Geonames
Geoname ID
Unique identifier for GeoNames place
Example
5353Property Name
geonameidType
integerName
Place name (UTF8)
Example
LondonProperty Name
nameType
stringASCII Name
Place Name (ASCII)
Example
LondonProperty Name
asciinameType
stringAlternate Names
List of alternate ASCII names
Property Name
alternatenamesType
arrayLatitude
Property Name
latitudeLongitude
Property Name
longitudeFeature Class
GeoNames single letter feature code
Property Name
feature_classType
stringPossible Values
"A""H""L""P""R""S""T""U""V"
Feature Code
Full GeoNames feature code (http://www.geonames.org/export/codes.html)
Example
ADM1Property Name
feature_codeType
stringCountry Code
2 Letter ISO country code
Example
GBProperty Name
country_codeType
stringCC2
List of other countries codes mapping to this place
Property Name
cc2Type
arrayAdmin1 Name
Name of first administrative area
Example
EnglandProperty Name
admin1_nameType
stringAdmin1 Geoname ID
GeoName ID for first administrative area
Example
5353Property Name
admin1_geonameidType
integerAdmin1 Code
Fipscode (subject to change to iso code)
Example
ENGProperty Name
admin1_codeType
stringAdmin2 Name
Name of second administrative area
Example
EnglandProperty Name
admin2_nameType
stringAdmin2 Geoname ID
GeoName ID for second administrative area
Example
5353Property Name
admin2_geonameidType
integerAdmin2 Code
Code for the second administrative division
Example
06Property Name
admin2_codeType
stringAdmin3 Code
Code for third level administrative division
Example
08Property Name
admin3_codeType
stringAdmin4 Code
Code for fourth level administrative division
Example
07Property Name
admin4_codeType
stringPopulation
Population at place. Represented as string as it could be a larger than a 32bit integer
Example
7392832Property Name
populationType
stringElevation
Elevation in meters
Property Name
elevationType
integerDigital Elevation Model
Digital elevation model
Example
32Property Name
demType
integerTimezone
The IANA timezone ID
Example
Europe/LondonProperty Name
timezoneType
stringModification Date
Datetime format
Example
2015-03-09Property Name
modification_dateType
stringDataset
Property Name
datasetType
stringPossible Values
"geonames"
ID
Unique place ID
Example
geonames_5353Property Name
idType
string