Nominatim · Schema

Place

A single Nominatim place result as returned by /search, /reverse, and /lookup.

GeocodingOpenStreetMapMapsLocation ServicesOpen-SourcePublic APIs

Properties

Name	Type	Description
place_id	integer	Internal Nominatim place ID. Not portable across installations.
licence	string	Licence and attribution text for the returned data.
osm_type	string
osm_id	integer
boundingbox	array	[min_lat, max_lat, min_lon, max_lon] as strings.
lat	string
lon	string
display_name	string
class	string
category	string
type	string
place_rank	integer
importance	number
addresstype	string
name	string
icon	string
address	object
extratags	object
namedetails	object
geojson	object	GeoJSON geometry of the result (when polygon_geojson=1).

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://nominatim.org/schemas/place.json",
  "title": "Place",
  "description": "A single Nominatim place result as returned by /search, /reverse, and /lookup.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "place_id": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Internal Nominatim place ID. Not portable across installations."
    },
    "licence": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Licence and attribution text for the returned data."
    },
    "osm_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["node", "way", "relation"]
    },
    "osm_id": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "boundingbox": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "[min_lat, max_lat, min_lon, max_lon] as strings.",
      "items": { "type": "string" },
      "minItems": 4,
      "maxItems": 4
    },
    "lat": { "type": "string" },
    "lon": { "type": "string" },
    "display_name": { "type": "string" },
    "class": { "type": "string" },
    "category": { "type": "string" },
    "type": { "type": "string" },
    "place_rank": { "type": "integer" },
    "importance": { "type": "number" },
    "addresstype": { "type": "string" },
    "name": { "type": "string" },
    "icon": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
    "address": { "$ref": "nominatim-address-schema.json" },
    "extratags": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": { "type": "string" }
    },
    "namedetails": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": { "type": "string" }
    },
    "geojson": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "GeoJSON geometry of the result (when polygon_geojson=1)."
    }
  },
  "required": ["place_id", "osm_type", "osm_id", "lat", "lon", "display_name"]
}

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