All places in the Places API are categorized into one out of 9 feature classes (represented by letters) and further subcategorized into one out of 684 feature codes.
Feature Codes
| H: Stream, lake, ... | ||
| Code | Short Description | Full Description |
|---|---|---|
| AIRS | Seaplane landing area | A place on a waterbody where floatplanes land and take off |
| ANCH | Anchorage | An area where vessels may anchor |
| BAY | Bay | A coastal indentation between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf |
| BAYS | Bays | Coastal indentations between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf |
| BGHT | Bight(s) | An open body of water forming a slight recession in a coastline |
| BNK | Bank(s) | An elevation, typically located on a shelf, over which the depth of water is relatively shallow but sufficient for most surface navigation |
| BNKR | Stream bank | A sloping margin of a stream channel which normally confines the stream to its channel on land |
| BNKX | Section of bank | |
| BOG | Bog(s) | A wetland characterized by peat forming sphagnum moss, sedge, and other acid-water plants |
| CAPG | Icecap | A dome-shaped mass of glacial ice covering an area of mountain summits or other high lands; smaller than an ice sheet |