Astronomical Observatory (AL142)

DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.

Name

AstronomicalObservatory

Kind

FeatureType

Definition

A building designed and equipped (for example: with a telescope) for making observations of celestial objects (including the earth in relation to them), of space, and of the universe as a whole.

Description

Typically incorporates a dome-shaped covering that may be opened in order to expose instruments to the sky or closed to protect them from the weather.

Accepted

2013-10-18

Geometry

point, multipoint, curve, multicurve, surface, multisurface, solid, multisolid

Subtype of

AL013 Building

Attributes

SPT Supported — multiplicity 0..1; datatype BooleanMeta
TEL Telescope Type — multiplicity 0..1; datatype AstronomicalObservatory_telescopeTypeMeta; values: TEL_1 Optical, TEL_2 Parabolic Radio Aerial, TEL_3 Radio Aerial Array

RWOI terms naming it

RWO_00298 Astronomical Observatory
RWO_00299 Astronomical Station
RWO_02517 Optical Astronomical Observatory
RWO_02581 Parabolic Radio Aerial
RWO_02880 Radio Aerial Array
RWO_04928 Radio Telescope

Mappings

osm#man_made=observatory-point: AL142 closeMatch man_made=observatory (point)
osm#man_made=observatory-polygon: AL142 closeMatch man_made=observatory (polygon)
osm#man_made=telescope-point: AL142 narrowMatch man_made=telescope (point)
osm#man_made=telescope-polygon: AL142 narrowMatch man_made=telescope (polygon)