Street Centerlines and Nodes

Definition

• Street centerlines are lines that represent a network of streets

  • They are aligned generally to the center of a street

  • They are meant to model the street network and thus have no width or area

  • They have a length component

• Street nodes are the endpoints of a street centerline and represent intersections

  • A node shared among multiple intersecting street segments is an intersection

• Each node and centerline segment will have a unique Centerline Node Network (CNN) identifier

• The collection of Centerline Node Network identifiers are collectively known as "CNNs"

Illustration

• Shows 3 streets (Stockton, Green and Columbus) at a point of intersection

• Each segment sits between two nodes

  • A segment ends where it intersects with another segment OR at the physical end of a street (a dead end)

  • Some segments will start and end at the same node

• Each segment and node has a CNN identifier pictured above

• Segments share the same node where they intersect

  • Node ID 25352000 in the middle is shared by 6 segments

Authority

• The management of streets falls to different jurisdictions within the City

  • Public Works manages and maintains the majority of streets within the City

  • The remaining are managed and maintained by other entities like Caltrans, Presidio Trust National Park and Parks & Recreation, a summary of miles of streets by jurisdiction is available on the open data portal

• Basemap data including streets from various jurisdictions is maintained by Public Works

Use

• Centerline Node Network IDs (CNNs) are referenced in many datasets throughout the City (including but not limited to permits and inspections, project management and asset management systems)

• Used to enhance data by adding location attributes, allowing disparate datasets to be mapped as well as compared for analysis

• To model the transportation network

Accepted Values

• Every centerline and node will have a unique Centerline Node Network (CNN) identifier

  • cnn as a number

  • cnntext as a text string

• CNN IDs (CNN) may be used in secondary columns as reference

  • For example:

    • f_node_cnn and t_node_cnn to indicate from and to nodes

  • When referencing a CNN, include clear definition in the data dictionary, and include cnn in the column name

• Valid IDs are in the reference datasets below

Reference Datasets

Dataset	Description and Constraints	Reference Columns
List of Streets and Intersections	A list of street segments and intersections sorted by street name and ascending address number. This data set is based on the City's GIS basemap and contains CNN id numbers for each record.	cnn as number For segments: from_cnn and to_cnn define the node IDs at each end
San Francisco Basemap Street Centerlines	A geographic reference of the all basemap streets including centerline node network identifiers and jurisdictions	cnn as number cnntext as text f_node_cnn as the starting (from) node ID t_node_cnn as the ending (to) node ID
Street Segment and Intersection (CNN) Change Log	A list of Street Segment and Intersection (CNN) changes including new, dropped, realigned, divided and split records.	oldcnn as number newcnn as number

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