entrance
A point connecting a structure with the surrounding open traffic network for passage of people, vehicles, or goods.
An entrance is any point where persons, vehicles, or goods are intended to pass into or out of a structure. Entrances should be pinpointed with geocoordinates of these points, treating multiple doors to the same room from a similar direction as one point.
Each entrance must be an interface between the structure and the open traffic networks surrounding it. Doorways into courtyards or onto sealed plazas or yards do not count as entrances.
The passage crosses between the structure and its surrounding traffic network. Several doors to the same room from a similar direction can form one entrance point, rather than one point per door.
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More specific definitions
7 sub-definitions-
airport passenger gate
A point at which airplane passengers exit an airport terminal or concourse to board an aircraft. -
delivery entrance
An entry point into a structure intended mainly for cargo, mail, or other deliveries. -
pedestrian emergency exit
A doorway or escape point primarily intended for people leaving a building during an emergency. -
pedestrian main entrance
A commonly used pedestrian portal serving a building as a whole or a major usage zone, rather than merely a side use. -
pedestrian side entrance
A secondary entry point into a structure, or a portal into a side usage zone. -
vehicle entrance
A point where vehicles leave the street grid to enter or approach a structure. -
vehicle exit
A point where vehicles leave a structure to rejoin the street grid, if different from the vehicle entrance.
Related definitions
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architectural division
Modules which are determined by outward physical characteristics and changes across time. -
floor
An entire internal level of a building, bounded by its floorplate and the next floorplate or roof above. -
internal zone
A module defined by an interior division within a building or other structure, rather than by the whole object.