Registry GeoNames Feature Code

All geographical features in GeoNames are categorized into one out of nine feature classes and further subcategorized into one out of 645 feature codes.

Prefix

geonames.feature

License

CC-BY-4.0

Links

Homepage

Contact

Missing Contact

Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Missing LUI pattern

Example Local Unique Identifier

ADM1 Resolve

Example CURIE

geonames.feature:ADM1

Contributors

submitter Charles Tapley Hoyt 0000-0003-4423-4370 cthoyt

Providers

Suggest

A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).

The local unique identifier ADM1 is used to demonstrate the providers available for GeoNames Feature Code. Some providers may use a different example, which is displayed in the table below. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.

Name	Metaprefix	URI
GeoNames Feature Code	`geonames.feature`	https://www.geonames.org/recent-changes/featurecode/ADM1/
Bioregistry	`bioregistry`	https://bioregistry.io/geonames.feature:ADM1

This name annotation was originally annotated in Bioregistry and is redistributed under the CC0 license.

Get the name:

>>> import bioregistry as br
>>> br.get_name("geonames.feature")
'GeoNames Feature Code'

Get the license:

>>> import bioregistry as br
>>> br.get_license("geonames.feature")
'CC-BY-4.0'

Get the homepage:

>>> import bioregistry as br
>>> br.get_homepage("geonames.feature")
'https://www.geonames.org/export/codes.html'