Registry GeoNames Feature Code

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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

Keywords

geography

License

CC-BY-4.0

Links

Homepage

Contact

Marc Wick

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'

Get the contact's name:

>>> import bioregistry as br
>>> br.get_contact_name("geonames.feature")
'Marc Wick'

Get the contact's email:

>>> import bioregistry as br
>>> br.get_contact_email("geonames.feature")
'marc@geonames.org'