<![CDATA[Latest posts for the topic "feature classes explanation"]]> http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/9.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net feature classes explanation 1000 and AllCountires files. They seem to contain lots of useful information. I have a large list of people's locations (1G) and trying to assign the Administrative divisions to my dataset according to the two files downloded from Geonames. I am having difficulty getting my head around the feature classes used in geoNames table. If some one can refer me to a place which I can read about the following classes would be very useful. P.PPL befolkad plats a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work P.PPLA säte för en första ordningens administrativ enhet seat of a first-order administrative division (PPLC takes precedence over PPLA) P.PPLA2 seat of a second-order administrative division P.PPLA3 seat of a third-order administrative division P.PPLA4 seat of a fourth-order administrative division P.PPLC huvudstad i politisk enhet P.PPLF farm village a populated place where the population is largely engaged in agricultural activities P.PPLG säte av ledningen för en politisk enhet P.PPLL befolkad ort an area similar to a locality but with a small group of dwellings or other buildings P.PPLQ tidigare befolkad plats P.PPLR religiös befolkad plats a populated place whose population is largely engaged in religious occupations P.PPLS befolkade platser cities, towns, villages, or other agglomerations of buildings where people live and work P.PPLW förstörd befolkad plats a village, town or city destroyed by a natural disaster, or by war P.PPLX del av befolkad plats P.STLMT israelisk bosättning I need some explanation about the above abbreviations (especially those not in English). Can they be associated with Country, County, City, Town and Village heirarchy? Are they in any sort of order? Any help and comment is highly appreciated. Cheers Naz...]]> http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1944.page#7886 http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1944.page#7886 GMT Re:feature classes explanation http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1944.page#7892 http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1944.page#7892 GMT Re:feature classes explanation http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1944.page#7898 http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1944.page#7898 GMT Re:feature classes explanation http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1944.page#7901 http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1944.page#7901 GMT Re:feature classes explanation http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1944.page#7906 http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1944.page#7906 GMT Re:feature classes explanation

NAZ wrote:
what it means when its mentioned that "PPLC takes precedence over PPLA). 
It means that a PPLC is also a PPLA. Ex: Paris is a capital (PPLC) and also seat of a first-order administrative division (PPLA)]]> http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1944.page#7907 http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1944.page#7907 GMT