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Annex B

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Attributes

ABANDONED	Deserted.
ACCESS	The type of connection available to a given transportation feature.
ACIDITY	The degree to which hydrogen ions are held by soil colloids or water.
ACTIVE/INACTIVE	Engaged in activity versus no longer in use.
ADMINISTRATION	The organization that has charge of or directs or manages the operation of the feature.
AERONAUTICAL_ NAVIGATIONAL	Involving transmission of special radio signals intended to assist in the determination of aircraft position including that relative to collision hazards.
AGE	The first year in existence.
AIR/LAND/WATER	Existing in or part of the atmosphere, the Earth's dry surface, or a body of water.
AIRCRAFT_LANDING	Suitable for or designed for aircraft to descend toward and settle on.
ALTITUDE	The height of a thing above a reference level, especially above the Earth's surface. See also HEIGHT, ELEVATION.
ANNUAL_PRECIPITATION	The quantity of rain and snow falling within the period of a year.
ARCHITECTURAL_ PROPERTIES	The style or method of design or construction.
AREA	The measure of a planar region of the Earth's surface.
AREA_DIVIDED	The part of the Earth's surface apportioned.
ARTIFICIALLY_IMPROVED/ MANMADE/NATURAL	Artificially improved: naturally existing feature with manmade alterations; manmade: made by man rather than occurring in nature; natural: present in or produced by nature.
ATTACHED_TO_LAND	Connected to a body of land.
BARE	Exposed, not covered with such things as ice, snow or trees.
BEARING_CAPACITY	The ability of a surface or a structure to bear weight.
BLIND/OPEN	Blind, not having an outlet versus open, allowing continuous passage.
BOUNDARY_MARKER	Serving to preserve and identify the location of the boundary line.
BRAIDED	Split into many parts or choked with sandbars that divide it into an intricate network of interlacing channels.
BRANCH/PARENT	Relationship between a main stream and one of its tributaries.
BUILDINGS_NUMBER_OF	The number of permanent walled constructions present.
BUOYED	Marked with buoys used as navigation aids.
CARGO_TRANSPORTATION	Used for the moving of freight from one place to another.
CHAMBERS_NUMBER_OF	The number of enclosed spaces or compartments.
CHARTED_DEPTH	The vertical distance from the tidal datum to the bottom.
CIRCUMFERENCE	The length of the boundary line of any closed curvilinear feature.
CLEARANCE	The vertical distance from a surface to the nearest overhead obstruction.
COASTAL	Pertaining to the edge of land next to the sea.
COG	Equipped with teeth to transmit motive force to a corresponding wheel.
COLOR	That aspect of things that is caused by differing wave lengths of light reflected or emitted by them.
COLOR_PATTERN	The color or combination of colors in the geometrical design or pattern.
COMMERCIAL	Used or exploited for financial gain.
COMMERCIAL_SHIPPING	Travel or traffic by water vessels carrying commercial goods.
COMMUNICATION/ NONCOMMUNICATION	Used for transmission or reception of communication signalsversus not used for the transmission or reception of communication signals.
COMPOSITION	The specified mixture or combination of one or more elements or ingredients.
CONNECTED_BY_ SWITCHES/MAIN_TRACK	Connected by switches: a railway segment such as a siding or spur, requiring passing through a switch to gain access to the main track.
CONSTRICTION	Having a narrow place in the feature.
CONSTRUCTION_TYPE	The structural configuration of a feature.
CONTINENTAL_DIVIDE	Separates drainage basins that flow to opposite sides of a continent.
CONTROL	To exercise authority or dominating influence over; direct; regulate/verify.
CONTROL_OVER_WATER_ LEVEL	Having some means of regulating the height of a specific body of water.
CONTROLLING_DEPTH	The least depth in the approach or channel to an area governing the maximum draft of vessels that can enter.
CONTROLLED/ UNCONTROLLED	Authority or dominating influence exercised over; directed; applies to air traffic near and at an airport.
COVERED/UNCOVERED	Having something placed over the feature versus not having anything over it.
CROP_USE	The employment or purpose of an agricultural product.
CROSS_SECTIONAL_AREA	A section formed by a plane cutting through an object at right angles to an axis.
CULTIVATED	Improved and prepared land; plowed or fertilized or tended for growing crops.
DANGER_TYPE	The kind of or source of peril.
DANGEROUS	Involving or fraught with danger; perilous. Apt or able to do harm.
