Product Features

MultiNet^® products contain an extensive list of features. These features are organized below by theme, as they appear in the MultiNet^® Data Specification document.

Note: Features and their attributes are stored quite differently in the MultiNet^® data formats. Please also see the Data Content and Format sections of this user guide for more details.

Theme 1: General

Topics grouped under this theme are general attributes used in MultiNet^® data to help describe and identify real-world objects.

Theme 2: Roads and Ferries

Grouped under this theme are road network geometry, ferry geometry and stubble (incomplete) geometry and related topics represented in MultiNet^® data including: network classification, direction of traffic flow, one-ways, restricted maneuvers, blocked passages, overpass and underpass (Z-level) information, toll roads, speed restrictions, signage, lane information and Traffic Message Channel (TMC) codes among others.

Theme 3: Road Furniture

The term "Road Furniture" relates to objects in the real world found along a road network that help drivers with guidance and information about the immediate and nearby areas such as traffic signs and signpost information.

Theme 4: Administrative Areas

Included in this theme are administrative hierarchial "Orders" 0-9, with Order 0=Country, and Order 9=smallest administrative division in a country. Also included are non-hierarchial Administrative Places.

Theme 5: Brunnels

The term "Brunnel" is derived from the words BRidges and tUNNELs and is a general term for all constructions that form a grade separation. Bridges and tunnels also are referred to as "Structures."

Theme 6: Railways

In this theme, railways and rail classes (railway, tram or monorail) are captured and identified.

Theme 7: Settlements and Named Areas

The Settlements and Named Areas theme contains built-up areas, postal districts, census districts and other areas not included in the Administratrive Areas theme.

Theme 8: Land Cover and Use

Land Cover and Use is the database representation of a number of entities relating to physical cover or functional usage of the earth's surface. Examples include artificial surfaces, parking garage footprints, forests and parks.

Theme 9: Waterways

Waterways include water line, point and area features. Waterways are not part of the Land Cover and Use theme.

Theme 10: Services

The list of available services, or points of interest, has been greatly reduced in MultiNet 3.6.x. An expansive enhancement product, MultiNet POI, is available from TomTom and includes most all of the Services previously found in earlier versions of MultiNet as well as many new Services and categories.

See the MultiNet Data Specifications and Data Model document Theme 10 for a list of Services provided in standard MultiNet^® data.

See also the MultiNet Points of Interest Specification for details on the Services in this list as well as descriptions of other Services available in the MultiNet POI product.

Theme 11: Relationships

The Relationships theme refers to objects that are linked together to represent real-world entities. Examples of relationships include bifurcations and maneuvers.

Theme 12: Meta Information

Meta Information, also known as metadata, is defined as data about data. Examples of MultiNet^® metadata include positional accuracy and processing status.

Note: MultiNet^® does not necessarily contain all listed Features and Attributes in every region or data partition. For region-specific information on coverage and availability, please refer to the appropriate MultiNet^® Release Notes for the region or release.

If a feature or attribute is not available or not yet captured for a particular geographic region, in Shapefile or OSL format there are blank fields in data files.