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Location attributes

Attributes for a defined place are :


More descriptions can be found under Standards.

Place categories

Populated places

Populated place type feature: City or village


Administrative region type feature:  Administrative Area

Region or area feature:  Area, locality


Locality or area type feature:  Spot type, Attraction 


Streets, highways, roads, or railroad type feature: Transport & Infrastructure

Placename01

Admin Area01

area locality01

Spot type01

transport01

non-populated places

Vegetation type feature:  Vegetation


Hypsographic type feature:  Mountain, hill, island


Hydorgraphic type feature:  Sea / River / Lake


Undersea type feature:  Undersea

Vegetation01

mountain01

Sea river lake01

undersea01

 

How to use place classification

Places are classified into categories, to improve search results.
In the Advanced Search, places types can be selected. Use the categories to narrow down and speed up your search, so you can select quickly from the results:
Most people will search for "City or Village" or "Administrative Area", where they live, or for a "Spot type, Attraction".
Outdoor sports fans are interested in "Mountains",  or "Spot type, Attraction".
Sailors may search for "Undersea" reference points.
"Transport", "Vegetation", "Sea/River/Lake" or  others may be rather used by special interests groups. 
Registered users may save their settings as favorites.

Documentation

A document for support and use instruction is found here.

Technical information

In this section, you will find technical information for using the meteoblue global location search (GLOS).
GLOS locations classes (featclasses) can be downloaded here.