placetypes

go-whosonfirst-placetypes

Go package for working with Who's On First placetypes.

Install

You will need to have both Go (specifically version 1.12 or higher because we're using Go modules) and the make programs installed on your computer. Assuming you do just type:

make tools

All of this package's dependencies are bundled with the code in the vendor directory.

Example

Simple

import (
       "github.com/whosonfirst/go-whosonfirst-placetypes"
       "log"
)

log.Println(placetypes.IsValidPlacetype("county"))
log.Println(placetypes.IsValidPlacetype("microhood"))
log.Println(placetypes.IsValidPlacetype("accelerator"))

id := int64(102312307)
log.Println(placetypes.IsValidPlacetypeId(id))          

Yields:

true
true
false
true

Tools

wof-placetype-ancestors

./bin/wof-placetype-ancestors -role common -role common_optional -role optional locality
2018/08/23 17:09:53 0 localadmin
2018/08/23 17:09:53 1 county
2018/08/23 17:09:53 2 macrocounty
2018/08/23 17:09:53 3 region
2018/08/23 17:09:53 4 macroregion
2018/08/23 17:09:53 5 dependency
2018/08/23 17:09:53 6 empire
2018/08/23 17:09:53 7 country
2018/08/23 17:09:53 8 continent
2018/08/23 17:09:53 9 disputed
2018/08/23 17:09:53 10 planet

./bin/wof-placetype-ancestors -role common -role common_optional -role optional enclosure
2018/08/23 17:10:42 0 venue
2018/08/23 17:10:42 1 arcade
2018/08/23 17:10:42 2 concourse
2018/08/23 17:10:42 3 wing
2018/08/23 17:10:42 4 building
2018/08/23 17:10:42 5 address
2018/08/23 17:10:42 6 intersection
2018/08/23 17:10:42 7 campus
2018/08/23 17:10:42 8 microhood
2018/08/23 17:10:42 9 neighbourhood
2018/08/23 17:10:42 10 macrohood
2018/08/23 17:10:42 11 borough
2018/08/23 17:10:42 12 locality
2018/08/23 17:10:42 13 localadmin
2018/08/23 17:10:42 14 county
2018/08/23 17:10:42 15 macrocounty
2018/08/23 17:10:42 16 region
2018/08/23 17:10:42 17 macroregion
2018/08/23 17:10:42 18 dependency
2018/08/23 17:10:42 19 empire
2018/08/23 17:10:42 20 country
2018/08/23 17:10:42 21 continent
2018/08/23 17:10:42 22 disputed
2018/08/23 17:10:42 23 planet

wof-placetype-children

./bin/wof-placetype-children locality
2018/08/24 18:16:53 0 borough
2018/08/24 18:16:53 1 postalcode
2018/08/24 18:16:53 2 macrohood
2018/08/24 18:16:53 3 neighbourhood
2018/08/24 18:16:53 4 campus

wof-placetype-descendants

./bin/wof-placetype-descendants -role common -role common_optional -role optional country
2018/08/24 18:15:49 0 marinearea
2018/08/24 18:15:49 1 timezone
2018/08/24 18:15:49 2 disputed
2018/08/24 18:15:49 3 macroregion
2018/08/24 18:15:49 4 region
2018/08/24 18:15:49 5 macrocounty
2018/08/24 18:15:49 6 county
2018/08/24 18:15:49 7 localadmin
2018/08/24 18:15:49 8 locality
2018/08/24 18:15:49 9 postalcode
2018/08/24 18:15:49 10 campus
2018/08/24 18:15:49 11 borough
2018/08/24 18:15:49 12 macrohood
2018/08/24 18:15:49 13 neighbourhood
2018/08/24 18:15:49 14 microhood
2018/08/24 18:15:49 15 intersection
2018/08/24 18:15:49 16 address
2018/08/24 18:15:49 17 building
2018/08/24 18:15:49 18 venue
2018/08/24 18:15:49 19 wing
2018/08/24 18:15:49 20 concourse
2018/08/24 18:15:49 21 arcade
2018/08/24 18:15:49 22 installation
2018/08/24 18:15:49 23 enclosure

See also

• https://github.com/whosonfirst/whosonfirst-placetypes
• https://github.com/whosonfirst/py-mapzen-whosonfirst-placetypes