DECIDUOUS/EVERGREEN	Deciduous, characterized by shedding foliage at the end of its growing season.
DENSITY_OF_GROWTH	The degree or measured degree to which the area is filled or occupied by plant life.
DEPTH_BELOW_GROUND_ SURFACE	Distance downward from the elevation of the local ground surface to the bottom of a feature.
DIAGNOSTIC	Used to check system accuracy.
DIAMETER	The length of a line segment passing through the center of a circular shaped feature.
DIRECTION	The relationship by which the alignment or orientation of any position with respect to any other position is established.
DIRECTION_OF_FLOW	The line or course of movement of water or lava shown by the position of one point relative to another without reference to the distance between them. The direction is usually indicated in terms of its angular distance from a reference direction.
DISCHARGE	Cubic measure of water flowing per unit of time.
DISCOLORED	Having a changed or spoiled color.
DRAINAGE	Used for removing water from the ground surface.
DRAINED	Water has been drawn off the ground surface.
DREDGED	Deepened by various machines equipped with scooping or suction devices usually attached to barges or boats.
DUAL_GAUGE	Having a third rail to permit use by non-standard gauge rolling stock.
DWELLING	Used as a residence or an abode.
EDDIES_PRESENT	Presence of currents moving contrary to the direction of the main current especially in a circular motion.
ELECTRIFIED	Equipped for use by electric power driven engines.
EMBANKED	Confined, supported or protected by a piled up mass.
ELEVATION	Vertical distance above or below a vertical datum, especially on the Earth's surface. See also ALTITUDE and DEPTH_BELOW_GROUND_SURFACE.
EMBEDDED_IN_PAVEMENT	Permits land vehicles to travel along a railway.
ENCLOSED	Surrounded on all sides by for example a fence.
EQUIPMENT_PRESENT	Devices or machinery or tools present.
EVENT_HELD	The organized program or parts of a program taking place at the site.
EXERCISE	Used for activities that require physical exertion especially when performed to develop or maintain fitness.
EXISTING/PROPOSED	Previously constructed and presently existing versus in the planning stage.
EXPOSED/SHELTERED	Not protected versus protected as from the weather.
EXTERNAL_ CONSTRUCTION_MATERIAL	The specified mixture or combination of elements used to construct the outer layer of the feature.
FACILITIES_PRESENT	The structures or installations available for enhancing the use of the feature being described.
FALLOW	Cultivated land that is allowed to lie idle during the growing season.
FEATURE_BOUNDED	The feature that has its border identified or marked.
FEATURE_CONNECTED	Another feature which is joined to the feature being described.
FEATURE_CROSSED_ CONNECTED	The feature that is passed under by the feature being described.
FEATURE_MARKED	The feature that is distinguished by some physical sign, symbol or visible impression or some physical object.
FEATURE_PRESENT	Presence of one feature within another feature, for example, dam in watercourse, breakwater in harbor.
FEATURE_SPANNED	A feature that the feature being described crosses above without joining.
FEATURE_SUPPORTED	The feature that has its weight borne from below by the feature being described.
FIRE_LINE	Cleared or plowed strip of land to stop the spread of fire.
FLOATING	Suspended within or on the surface of water.
FLOOD_CONTROL	Designed for the control or drainage of a rising and overflowing body of water.
FLOOD_FREQUENCY	How often an area is subject to inundation.
FLOODED	Inundated with or submerged under an excess amount of water.
FORCE_OF_FLOW	The strength of energy exerted by the movement of water or lava.
FORM_RATIO	The relationship between the depth and width of a stream, expressed as a ratio.
FOUL_GROUND	Having holding qualities for anchoring that are poor, or where danger of striking or fouling the ground or other obstructions exist.
FUNCTION	The activity or need that the feature is designed for or adapted to.
GAS_EMITTED_TYPE	Kind of gaseous substance released.
GLACIAL	Of, pertaining to or derived from a glacier.
GRADE_SEPARATION	An intersection using an overpass or underpass.
GRAZING	Land which supplies herbage for grazing animals.
GROWING_PATTERN	The layout or arrangement of growing plant life.
GROWING_SEASON	The period of time during the year characterized by environmental conditions suitable for planting and growing crops.
HEIGHT	The vertical distance from the base to the top.
HORIZONTAL/VERTICAL	Parallel to or in the plane of the horizon versus perpendicular to the plane of the horizon.
