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Linear (USP_13)

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

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Name
linear
Attribute
USP Settlement Pattern
Definition
There is a single main street perhaps with a short paralleling side street, or it stretches out in both directions along two main intersecting roads (in outline configured as a cross).
Description
Sometimes referred to a strip development and common on the edge of expanding urban areas or in rural areas where the main thoroughfare or intersecting roads are the only ones paved or otherwise improved.
Synonyms
Strip
Accepted
2013-10-18
Allowed for

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