Location

The Location type is used for any topic with a fixed location on the planet Earth. It includes geographic features such as oceans and mountains, political entities like cities and man-made objects like buildings.Guidelines for filling in location properties:geolocation: the longitude and latitude ... more

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most recent: Served By Property - by osprey Dec 27, 2009 3:41:35AM UTC

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Location Properties

/location/location
Property Name Data Type Property Description
Geolocation
geolocation
In order of: longitude, latitude. For non-point locations, enter the geographical center (centroid) of the feature.
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Contains
contains
links in as Contained by
Other locations within the boundaries of this location.
Contained by
containedby
links in as Contains
Other locations that this falls within the boundaries of.
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Adjoins
adjoin_s
links in as Adjoins
Other locations that adjoin to this one.
Area
area
Measurement (Square kilometer)
There is no description for this property.
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USBG name
usbg_name
A unique name given to geographic features by the United States Board on Geographic Names. Used for features within the U.S. and its territories.
GNIS ID
gnis_feature_id
A unique ID for features cataloged by the United States Geographic Names Information System. Used for features in the U.S. and its territories.
GEOnet feature ID
gns_ufi
The UFI (Unique Feature ID) used by GeoNet for features outside of the United States.
Time zone(s)
time_zones
links in as Locations in this time zone
The time zone or zones that affect this location.
Geometry
geometry
links in as Delineates location
A link to a GeoJSON description of the locations' 2D boundary. The property points to a content object that can be used with the Blob API to retrieve the raw GeoJSON. The boundary is most easily utilized via the GeoSearch API.
People born here
people_born_here
links in as Place of birth
There is no description for this property.
Adjectival form
adjectival_form
The adjectival form of this location (e.g., "French" for France, "Glaswegian" for Glasgow). This property can be used by applications when creating titles or lists (e.g. by referencing this property when creating a title, such as "French actors" ,
Coterminous with
coterminous_with
links in as Location
If this location is exactly coterminous with anther location, enter it here. Examples might include a county with a census region or a province with an ecclesiastical division.
Street address
street_address
The street address of this location (if any -- note that many, many kinds of locations do not have street addresses). Note that this should not be the mailing address, unless it happens to be the same as the street address.
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MQL Extensions

Property Name Data Type Property Description
near
near
There is no description for this property.
inside
inside
There is no description for this property.
point
point
There is no description for this property.
shape
shape
There is no description for this property.

Included Types automatically add these types to Location topics

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Topic Properties

/common/topic
Property Name Data Type Property Description
Also known as
alias
There is no description for this property.
article
article
There is no description for this property.
image
image
links in as Appears In Topic Gallery
There is no description for this property.
Web Link(s)
webpage , annotation
links in as Topic
There is no description for this property.
Subjects
subjects
links in as Subject of
Subjects of this topic. This property is to be used as the basis of delegated "subjects" properties on other types.
Subject of
subject_of
links in as Subjects
Different things (films, books, songs, etc.) this topic is the subject of.

Incoming Properties The below properties link to Location as the data type. If the relationship is reciprocal, create a return link.

