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]
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JSON Schema

stadia-maps-location-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$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"]
    }
  }
}