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
| ALL | ||
| Code | Short Description | Full Description |
|---|---|---|
| BDLD | Badlands | An area characterized by a maze of very closely spaced, deep, narrow, steep-sided ravines, and sharp crests and pinnacles |
| BDLU | Borderland | A region adjacent to a continent, normally occupied by or bordering a shelf, that is highly irregular with depths well in excess of those typical of a shelf |
| BGHT | Bight(s) | An open body of water forming a slight recession in a coastline |
| BKSU | Banks | Elevations, typically located on a shelf, over which the depth of water is relatively shallow but sufficient for safe surface navigation |
| BLDA | Apartment building | A building containing several individual apartments |
| BLDG | Building(s) | A structure built for permanent use, as a house, factory, etc. |
| BLDO | Office building | Commercial building where business and/or services are conducted |
| BLDR | Boulder field | A high altitude or high latitude bare, flat area covered with large angular rocks |
| BLHL | Blowhole(s) | A hole in coastal rock through which sea water is forced by a rising tide or waves and spurted through an outlet into the air |
| BLOW | Blowout(s) | A small depression in sandy terrain, caused by wind erosion |