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Category: Road network and regulations

This is the subset of the Norwegian data within the within the NAP - category Road network and regulations that resides within the Norwegian road data base (NVDB). The NVDB subset is available through our API as well as our popular web application vegkart.

Please visit the main NAP site http://transportportal.no category: Road and road regulations for a complete view of the data available within this category.

The NVDB data consists of the road network and the list of features described below. All data reside within the Norwegian road data base (NVDB), and are available through our API as well as our popular web application vegkart.

The road network

The NVDB road network and selected features (such as speed limits) is transformed into several products for mapping and navigation. You may also query the NVDB api for raw details about nodes, links and the like.

Please see here for details.

Table of NVDB features in this category

The links below will take you to the NVDB data catalogue, giving a detailed description of the properties of each feature type and how it relates to the NVDB road network and other NVDB-features. Unfortunately, the data catalogue itself is only available in English.

Feature type Description
162 ATK-punkt Speed camera
60 Bru Bridge
889 Bruksklasse, modulvogntog Weigth and length class, road train
904 Bruksklasse, normaltransport Weigth and length class, normal lorries
902 Bruksklasse, spesialtransport Weigth and length class, extra heavy
900 Bruksklasse, tømmertransport Weigth and length class, logging transport
105 Fartsgrense Speed limit
721 Fartsgrense, variabel Variable speed limit
624 Fartstavle Speed information
872 Faunapassasje Wild animal passage
833 Forbikjøringsstrekning Suitable for overtaking
596 Forkjørsveg Right of way
48 Fortau Sidewalk
835 Gangadkomst Acces for pedestrians
174 Gangfelt Zebra crossing
538 Gate Street name
813 Gågate Pedestrians only
591 Høydebegrensning Heigth limitation
100 Jernbanekryssing Railway crossing
319 Kolonnestrekning In bad weather, traffic may be directed into convoys
44 Kontroll-/veieplass Technical control station
639 Kurvatur, horisontalelement Curvature, horizontal
825 Kurvatur, stigning Height gradient
640 Kurvatur, vertikalelement Height gradient detail
595 Motorveg Motorway
886 Omkjøringsrute Diversion route
39 Rasteplass Rest area
40 Snuplass Turning point
823 Streknings-ATK Speed camera for this segment
907 Sykkelrute, hovednett by/tettsted Bike main route city or major populated area
705 Sykkelrute, tur/fritid Bike route, leisure
826 TEN-T veg rans European Network - Transport)
887 Trafikkberedskapsklasse Alertness level
47 Trafikklomme Side area
856 Trafikkreguleringer Traffic restriction
581 Tunnel Group of tunnels, abstarct point
67 Tunnelløp Tunnel
777 Turistveg Tourist route
452 Undergang Passage underneath the road
97 Variabelt skilt Variable sign
583 Vegbredde Road width
838 Vegbredde, beregnet Road width
37 Vegkryss Junction
99 Vegoppmerking, langsgående Road markings along the road
519 Vegoppmerking, tverrgående Road markings across the road