Stadia Maps · Schema
Stadia Maps Location
A geocoded location result from the Stadia Maps Pelias geocoding engine, returned by search, reverse geocoding, autocomplete, and place detail endpoints.
MappingMapsGeocodingRoutingNavigationGeospatialLocation
Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| geocoding | object | Metadata about the geocoding engine and query |
| type | string | GeoJSON feature collection type |
| features | array | Array of GeoJSON Feature objects representing geocoded locations |
| bbox | array | Bounding box of the result set [minLon, minLat, maxLon, maxLat] |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/stadia-maps/refs/heads/main/json-schema/stadia-maps-location-schema.json",
"title": "Stadia Maps Location",
"description": "A geocoded location result from the Stadia Maps Pelias geocoding engine, returned by search, reverse geocoding, autocomplete, and place detail endpoints.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"geocoding": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Metadata about the geocoding engine and query",
"properties": {
"version": { "type": "string", "description": "Pelias geocoder version" },
"attribution": { "type": "string", "description": "Data attribution URL" },
"query": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Echo of the query parameters"
},
"engine": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Geocoding engine details",
"properties": {
"name": { "type": "string" },
"author": { "type": "string" },
"version": { "type": "string" }
}
}
}
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "GeoJSON feature collection type",
"enum": ["FeatureCollection"]
},
"features": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Array of GeoJSON Feature objects representing geocoded locations",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Feature"
}
},
"bbox": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Bounding box of the result set [minLon, minLat, maxLon, maxLat]",
"items": { "type": "number" },
"minItems": 4,
"maxItems": 4
}
},
"required": ["type", "features"],
"$defs": {
"Feature": {
"type": "object",
"description": "A single geocoded place as a GeoJSON Feature",
"properties": {
"type": { "type": "string", "enum": ["Feature"] },
"geometry": {
"type": "object",
"description": "GeoJSON Point geometry",
"properties": {
"type": { "type": "string", "enum": ["Point"] },
"coordinates": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Longitude and latitude [lon, lat]",
"items": { "type": "number" },
"minItems": 2,
"maxItems": 2
}
},
"required": ["type", "coordinates"]
},
"properties": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/PlaceProperties"
},
"bbox": {
"type": "array",
"items": { "type": "number" }
}
},
"required": ["type", "geometry", "properties"]
},
"PlaceProperties": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Properties of a geocoded place",
"properties": {
"id": { "type": "string", "description": "Unique place identifier (GID)" },
"gid": { "type": "string", "description": "Global place identifier" },
"layer": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Place type layer",
"enum": ["venue", "address", "street", "neighbourhood", "locality", "borough", "localadmin", "county", "macrocounty", "region", "macroregion", "country", "postalcode"]
},
"source": { "type": "string", "description": "Data source (openstreetmap, openaddresses, geonames, whosonfirst)" },
"source_id": { "type": "string", "description": "Source-specific identifier" },
"name": { "type": "string", "description": "Primary display name" },
"housenumber": { "type": "string", "description": "Street number" },
"street": { "type": "string", "description": "Street name" },
"postalcode": { "type": "string", "description": "Postal / ZIP code" },
"confidence": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 1,
"description": "Confidence score for the geocoding result (0-1)"
},
"match_type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Type of match returned",
"enum": ["exact", "interpolated", "fallback"]
},
"accuracy": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Accuracy level of the coordinate",
"enum": ["point", "centroid", "rooftop"]
},
"country": { "type": "string", "description": "Country name" },
"country_gid": { "type": "string", "description": "Country GID" },
"country_a": { "type": "string", "description": "ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code" },
"region": { "type": "string", "description": "Region or state name" },
"region_gid": { "type": "string", "description": "Region GID" },
"region_a": { "type": "string", "description": "Region abbreviation (e.g., CA)" },
"county": { "type": "string", "description": "County name" },
"county_gid": { "type": "string", "description": "County GID" },
"locality": { "type": "string", "description": "City or town name" },
"locality_gid": { "type": "string", "description": "Locality GID" },
"neighbourhood": { "type": "string", "description": "Neighbourhood name" },
"label": { "type": "string", "description": "Full formatted address label for display" },
"addendum": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Source-specific additional data"
}
},
"required": ["name", "label"]
}
}
}