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      SLK Points for Road Network

      SLKs or Straight Line Kilometers are a location reference system used by Main Roads Western Australia to define the location of features or events along a road. This layer shows SLK points (every 100m) along the left and single carriageways for all State and Local Roads, Main Roads controlled paths contained within the road centreline of Main Roads road asset database. The purpose of this layer is to identify and label the measure of SLK along a particular route and is provided for information only. The SLK points are based on geometric measure and include points of equation. This means that you may notice “jumps” in the SLK between two points that are not equal to 100m. This is as a result of network changes that have been incorporated into the spatial road centr eline.A point of equation is a business term used to describe a point on the road network, which has two SLK references, one for the section leading up to it, and one for the section leaving from it. A Point of Equation is either: •A gap, which occurs when the new deviation/realignment is built shorter than the existing road. An SLK range is missing. •An overlap, which occurs when the new deviation/realignment is built longer than the existing road. An SLK range is duplicatedNote that you are accessing this data pursuant to a Creative Commons (Attribution) Licence, which has a disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability. You accept that the data provided pursuant to the Licence is subject to changes. Pursuant to section 3 of the Licence you are provided with the following notice to be included when you Share the Licenced Material:- The Commissioner of Main Roads is the creator and owner of the data and Licenced Material, which is accessed pursuant to a Creative Commons (Attribution) Licence, which has a disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability. Creative Commons CC BY 4.0Data Dictionary\n\n\n\n \n Field Name\n Type\n Description\n \n \n ObjectID\n OID\n System generated unique number, overridden on data update\n \n \n Shape\n Point M\n System generated identifier for shape type\n \n \n RoadCway\n Text,255\n Concatenation of Main Roads Road Number and Carriageway columns. Used to generate unique routes per road carriageway combination.\n \n \n SLKMin\n Double\n The maximum SLK (measure) of the RoadCway\n \n \n SLKMax\n Double\n The maximum SLK (measure) of the RoadCway\n \n \n SLKGen\n Double\n The SLK measure generated at 100m intervals (0.1, 0.2 etc..)\n \n \n POINT_X\n Double\n The Longitude of the SLK point\n \n \n POINT_Y\n Double\n The latitude of the SLK point\n \n \n StreetviewURL\n Text.100\n A Google Maps Streeview URL link to the SLK point on the road\n \n \n RoadSLK\n Text,50\n A concatenation of the RoadCway and SLKGen columns\n \n \n Road_Name\n Text, 80\n The Main Roads route name of the road\n \n \n Common_Usage_Name\n Text, 80\n The name of the road\n \n \n RN_SLK\n Text, 100\n A concatenation of the Road_Name and SLKGen columns\n \n \n CN_SLK\n Text, 100\n A concatenation of the Common Usage Name and SLKGen columns\n \n

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      08-07-2025
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      First published
      18-08-2020
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      07-07-2025
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      https://portal-mainroads.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/mainroads::slk-points-for-road-network
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