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Geonames

Geoname ID​

geonameidinteger

Unique identifier for GeoNames place

Format
int32
Example
5353

Name​

namestring

Place name (UTF8)

Example
London

ASCII Name​

asciinamestring

Place Name (ASCII)

Example
London

Alternate Names​

alternatenamesarray

List of alternate ASCII names

Latitude​

latitude

Schema not found.

Longitude​

longitude

Schema not found.

Feature Class​

feature_classstring

GeoNames single letter feature code

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

Feature Code​

feature_codestring

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

Example
ADM1

Country Code​

country_codestring

2 Letter ISO country code

Example
GB

CC2​

cc2array

List of other countries codes mapping to this place

Admin1 Name​

admin1_namestring

Name of first administrative area

Example
England

Admin1 Geoname ID​

admin1_geonameidinteger

GeoName ID for first administrative area

Format
int32
Example
5353

Admin1 Code​

admin1_codestring

Fipscode (subject to change to iso code)

Example
ENG

Admin2 Name​

admin2_namestring

Name of second administrative area

Example
England

Admin2 Geoname ID​

admin2_geonameidinteger

GeoName ID for second administrative area

Format
int32
Example
5353

Admin2 Code​

admin2_codestring

Code for the second administrative division

Example
06

Admin3 Code​

admin3_codestring

Code for third level administrative division

Example
08

Admin4 Code​

admin4_codestring

Code for fourth level administrative division

Example
07

Population​

populationstring

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

Example
7392832

Elevation​

elevationinteger

Elevation in meters

Format
int32

Digital Elevation Model​

deminteger

Digital elevation model

Format
int32
Example
32

Timezone​

timezonestring

The IANA timezone ID

Example
Europe/London

Modification Date​

modification_datestring

Datetime format

Example
2015-03-09

Dataset​

datasetstring
Values
  • "geonames"

ID​

idstring

Unique place ID

Example
geonames_5353