TMC/Location Code List/Location Types

Every TMC location is characterized by a class (letter P, L, A for point, line, area), type (first number) and subtype (second number). The following table lists their definitions as given by the ISO 14819-3 standard.

Point location types

• P1.0 junction
  • P1.1 motorway intersection
  • P1.2 motorway triangle
  • P1.3 motorway junction
  • P1.4 motorway exit
  • P1.5 motorway entrance
  • P1.6 flyover
  • P1.7 underpass
  • P1.8 roundabout
  • P1.9 gyratory
  • P1.10 traffic lights
  • P1.11 cross-roads
  • P1.12 T-junction
  • P1.13 intermediate node
  • P1.14 connection
  • P1.15 exit
• P2.0 intermediate point
  • P2.1 distance marker
  • P2.2 traffic monitoring station
• P3.0 other landmark point
  • P3.1 tunnel
  • P3.2 bridge
  • P3.3 service area
  • P3.4 rest area
  • P3.5 view point
  • P3.6 carpool point
  • P3.7 park and ride site
  • P3.8 car park
  • P3.9 kiosk
  • P3.10 kiosk with WC
  • P3.11 petrol station
  • P3.12 petrol station with kiosk
  • P3.13 motel
  • P3.14 border/frontier
  • P3.15 customs post
  • P3.16 toll plaza
  • P3.17 ferry terminal
  • P3.18 harbour
  • P3.19 square
  • P3.20 fair
  • P3.21 garage
  • P3.22 underground garage
  • P3.23 retail park
  • P3.24 theme park
  • P3.25 tourist attraction
  • P3.26 university
  • P3.27 airport
  • P3.28 station
  • P3.29 hospital
  • P3.30 church
  • P3.31 stadium
  • P3.32 palace
  • P3.33 castle
  • P3.34 town hall
  • P3.35 exhibition/convention centre
  • P3.36 community
  • P3.37 place name
  • P3.38 dam
  • P3.39 dike
  • P3.40 aqueduct
  • P3.41 lock
  • P3.42 mountain crossing/pass
  • P3.43 railroad crossing
  • P3.44 wade
  • P3.45 ferry
  • P3.46 industrial area
  • P3.47 viaduct
• P4.0 link road point
• P5.0 parking POI
  • P5.1 underground parking garage
  • P5.2 car park
  • P5.3 parking garage
  • P5.4 carpool point
  • P5.5 park and ride site
  • P5.6 rest area parking
  • P5.7 campground
• P6.0 other isolated POI
  • P6.1 airport
  • P6.2 station
  • P6.3 harbour
  • P6.4 tunnel
  • P6.5 bridge
  • P6.6 ferry
  • P6.7 square
  • P6.8 fair
  • P6.9 retail park
  • P6.10 theme park
  • P6.11 tourist attraction
  • P6.12 stadium
  • P6.13 exhibition/convention centre
  • P6.14 place name

Line location types

• L1.0 road
  • L1.1 motorway
  • L1.2 1st class road
  • L1.3 2nd class road
  • L1.4 3rd class road
• L2.0 ring road
  • L2.1 ring motorway
  • L2.2 other ring road
• L3.0 order 1 segment
• L4.0 order 2 segment
• L5.0 urban street
• L6.0 vehicular link
  • L6.1 ferry
  • L6.2 vehicular rail link
• L7.0 link road

Area location types

• A1.0 continent
• A2.0 country group
• A3.0 country
• A5.0 water area
  • A5.1 sea
  • A5.2 lake
• A6.0 fuzzy area
  • A6.1 tourist area
  • A6.2 metropolitan area
  • A6.3 industrial area
  • A6.4 traffic area
  • A6.5 meteorological area
  • A6.6 carpool area
  • A6.7 park and ride area
  • A6.8 car park area
• A7.0 order 1 area
• A8.0 order 2 area
• A9.0 order 3 area
  • A9.1 rural county
  • A9.2 urban county
• A10.0 order 4 area
• A11.0 order 5 area
• A12.0 application region