HYDRAULIC_RADIUS	The ratio between the cross-sectional area of a stream and its wetted perimeter.
HYDROELECTRIC_POWER	Used for the production of electricity by water power.
ICE_PRESENT	Containing water which is either partially or completely frozen.
INCORPORATED/ UNINCORPORATED	United or combined into an organized body which is maintained through a series of laws or rules.
INFORMATION_DISPLAYED	The idea communicated through exhibition.
INTERMITTENT/PERENNIAL	Occurring or appearing in interrupted sequence versus present at all seasons of the year.
INTERNATIONAL_DATE_ LINE	The imaginary line through the Pacific Ocean roughly corresponding to 180 degrees longitude, to the east of which, by international agreement, the calendar date is one day earlier than to the west.
IRRIGATED	Supplied with water by means of pipes, ditches or streams for agricultural purposes.
IRRIGATION	Used for the supplying of water by artificial means to land for agricultural purposes.
ITEM(S)_STORED	The articles or substances reserved or put away for future use.
LAND_USE_ CATEGORY	Broad classification of the use of land for planning and zoning purposes.
LANDFILL	Land being rehabilitated for future productive use.
LANDING/TAKE-OFF/ TAXIING	Used as the place for aircraft to descend from flight or to rise up into flight versus the place for aircraft to roll to and from the landing/take-off place.
LANDMARK	A prominent and identifying feature of a landscape.
LANES_NUMBER_OF	The number of paths available side by side for the simultaneous passage of vehicles in a road, railway or navigation route.
LATITUDINAL_ZONE	One of the large regions delimited by distance from the equator, used as a basis for classifying climates.
LEADING_LIGHTS	Presence of two or more lights forming a leading line or course to be followed.
LEAD_TYPE	Characteristics or category of lead.
LENGTH	The longer or longest dimension of a feature.
LEVEL_SURFACE	A tract with a relatively uniform horizontal uppermost layer.
LIGHT_CHARACTERISTIC	The distinctive character or quality typical of a specific light emitted.
LIGHT_DISPLAY	The sequence and approximate length of light and dark periods of a specific light.
LIGHTED/UNLIGHTED	Marked with lights used as aids to navigation, or to general night use.
LIGHTS_IN_A_LINE	Presence of lights marking area limits, cable alignments for anchoring, etc., not marking direction or course.
LOADING/UNLOADING	Used as a place where cargo or passengers can be receivedor discharged.
LOCATION	The place, site or space occupied by a specified feature.
MATERIAL_CONVEYED	The substance or item(s) being transported.
MATERIAL_PROCESSED	The substance being altered through an industrial procedure.
MEAN_HIGH_WATER	The tidal datum that is the arithmetic average of the high water heights observed over a specific 19-year metonic cycle. See also DATUM.
MEAN_SEA_LEVEL	A standard datum for heights and elevation in coastal areas.
MEDIAN_PRESENT	Presence of a dividing area often paved or landscaped, between opposing lanes.
MEMORIAL	Designed or established to serve as a remembrance to a person or an event.
METHOD_OF_ MEASUREMENT	Determined astronomically versus determined by triangulation
MICROWAVE_ TRANSMISSION	The act or process of sending a signal of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength in the approximate range from one centimeter to one meter.
MINERAL_CONTENT	Presence of any naturally occurring, homogeneous inorganic substances.
MOUNTED	Fitted into or set in a backing or support.
MOVABLE/STATIONARY	Ability to change position versus fixed in position unable to move.
NAME	A word or phrase that constitutes the distinctive designation of an occurrence of a feature.
NAVAIDS	Serving as aids to navigation.
NAVIGABLE	Having water deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships; capable of being steered.
NEGOTIATED/UNILATERAL	Arranged or settled through consultation and agreement with two or more parties versus arranged or settled by one party without consultation or agreement with any other interested party.
NUMBER_OF_SITES	The number of places or plots of land designated for a specific use.
OBSERVATION	Used as a place to watch over attentively.
OBSTRUCTION	Acting as an obstacle impeding passage.
OFFSHORE/ONSHORE	Located or occurring at a distance from shore versus located or occurring on shore.
ONE_WAY/TWO_WAY	Accommodating a lane or lanes of traffic moving in one direction only versus traffic moving in opposing directions.
OWNER_TYPE	Characteristics or category of owners of the feature.
PARK_ATTRACTION	The presence of various mechanical contraptions operated as amusement park entertainment.
