🆕Street Light
A point representation of a pole mounted light which is positioned to artificially illuminate sections of a road or path.

Temporal filtering
The earliest date on which you can request a one-off snapshot of a date in the past for data in this feature type is 27 March 2025.
Any data temporally filtered earlier than the specified earliest date noted above for the data schema version may contain data inconsistencies.
Feature type attributes
The following sub-sections provide details about the attributes included with this feature type, their data types in the different output formats, and other important metadata about them.
osid
Primary identifier for the feature. The OSID is a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) and requires no centralised authority to ensure uniqueness. Note that the same OSID can occur in more than one feature type when a single feature is represented multiple times in the OS NGD.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Max Length: 36
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
versiondate
Date when the version was last updated.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), Date (GPKG), Date (CSV)
Nullable: false
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
versionavailablefromdate
The date this version of the feature became the latest version.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), DateTime (GPKG), DateTime (CSV)
Nullable: false
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
versionavailabletodate
The date this version of the feature was superseded by an update or ceased to exist.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), DateTime (GPKG), DateTime (CSV)
Nullable: true
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
changetype
The type of change that generated a new version of the feature.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Code List Name: changetypevalue
Max Length: 50
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
geometry
Geometry for the feature.
Data Types: Geometry (GeoJSON), Geometry (GPKG), WKT (CSV)
Nullable: false
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
Geometry Type: Point
geometry_evidencedate
The date on which the latest evidence was gathered to make an update if required. For example, the date of collection by a surveyor or the date the information was received from a third party.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), Date (GPKG), Date (CSV)
Nullable: true
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
geometry_updatedate
Date when the attribute was last updated.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), Date (GPKG), Date (CSV)
Nullable: false
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
geometry_capturemethod
Indication of the method used to capture or produce the data.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Max Length: 25
Code List Name: capturemethodvalue
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
theme
The OS NGD theme to which the feature belongs.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Code List Name: themevalue
Max Length: 40
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
description
A single descriptive value intended for a quick understanding of what the feature represents.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Code List Name: streetlightdescriptionvalue
Max Length: 13
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
linkid
The unique identifier (OSID) of the link the Street Light is related to. This could be a Path Link or Road Link which will be described in the Link Reference Feature Type attribute.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Max Length: 36
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
linkid_featuretype
The feature type the Street Light is related to.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Max Length: 10
Code List Name: transportfeaturetypevalue
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
linkid_confidence
Indicates the confidence of the accuracy of the reference from the Street Light to its associated Road Link or Path Link.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Max Length: 30
Code List Name: linkreferenceconfidencevalue
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
linkid_evidencedate
The date on which the latest evidence was gathered to make an update if required. For example, the date of collection by a surveyor or third party information received.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), Date (GPKG), Date (CSV)
Nullable: true
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
linkid_updatedate
Date when the attribute was last updated.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), Date (GPKG), Date (CSV)
Nullable: false
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
linkid_capturemethod
Indication of the method used to capture or produce the data.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Max Length: 25
Code List Name: capturemethodvalue
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
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