Annex I
- Co-ordinate reference systems
Systems for uniquely referencing spatial information in space as a set of coordinates (x, y, z) and/or latitude and longitude and height, based on a geodetic horizontal and vertical datum. - Geographical grid systems
Harmonised multi-resolution grid with a common point of origin and standardised location and size of grid cells. - Geographical names
Names of areas, regions, localities, cities, suburbs, towns or settlements, or any geographical or topographical feature of public or historical interest. - Administrative Units
Units of administration, dividing areas where Member States have and/or exercise jurisdictional rights, for local, regional and national governance, separated by administrative boundaries. - Addresses
Location of properties based on address identifiers, usually by road name, house number, postal code. - Cadastral parcels
Areas defined by cadastral registers or equivalent. - Transport networks
Road, rail, and water transport networks and related infrastructure. Includes links between different networks. Also includes the trans-European transport network as defined in Decision No 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 on Community Guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network and future revisions of the Decision. - Hydrography
Hydrographic elements, including marine areas and all other water bodies and items related to them, including river basins and sub-basins. Where appropriate, according to the definitions set out in Directive 2000/60/ED of the European parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy and in the form of networks. - Protected Sites
Area designated or managed within a framework of international, Community and Member States’ legislation to achieve specific conservation objects.