PASSENGER_ TRANSPORTATION	Used for the conveyance of human passengers.
PASSING	Used for traveling at a faster speed or for going around others using the feature.
PEDESTRIAN_USE	Used by people traveling on foot.
PERMANENTLY_ICE_ COVERED	Having a fixed outer layer of ice which does not melt.
PERMEABILITY	The ability of substances to pass through the openings or interstices.
PHYSICAL	Of or pertaining to material things.
PHYSICAL_CONDITION_OF_ FEATURE	The state of repair of a feature or the extent of deterioration.
PHYSICAL_CONDITION_OF_ SURFACE_MATERIAL	The physical condition of a specified transportation surface which allows for use ranging from sustained use by heaviest vehicles to non-use due to disrepair or deterioration.
POPULATION	The number of people inhabiting a specified area.
PREDOMINANT_SPECIES	The most common, conspicuous, or prevalent animal or life belonging to a distinct biological species.
PRIMARY/SECONDARY/ TERTIARY/QUATERNARY	Order of importance, degree of priority or degree of use.
PRODUCT	The item or substance produced through an industrial process.
RADAR_GUIDED	Users directed or steered by signals of reflected high frequency radio waves.
RADAR_TYPE	The kind of or intensity of the high frequency radio waves used for guidance or detection of objects.
RADIO_SIGNAL_ CHARACTERISTIC	The distinctive characteristic or quality typical of a specific radio signal emitted.
RADIO_TRANSMISSION	Used for or containing the equipment used to transmit radio signals, electromagnetic waves in approximate frequency range from 10 kilocycles/second to 300,000 megacycles/second. To transmit or to receive electric signals without wires connecting the points of transmission and reception.
RAIL_CONNECTOR_TYPE	The method used to join or connect consecutive rails of a specific rail line or segment.
RAIL_DIRECTION_ CHANGES	Facility available at a specific location to change the direction of a locomotive.
RAIL_GAUGE	The distance between two rails of a railway track.
RAIL_GAUGE_ ADAPTABILITY	Method used to change the gauge on a specific piece orcategory of railway equipment.
RAILS_NUMBER_OF	Having parallel bars for conveyance versus a single bar system.
RECOGNIZED/ UNRECOGNIZED	Acknowledged as being valid versus not acknowledged.
RECREATIONAL	Used for the refreshment of one's mind or body after labor through diverting activity; play.
RELATIONSHIP_TO_ GROUND_SURFACE	The occupation of space in relation to the solid surface of the Earth.
RELATIONSHIP_TO_ WATER_SURFACE	The position of the feature above or below the surface of the local water feature.
RELIEF	The difference between high and low places in a locality.
RESTRICTIONS	Limitations on the use for legal, safety, security or other reasons.
ROAD_TYPE	Characteristics or category of road.
RUNWAYS_NUMBER_OF	The number of prepared surfaces available to accommodate the landing and take-off of aircraft.
SAFE_PASSAGE	Having been established as a route free from hazards.
SALINITY	The proportion of dissolved salts in pure water, stated in parts per thousand by mass.
SCREEN_PRESENT	The presence of a large flat white or silver surface upon which a picture is projected.
SEA_ICE_PRESENT	Presence of more than 10 percent sea ice inhibiting free navigation.
SEASON_USED	The specified season or time of year that something can be used, especially in reference to something that is dependent on or controlled by seasonal changes.
SEASONAL_DEPTH	The measurement from the water surface to the bottom of that water body at different seasons; used in relation to water bodies which have marked changes due to season change.
SEAWEED_PRESENT	Presence of any of numerous marine algae, such as kelp, rockweed, or gulfweed.
SERVICES_PROVIDED	Kinds of services provided at a given facility. See also FACILITIES AVAILABLE.
SHAFTS_NUMBER_OF	The number of long narrow passages sunk in the Earth.
SHAPE	Spatial form.
SHARP_CURVE	Presence of an abrupt acute bend in the feature.
SHORE_ORIENTATION	The position of something relative to the shore, for example, parallel.
SIGNAL_DIRECTION	The line or course along which the sound, image, or other transmitted message travels.
SIGNAL_INTENSITY	The concentration of power or force of the signal emitted.
SIGNAL_TYPE	The kind of electronic impulse used for communication.
SINGLE_WIRE/ MULTIPLE_WIRES	Presence of one strand of wires versus more than one strand of wire together.
