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Wind Direction Indicator (GB080)

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

RDF: gb080.ttl

Name

WindDirectionIndicator

Kind

FeatureType

Definition

A wind-actuated device indicating visually to aircraft the direction of the surface wind.

Synonyms

WDI

Accepted

2013-10-18

Geometry

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

Subtype of

ZI028 Feature Entity

Attributes

• FLT Floodlit — multiplicity 0..1; datatype BooleanMeta
• LWI Lighted Wind Indicator Present — multiplicity 0..1; datatype BooleanMeta
• WNT Wind Direction Indicator Type — multiplicity 0..1; datatype WindDirectionIndicator_windDirectIndicatorTypeMeta; values: WNT_1 Windsock, WNT_2 Tetrahedron, WNT_3 Wind Tee

Inverse associations

• atAerodrome (inverse of AerodromeWindDirectionIndicator) → GB001 Aerodrome (0..*)

RWOI terms naming it

• RWO_03754 Tetrahedron
• RWO_04132 Wind Direction Indicator
• RWO_04134 Wind Tee
• RWO_04139 Windsock

Mappings

• osm#aeroway=wind_sock-point: GB080 (WNT_1) narrowMatch aeroway=wind_sock (point)
• osm#aeroway=windsock-point: GB080 (WNT_1) narrowMatch aeroway=windsock (point)

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.