ferry route starts or ends.
### id
Unique identifier, for FerryNode this is a TOID
* **Attribute name:** gml\_id (GML), toid (GeoPackage), toid (Vector Tiles)
* **Type:** CharacterString
* **Size:** 20
* **Multiplicity:** \[1]
### identifier
Uniform Resource Identifier
* **Attribute name:** identifier (GML), identifier (GeoPackage), Not provided (Vector Tiles)
* **Type:** CharacterString
* **Size:** 37
* **Multiplicity:** \[1]
### inspireId INSPIRE
External object identifier of the spatial object.
* **Attribute name:** inspireId INSPIRE
* **Type:** Identifier
* **Multiplicity:** \[0..1]
### beginLifespanVersion INSPIRE
Date and time at which this version of the spatial object was inserted or changed in the spatial data set.
{% hint style="info" %}
The time part is always set to zero.
{% endhint %}
* **Attribute name:** beginLifespanVersion (GML), begin\_lifespan\_version (GeoPackage), Not provided (VectorTiles)
* **Type:** DateTime
* **Multiplicity:** \[1]
### geometry INSPIRE
The location of the node.
* **Attribute name:** geometry (GML), Not provided (GeoPackage), Not provided (Vector Tiles)
* **Type:** GM\_Point
* **Multiplicity:** \[1]
### validFrom INSPIRE
The time when the transport node started to exist in the real world.
{% hint style="info" %}
The time part is always set to zero.
{% endhint %}
* **Attribute name:** validFrom (GML), valid\_from (GeoPackage), Not provided (Vector Tiles)
* **Type:** DateTime
* **Multiplicity:** \[1]
### formOfWaterwayNode INSPIRE
Description of the function of a waterway node in the water transport network.
* **Attribute name:** formOfWaterwayNode (GML), form\_of\_waterway\_node (GeoPackage), form\_of\_waterway\_node (VectorTiles)
* **Type:** [FormOfWaterwayNodeValue](/os-downloads/products/transport-network-portfolio/os-mastermap-highways-network-fundamentals/os-mastermap-highways-network-code-lists/formofwaterwaynodevalue.md)
* **Size:** 14
* **Multiplicity:** \[1]
### reasonForChange
The reason for a change made to a feature.
* **Attribute name:** reasonForChange (GML), reason\_for\_change (GeoPackage), Not provided (VectorTiles)
* **Type:** [ChangeValue](/os-downloads/products/transport-network-portfolio/os-mastermap-highways-network-fundamentals/os-mastermap-highways-network-code-lists/changevalue.md)
* **Size:** 32
* **Multiplicity:** \[1]
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