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Geonames

Geoname ID​

Unique identifier for GeoNames place

Example

5353

Property Name

geonameid

Type

integer

Name​

Place name (UTF8)

Example

London

Property Name

name

Type

string

ASCII Name​

Place Name (ASCII)

Example

London

Property Name

asciiname

Type

string

Alternate Names​

List of alternate ASCII names

Property Name

alternatenames

Type

array

Latitude​

Schema not found for latitude

Longitude​

Schema not found for longitude

Feature Class​

GeoNames single letter feature code

Property Name

feature_class

Type

string

Possible Values

  • "A"
  • "H"
  • "L"
  • "P"
  • "R"
  • "S"
  • "T"
  • "U"
  • "V"

Feature Code​

Full GeoNames feature code (http://www.geonames.org/export/codes.html)

Example

ADM1

Property Name

feature_code

Type

string

Country Code​

2 Letter ISO country code

Example

GB

Property Name

country_code

Type

string

CC2​

List of other countries codes mapping to this place

Property Name

cc2

Type

array

Admin1 Name​

Name of first administrative area

Example

England

Property Name

admin1_name

Type

string

Admin1 Geoname ID​

GeoName ID for first administrative area

Example

5353

Property Name

admin1_geonameid

Type

integer

Admin1 Code​

Fipscode (subject to change to iso code)

Example

ENG

Property Name

admin1_code

Type

string

Admin2 Name​

Name of second administrative area

Example

England

Property Name

admin2_name

Type

string

Admin2 Geoname ID​

GeoName ID for second administrative area

Example

5353

Property Name

admin2_geonameid

Type

integer

Admin2 Code​

Code for the second administrative division

Example

06

Property Name

admin2_code

Type

string

Admin3 Code​

Code for third level administrative division

Example

08

Property Name

admin3_code

Type

string

Admin4 Code​

Code for fourth level administrative division

Example

07

Property Name

admin4_code

Type

string

Population​

Population at place. Represented as string as it could be a larger than a 32bit integer

Example

7392832

Property Name

population

Type

string

Elevation​

Elevation in meters

Property Name

elevation

Type

integer

Digital Elevation Model​

Digital elevation model

Example

32

Property Name

dem

Type

integer

Timezone​

The IANA timezone ID

Example

Europe/London

Property Name

timezone

Type

string

Modification Date​

Datetime format

Example

2015-03-09

Property Name

modification_date

Type

string

Dataset​

Property Name

dataset

Type

string

Possible Values

  • "geonames"

ID​

Unique place ID

Example

geonames_5353

Property Name

id

Type

string