SIZE	The physical dimensions, proportions, magnitude, or extent of something.
SLIPS_NUMBER_OF	The number of spaces between wharfs or piers designed to accommodate water vessels.
SLOPE	The slant or deviation from horizontal measured in degrees.
SLOPE_OF_SHAFT	The slant or deviation from horizontal measured in degrees of the shaft.
SLOPE_OF_SIDES	Same as for "SLOPE," but measured between the upper and lower surfaces of the feature, along its sides.
SMOKE_EMISSION	The venting of vapor made up of small particles of carbonaceous matter in the air, resulting mainly from incomplete combustion of organic material, such as wood or coal.
SOIL_TEXTURE	The kind of ground material characterized by the relative proportions of the various size groups of individual soil grains in a mass of soil.
SOIL_TYPE	The principal unit used in soil mappings as defined by the Soil Conservation Service.
SOUND_CHARACTERISTIC	The distinctive character of quality typical of a specific sound emitted.
SOVEREIGNTY	The supreme authority or control over the feature.
SPAN_LENGTH	The length of the section between intermediate supports of a bridge.
SPAN_MOVEMENT	The manner in which the section between two intermediate supports of a bridge moves.
SPECIES	A fundamental category of taxonomic classification, ranking after a genus, and consisting of organisms capable of interbreeding.
SPECIES_CULTIVATED	The form of life grown and nurtured for harvest.
SPORTS_TYPE	The type of organized competitive game(s) that the feature is used for.
STAFFED/UNSTAFFED	Presence or absence of personnel who carry out a specific enterprise.
STORAGE	Used for maintaining a stock or supply for future use.
STRUCTURE_TYPE	The configuration or arrangement of a feature.
SUBSTANCE_EXTRACTED	The matter (liquid, solid or gaseous) being drawn forth by mechanical or chemical processes.
SUPPORT_TYPE	The kind of feature used to bear the weight of the feature being described.
TELEVISION_ TRANSMISSION	The transmission of visual images of moving and stationary objects, generally with accompanying sound, as electromagnetic waves, and the reconversion of received waves into visual images.
TEMPERATURE	A specific degree of hotness or coldness as indicated on or referred to a standard scale.
TIDAL	Subject to the alternating rise and fall of water level caused by the astronomic tide-producing forces.
TOLL	A fixed charge or tax for access, especially for passage across a bridge or along a road.
TRAFFIC_LIGHTS_ PRESENT	Presence of road signals that beam a red or green light or an amber warning light to direct traffic to stop or proceed.
TRANSPORTATION_MODE_ ACCOMMODATED	The kind of transportation that a feature is adapted to or suited to.
TREE_COVER	The amount or density of tall woody plants occupying the surface of a specified area.
TREE_LINED	Having a border of trees along its sides.
UNDERGROWTH_PRESENT	Presence of low growing plants, saplings, and shrubs beneath the trees in a forest.
USER_TYPE	Characteristics or category of users of the feature.
VEHICLE_ACCOMMODATED	The type of vehicle that the feature is adapted to or designed to serve.
VEHICLE_SIZE_SERVED	The physical dimension, proportion, magnitude, or extent of any device for carrying passengers, goods, or equipment that the specified feature has space for storage or service for.
VENT_PRESENT	Presence of an opening permitting the passage or escape of liquids or gas.
VOLCANIC	Pertaining to or produced by volcanic eruptions.
VOLUME	Space occupied or cubic capacity as measured in cubic units.
WASTE_MATERIAL	The useless or worthless byproducts of a process or the like; refuse or excess material.
WATER_BODY_ CONNECTION	Acting as a link between two larger bodies of water.
WATER_PRESENT	Presence of water in the feature.
WATER_SUPPLY	Equipped or used to furnish water.
WATERAGE	The movement of goods or merchandise (such as logs) by water.
WETTED_PERIMETER	Length of the line of cross-sectional contact between the water in a stream and its watercourse.
WIDTH	The maximum horizontal measurement taken at right angles to the length; breadth; the maximum horizontal measurement of the extent of something from side to side.
WINDBREAK	A hedge, row of trees, or fence serving to lessen or break the force of the wind.
WIRE_DRAGGED	Cleared of hazards through the use of a wire dragged through the water.
WORK_IN_PROGRESS	Presence of construction or other work that is incomplete and that may limit access or pose some hazard.
ZOO	Presence of wild animals for public display.