Landform Line

Feature which has a line geometry and represents the alignment of either the higher limit, or the side or lower limit of areas with a distinct physical morphology, typically where there is a significant change in slope angle. This feature type is best used in combination with the Landform Feature Type.

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The date this version of the feature was superseded by an update or ceased to exist.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

firstdigitalcapturedate

Represents the date on which a feature was first digitised by Ordnance Survey.

• 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

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: LineString

geometry_length

The measured length of the geometry in metres.

• Data Types: Number (GeoJSON), Float (GPKG), Real (CSV)

• Nullable: false

• Precision: 15

• Scale: 6

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes

• OS Select+Build Filterable: No

• Data Schema Version: 1.0

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 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

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_source

The source organisation who provided the data.

• Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)

• Nullable: true

• Max Length: 50

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No

• OS Select+Build Filterable: No

• Data Schema Version: 1.0

theme

The OS NGD theme to which this feature belongs.

• Data Types: Array (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: landformlinedescriptionvalue

• Max Length: 100

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes

• OS Select+Build Filterable: Yes

• Data Schema Version: 1.0

description_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

description_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

description_source

The source organisation who provided the data.

• Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)

• Nullable: true

• Max Length: 50

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No

• OS Select+Build Filterable: No

• Data Schema Version: 1.0

isobscured

An indicator that the feature is at ground level but lies below another feature represented in the data. For example a road with a bridge over it will have the attribute set to 'True'.

• Data Types: Boolean (GeoJSON), Integer (GPKG), String (CSV)

• Nullable: false

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No

• OS Select+Build Filterable: No

• Data Schema Version: 1.0

capturespecification

Indicates the capture specification used by OS when capturing the feature. This could either be Urban, Rural or Moorland.

• Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)

• Nullable: false

• Code List Name: capturespecificationvalue

• Max Length: 10

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No

• OS Select+Build Filterable: No

• Data Schema Version: 1.0