Street lights

Advice on how you can make the most of the data provided by the Street Light Feature Type.

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

Street Light features are used to identify the location of pole-mounted street lights.

Street Light Presence attribution is available against the Road Link and Path Link Feature Types to indicate how well-lit individual Road Link and Path Link features.

Example visualisation showing Street Light features and their attribution. A background map has been included to provide context.

Visualisation showing Street Light coverage on Road Links and Path Links and how well-lit they are (using the Presence of Street Light Coverage attribute).

There are some known limitations for street light data.