definition
strict definition
geography
The region a building or company belongs to, held as a link to that region rather than as a written place name.
The geography field ties a record to one region in the SKYDB region tree. It stores the region, not its name, so a city that is renamed carries the new name on every record at once and no record keeps a stale spelling.
The link points at the smallest region that applies, normally the city. The tiers above it follow from the tree and are not written onto the record a second time.
A record can carry a geography without a pinpoint location. Where a pinpoint exists, the region is derived from the boundary the pinpoint falls inside.
Related definitions
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address
The locally defined location of any structure with respect to the street network. Usually street and house number only. -
connected street
The street that carries on where this one begins or ends, held as a link to that street rather than as a written name. -
coordinates
Geographic position expressed through latitude, longitude, and altitude relative to their reference surfaces and lines. -
defining regions
The regions a composite region consists of, such as the counties that a metropolitan area is made up of. -
identifier
An internal or external reference key unique to each structure or other entity. -
legal form
The legal form of a company is the form it takes in the eyes of the law governing it. -
lot number
The cadastral number of the parcel of land a building stands on, as issued by the responsible land register. -
object naming
Types of recognized text identifiers for an object, including names, abbreviations, and other naming forms. -
official language
A language given official status in a region by law, which may be one of several and need not be the most widely spoken. -
reference point
Building aspects and reference terms used in measurements or professional descriptions, independent of data organization. -
renovation role
The part a company played in renovating an existing building, as opposed to its role in the original construction.