wof

addr

edtf

geom

lbl

mz

name

resto

reversegeo

src

wof

brooklyn integers

wof stands for Who's On First

abbreviation

A two-letter country code from ISO 3166.

belongsto

The (unique) set of all ancestors, as an array (list) of WOF IDs.

breaches

Records of the same placetype that intersect the current record, as an array (list) of WOF IDs.

concordances

A hash containing identifiers from other data sources. See also: other people's concordances

concordances_alt

A dictionary of lists, used if a record has more than one identifier for a single data source. Contains identifiers not present in the wof:concordances property.

controlled

A list of Who's On First properties that should be assumed to have been edited by an actual human and should not be updated by automated processes. For example:

    "wof:controlled":[         "wof:hierachy",         "wof:parent_id"     ] 

coterminous

Links two or more records with overlapping or identical geometries that serve separate functions, but are essentially the same "place" - see Cuidad de México. Think "city-state".

country

A two-letter country code from ISO 3166.

created

An auto-generated, non-editable Unix epoch timestamp integer.

geomhash

An auto-generated, non-editable MD5 string of the geometry JSON.

hierarchy

A list of hashes, where each object is the list of ancestors.

id

The record's unique numeric integer identifier that are typically derived from Brooklyn Integers.

lang

An ISO-639-3 language identifiers. These represent the common, or preferred, languages spoken in the location of the corresponding WOF record.

IMPORTANT: THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN DEPRECATED. It will not be removed in the short-term but nor will it be updated to added to any new or existing records.

lang_x_official

One or more ISO-639-3 language identifiers. These represent the officially recognized languages of the location of the corresponding WOF record.

lang_x_spoken

One or more ISO-639-3 language identifiers. These represent the languages, inclusive of official languages, spoken in the location of the corresponding WOF record.

lastmodified

A Unix epoch timestamp integer.

name

An English UTF-7 transliterated representation of the name. See also: whosonfirst-names

parent_id

An integer WOF ID of the direct parent record. If a record has more than one parent, the following values should be used:

• -1 (unknown parent, record needs review)
• -2 (shrug, this feature is complicated)
• -3 (contested, but not disputed.. used for placetypes below the locality level)
• -4 (multiple "legal" parents.. used for placetypes at the locality level or above)

population

An integer value to represent the most current, known population of a place. (related: src:population)

population_rank

An aggregated integer, 0 to 14, where the values represent the following ranges:

14: 10m+ 13: 5m to 10m 12: 1m to 5m 11: 500k to 1m 10: 200k to 500k 9: 100k to 200k 8: 50k to 100k 7: 20k to 50k 6: 10k to 20k 5: 5k to 10k 4: 2k to 5k 3: 1k to 2k 2: 200 to 1k 1: Less than 200 0: locale (no population) / places that only are visible at 50k scale or larger (but not neighbourhoods) 

placetype

A string placetype.

placetype_alt

A list of string placetypes denoting alternate representations of a place. For details please consult whosonfirst-data issue #538.

placetype_local

What locals consider the placetype to be (string value).

statistical_gore

An optional boolean value that, when true, represents an “area” of unincorporated status without self-governance.

superseded_by

An array (a list) of WOF IDs that have superseded the WOF record.

supersedes

An array (a list) of WOF IDs that the record supersedes.

tags

An array (a list) of tags.