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Terminology for linear assets

Terms commonly used for linear assets in the Enterprise Asset Management application.

Linear asset terms and their description

Term	Description
Linear asset	An asset that has a physical length or dimension, such as roads, railways, pipelines, and power transmission lines. Linear assets have a series of geopoints; at least a start and end point and have segments with different attributes.
Geo point	Geo points, or graphical coordinates, are a way of expressing a location on the earth's surface using a set of numerical values. Geo points consists of latitudes, longitudes, and altitudes and can be visualized on a map. In the Enterprise Asset Management application, geo point latitude and longitude refer to the coordinate format defined by WGS 84 and uses signed  decimal degrees.
Route	Geo points of a linear asset form a route. Routes can be plotted and visualized on a map.
Boundary width	Maximum width of the linear asset. It’s used to validate whether a cmn\_location is on-route or not.
Marker	A point location that can be identified on or near a linear asset. A marker should contain a geo point so it can be visualized on a map. If the geo point is on the route of the linear asset, then it’s an on-route marker.
Segment	A section of a linear asset with certain attributes. A segment consists of a start point and an end point, or a start point and length.
Discrete asset	Discrete assets are enterprise assets and consumables. Discrete assets can be associated to a linear asset and be managed as part of the linear asset.
Overlap asset	A linear asset relationship where two or more linear assets are in close proximity and within the boundary width. For example, a northbound and a southbound highway. A linear asset can be defined for a northbound highway and another linear asset for a southbound highway.
Intersect asset	A linear asset relationship where linear assets have an intersect point. For example, intersecting roads, where two or more roads meet or cross each other.
Continue asset	A linear asset relationship for linear assets that have a start and an end marker. For example, a highway that after a particular point changes into another highway.