DLG Feature Type Categories

The DLG features produced by the workspace consist of geometry and explicit attribute information. Each feature has its feature type set to one of the following: HP, HY, SC, NV, BD, SM, RD, RR, MT, MS, or PL.

These features correspond to the category abbreviations as outlined in the DLG standards – see DLG Categories. The geometry of each feature is appropriate to the dlg_type:

  • dlg_point features have a single coordinate pair,
  • dlg_line features contain multiple coordinates, and
  • dlg_area features define closed polygons with holes where appropriate.

Name in Full

Abbreviation

Boundaries

BD

Hydrography

HY

Hypsography

HP

Man-made Features

MS

Non-Vegetative Features

NV

Pipelines, Transmission Lines, and
Miscellaneous Transportation Features

MT

Railroads

RR

Roads and Trails

RD

Survey Control and Markers

SM

U.S. Public Land Survey System

PL

Unrecognized Category

UNKNOWN

Vegetative Surface Cover

SC

Wetlands

WL

All features share several attributes however, the feature will contain additional feature coding specific to the feature type. These are described in subsequent sections. All features tagged with major and minor codes of zero, indicating an outside area, are deleted.