Road Node
A point spatial object that is used to break up the Road Network for connectivity. The Road Network splits for the following circumstances:
The location where an attribute recorded on the Road Link changes (for example, its name or form)
The intersection or crossing of roads (including bridges, flyovers, and tunnels where there is no connectivity)
The start / end of a Road feature
Where a one-way routing feature starts or ends
Where a tunnel starts or ends
Change of local highway authority
Where there is a connection to the Path Network
As part of a data enhancement programme in late Spring 2023, we have now captured what were previously Site Routing Point features as Road Node features. This means that there are now additional Road Node features contained within this feature type. These additional nodes make it even easier to create a routable network which considers access to Site features.
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 29 September 2022.
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
toid
Topographic Identifier (TOID) of the feature, as published in the OS MasterMap suite of products.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Max Length: 20
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: Yes
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
geometry
3D 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
theme
The OS NGD theme to which this 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: roadnodedescriptionvalue
Max Length: 21
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes
OS Select+Build Filterable: Yes
Data Schema Version: 1.0
formofroadnode
Description of the function of a node in the network.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Code List Name: formofroadnodevalue
Max Length: 21
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
junctionnumber1
The number of any junction that the node represents part of, for example, M3 J12.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Max Length: 30
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes
OS Select+Build Filterable: Yes
Data Schema Version: 1.0
junctionnumber2
The number of any junction that the node represents part of, for example, M3 J12.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Max Length: 30
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes
OS Select+Build Filterable: Yes
Data Schema Version: 1.0
junctionname1_text
The name of any junction that the node represents part of.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Max Length: 254
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes
OS Select+Build Filterable: Yes
Data Schema Version: 1.0
junctionname1_language
The language of junctionname1, provided as a 3-digit ISO 639-2 code ('eng, 'cym', 'gla').
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Code List Name: languagevalue
Max Length: 3
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
junctionname2_text
The name of any junction that the node represents part of.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Max Length: 254
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes
OS Select+Build Filterable: Yes
Data Schema Version: 1.0
junctionname2_language
The language of junctionname2, provided as a 3-digit ISO 639-2 code ('eng, 'cym', 'gla').
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: true
Code List Name: languagevalue
Max Length: 3
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
Road Track Or Path Reference
A cross reference table mapping Road Node to Road Track Or Path. The following sub-sections provide details about the attributes included in this cross reference table, their data types in the different output formats, and other important metadata about them.
roadtrackorpathid
The identifier of the Road Track Or Path feature.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Max Length: 36
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
roadnodeid
The identifier of the Road Node feature.
Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)
Nullable: false
Max Length: 36
OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No
OS Select+Build Filterable: No
Data Schema Version: 1.0
roadnodeversiondate
The date this version of the feature entered the OS National Geographic Database.
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
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