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Island (BA030)

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

RDF: ba030.ttl

Name

Island

Kind

FeatureType

Definition

A land mass, other than a continent, surrounded by water.

Accepted

2013-10-18

Geometry

point, curve, surface

Subtype of

ZI028 Feature Entity

Attributes

• ZVH Highest Elevation — multiplicity 0..1; datatype ElevationMeasureMeta
• LND Land Morphology — multiplicity 0..1; datatype Island_landMorphologyMeta; values: LND_2 Atoll, LND_57 Mangrove Island, LND_59 Eyot, LND_60 Continental Island, LND_61 Microcontinental Island, LND_62 Barrier Island, LND_63 Oceanic Island
• LTI Land-tied — multiplicity 0..1; datatype BooleanMeta
• AZC Man-made — multiplicity 0..1; datatype BooleanMeta
• SHD Shoreline Delineated — multiplicity 0..1; datatype BooleanMeta
• SLT Shoreline Type — multiplicity 0..1; datatype Island_shorelineTypeMeta; values: SLT_10 Stony, SLT_11 Building Rubble, SLT_12 Erosion Rubble, SLT_13 Sandy, SLT_14 Shingly, SLT_16 Coral, SLT_17 Ice, SLT_18 Mud, SLT_6 Mangrove, SLT_8 Marshy
• TSM Terrain Surface Material — multiplicity 0..*; datatype Island_terrainSurfaceMaterialMeta; values: TSM_1 Asphalt, TSM_10 Mud, TSM_11 Paved, TSM_12 Rock, TSM_13 Sand, TSM_14 Soil, TSM_2 Bedrock, TSM_3 Boulders, TSM_4 Concrete, TSM_5 Evaporite, TSM_6 Frozen Water, TSM_7 Gravel, TSM_8 Lava Flow, TSM_9 Loess

Associations

• IslandHydrographicBaseHeightInfo → ZI400 Hydrographic Base Height Information (0..1)
• IslandLandmarkInfo → LM010 Landmark Information (0..1)

Inverse associations

• waterLine (inverse of IslandWaterLine) → BA000 Water Line ()

RWOI terms naming it

• RWO_00286 Artificial Island
• RWO_00312 Atoll
• RWO_00364 Barrier Island
• RWO_00812 Continental Island
• RWO_01186 Eyot
• RWO_01782 Island
• RWO_02064 Mangrove Island

Mappings

• osm#place=island-polygon: BA030 closeMatch place=island (polygon)
• osm#place=islet-point: BA030 closeMatch place=islet (point)
• osm#place=islet-polygon: BA030 closeMatch place=islet (polygon)

Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.

OSM mappings: OSM_to_DGIF_V3.csv of che-dgif-interlis-tools. Licence: MIT, © 2026 Michael Lanini (swisstopo). See the FAQ.