Road Segment

Description

This entity contains a harmonised geographic and contextual description of a road segment. A collection of road segments are used to describe a Road.

Road segments can include several lanes. This data model allows to convey road segments made up of heterogeneous lanes (different in their usage, speed, height, etc.).

Lanes are identified by using integer numbers between 1 and n, being number 1 the lane to the right when going forwards. The forward direction is the direction denoted by the vector which goes from the segment's start point to the segment's end point. This is the same convention as the one used by OpenStreetMap.

This entity is primarily associated with the Automotive and Smart City vertical segments and related IoT applications.

This data model has been developed in cooperation with mobile operators and the GSMA.

Data Model

  • id : Unique identifier.

  • type : Entity type. It must be equal to RoadSegment.

  • dateCreated : Entity's creation timestamp.

  • dateModified : Last update timestamp of this entity.

  • source : The source of this data.

    • Attribute type: URL
    • Optional

  • name : Name given to this road segment.

  • alternateName : An alias for this road segment.

  • refRoad : Road to which this road segment belongs to.

    • Attribute type: A reference to an entity of type Road.
    • Mandatory

  • location : A GeoJSON (multi)line string which defines this road segment.

  • startPoint : The start point of this road segment encoded as a GeoJSON point.

  • endPoint : The end point of this road segment encoded as a GeoJSON point.

  • startKilometer : The kilometer number (measured from the road's start point) where this road segmnent starts.

    • Attribute type: Number
    • Optional

  • endKilometer : The kilometer number (measured from the road's start point) where this road segment ends.

    • Attribute type: Number
    • Optional

  • allowedVehicleType : Vehicle type(s) allowed to transit through this road segment.

    • Attribute type: List of Text
    • Allowed values: The following values defined by VehicleTypeEnum, DATEX 2 version 2.3:
      • (agriculturalVehicle, bicycle, bus, car, caravan, carWithCaravan, carWithTrailer, constructionOrMaintenanceVehicle, lorry, moped, motorcycle, motorcycleWithSideCar, motorscooter, tanker, trailer, van, anyVehicle)
    • Mandatory

  • totalLaneNumber : Total number of lanes offered by this road segment.

    • Attribute type: Number. Integer greater than 0.
    • Mandatory

  • length : Total length of this road segment in kilometers.

  • maximumAllowedSpeed : Maximum allowed speed while transiting this road segment. More restrictive limits might be applied to specific vehicle types (trucks, caravans, etc.).

    • Attribute type: Number
    • Default unit: Kilometer per hour (Km/h).
    • Optional

  • minimumAllowedSpeed : Minimum allowed speed while transiting this road segment.

    • Attribute type: Number
    • Default unit: Kilometer per hour (Km/h).
    • Optional

  • maximumAllowedHeight : Maximum allowed height for vehicles transiting this road segment.

  • maximumAllowedWeight : Maximum allowed weight for vehicles transiting this road segment.

  • width : Road's segmwent width.

  • laneUsage : This attribute can be used to convey specific parameters describing each lane.

    • Attribute type: List of Text
    • Allowed values: It must contain a string per road segment lane. The element 0 of the array must contain the information of lane 1, and so on. Format of the referred string must be: "<lane_direction>, <lane_minimumAllowedSpeed>, <lane_maximumAllowedSpeed>, <lane_maximumAllowedHeight>, <lane_maximumAllowedWeight>" . <lane_direction> is a text string with the following allowed values:
      • forward. The lane is currently used in the forwards direction.
      • backward. The lane is currently used in the backwards direction. The only mandatory parameter is lane_direction. If not specified, the rest of parameters can be assumed to be equal to those specified at entity level.
    • Optional

  • category : Allows to convey extra characteristics of a road segment.

The properties laneUsage and those which convey the maximum allowed parameters can be dynamic, for instance, a lane direction can be temporarily changed to improve traffic conditions.

Examples of use

Please note that this road segment's line string has been simplified only four points just to make the example shorter. 

{
    "id": "Spain-RoadSegment-A62-osm-24702186",
    "type": "RoadSegment",
    "name": "Valladolid-Dueñas",
    "category": ["oneway"],
    "refRoad": "Spain-Road-A62",
    "totalLaneNumber": 2,
    "maximumAllowedSpeed": 120,
    "minimumAllowedSpeed": 60,
    "startPoint": {
      "type": "Point",
      "coordinates": [-4.7299180606009, 41.6844918725019]
    },
    "endPoint": {
      "type": "Point",
      "coordinates": [-4.55167335377909, 41.8570461783071]
    },
    "allowedVehicleType": [
        "car", "bus", "lorry", "trailer",
        "tanker", "van", "caravan"
    ],
    "location": {
       "type": "LineString",
       "coordinates": [
            [
               -4.7299180606009, 41.6844918725019
            ],
            [
              -4.72855890957602, 41.6860596957855
            ],
            [
              -4.5520357341647, 41.8569278186523
            ],
            [
               -4.55167335377909, 41.8570461783071
            ]
       ]
    },
    "laneUsage": ["forward", "forward"],
    "source": "http://wwww.openstreetmap.org"
}

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