Type Incoming Property Name Property Description
/language/language_family
geographic distribution
/people/deceased_person
Place of death
/freebase/user_profile
Where I Grew Up
/freebase/user_profile
Where I Live
/film/film
Featured Locations
/music/artist
Place Musical Career Began
the place of origin of this artist as a musician (not necessarily place of birth)
/user/azstu/default_domain/bodysnatchers2
Location
/aviation/airport
Serves
/aviation/airliner_accident
Site
/book/book_edition
Place of publication
This will usually be a city, listed on the title page.
/transportation/road_junction
At or near
/geography/river
Origin
The body of water, mountain, etc. from which a river originates; if formed by a confluence of rivers, list both.
/geography/river
Mouth
The body of water into which this river flows; if the river ends in a confluence with another river, enter the name of the new river.
/food/cheese
Region
/food/cheese_certification
Certification region
/food/bottled_water
Source
/transportation/road_starting_point
Location
/tv/tv_network
Areas Served
/business/company
Place founded
/education/school_district
Locations served
The locations (city, township, borough, county, etc.) that are served by this district.
/common/image
Image Location
/film/content_rating_system
Jurisdiction
/base/saints/relic
Location
/spaceflight/rocket_launch_site
Location
/user/jamie/oldwine/winery
Vinyards
/medicine/medical_trial
Location
/user/robert/default_domain/trip
Locations Visited
/user/rcheramy/default_domain/event
Venue
/boats/boat_disposition
Location
/user/jamie/default_domain/yacht_racing/yacht_club
Location
War
/user/jerols/default_domain/war
Locations
/user/patrick/default_domain/military_conflict
Location
/user/carlo_velten/default_domain/firma
Vertical
/user/carlo_velten/default_domain/firma
Horizontal
/metropolitan_transit/transit_system
Area Served
/military/military_conflict
Locations
where it happened
/user/davidx/default_domain/contextual_person
Works
/user/davidx/default_domain/contextual_person
Lives
/language/human_language
Region
/automotive/manufacturing_plant
Location
/food/candy_bar
Sold in (countries)
/user/jfry/default_domain/fossil
Location discovered
/book/place_of_publication_period
Place of Publication
Enter the city if you know it, otherwise the state/province or country
/book/newspaper
Circulation Areas
The primary location(s) where the newspaper is circulated.
/games/game
Origin
/religion/religion
Sacred Sites
A place held to be holy by adherents of a religion. Examples: Jerusalem, Calvary, Itsukushima Shrine.
/user/davev/default_domain/botanic_garden
Location
/user/slaveri/default_domain/jokes
Review 2
/user/robert/default_domain/earmark
Place of performance
/user/alexander/default_domain/fire_department
Location Served
/user/redpointed/default_domain/climbing_route
Location
/user/robinboast/default_domain/museum_object
Provenance
The source location of the object. Where it was originally made or produced.
/user/robinboast/default_domain/museum_object
Collection Location
The location where the object was collected. May be different from where it was made.
/user/robinboast/default_domain/culture_group
Location
The location of the culture group.
/user/hds/default_domain/suburb
Contained By
/chess/chess_game
Location
/user/hds/default_domain/net_metaweb_test
Test Location
/user/deizel/default_domain/event
Venue
Where does this event take place?
/user/tmalaher/default_domain/photograph
Location
/film/film_cut
Film release region
/user/pvonstackelberg/Futures_Studies/trend
Location
The location (city, state, country, continent, etc.) where the trend will have its primary impact.
/user/pvonstackelberg/Futures_Studies/event
Location
/user/fabricio/default_domain/media_appearance
Location
/base/tallships/tall_ship
Home port
Where does this ship usually hang out?
/user/pvonstackelberg/Futures_Studies/issue
Location
/user/ptomblin/default_domain/runway_supplemental
Start location
/user/ptomblin/default_domain/runway_supplemental
End location
/aviation/airport_runway
Start location
/aviation/airport_runway
End location
/people/deceased_person
Place of cremation
The location where the body was cremated. To record where the ashes were interred, use the Place of Burial property.
/people/marriage
Location of ceremony
/people/place_lived
Location
/martial_arts/martial_art
Origin(s)
/user/pjf/default_domain/chicken_breed
Origin
The location where this breed originates.
/user/manveru/default_domain/irc_network
Location
/user/jefft0/default_domain/dog_breed
Country of Origin
/user/duck1123/default_domain/dora_the_explorer_episode
First Location
The first of the three places Dora travels to in her explorations
/user/duck1123/default_domain/dora_the_explorer_episode
Second Location
/user/duck1123/default_domain/dora_the_explorer_episode
Third Location
/biology/deceased_organism
Place of death
/biology/organism
Place of Birth
/user/skud/sca/sca_group
Geographical area
/user/skud/sca/sca_persona
Persona's place of origin
Eg. an Elizabethan persona would have "England" as place of origin. Feel free to be more or less specific as appropriate.
/user/jfry/default_domain/community_supported_agriculture
Pick Up Sites
/user/jfry/default_domain/community_supported_agriculture
Location
/time/event
Location(s)
where it happened. supports multiple places.
/user/cip22/default_domain/recording_session
Location
/user/digitalarchivist/default_domain/criminal
Court location
Provide the specific geographic location of the court.
/user/digitalarchivist/default_domain/criminal
Arrested location
If arrested, provide the specific goegraphic location where the arrest took place.
/user/digitalarchivist/default_domain/incunabulum
Place Printed
/celebrities/legal_entanglement
Location
/user/dvyjones/default_domain/norwegian_municipality
District
/user/robert/earthquakes/earthquake_effect
Affected area
/user/robert/earthquakes/seismic_fault
Intersects locations
/astronomy/meteorite
Meteorite fall location
The meteorite fall location may be different from the meteorite discovery location
/astronomy/meteorite
Meteorite discovery location
The meteorite discovery location may be different from the meteorite fall location
/tv/tv_rating_system
Jurisdiction
/people/ethnicity
Geographic distribution
/user/lukeschubert/default_domain/power_station
Location
/user/robert/area_codes/coverage
Location
/broadcast/radio_station
Serves area
/base/landcover/vegetation_community
Location
/user/spatialed/artificial_satellite/satellite_image_product
Spatial extent (location)
/user/isparql/default_domain/wonders
Location
/base/summarystatistics/dated_location
Location
/base/summarystatistics/production_period
Location
/base/motorcycle/motorcycle_ride_report
Place(s) traveled
/user/digitalarchivist/archives/location
Location
/user/margolin/art_object/folk_art_object
Storage location
/user/travii23/default_domain/mytype
Location
/user/psych0fred/default_domain/discovered_by
Discovery Location
/user/micahsaul/default_domain/music_festival
Geographical Location
The city, town, or county in which the festival took/ will take place.
/film/film_film_distributor_relationship
Region
/base/dance/dance_company
Located In
/visual_art/artwork_location_relationship
Location
/film/film_regional_release_date
Film release region
/user/mrmasterbastard/default_domain/region_in_finland
Contains
/user/mrmasterbastard/default_domain/world_record_breaker
Place
/music/release_event
Region
/music/track
Place Recorded
the place(s) (studio, city, or country) where this track was recorded, if known
/user/tlg/tlg/murder
Where
/user/hirschch/academic_conferences/academic_conference_instance
Location
/user/inettom/default_domain/archeologist
Place of Research
/base/database/spatial_database
Geographic extent
The location that describes the total area described within the database (e.g., North Carolina, Conterminous United States).
/user/spatialed/spaceflight_copy/rocket_launch_site
Location
/event/disaster
Areas affected
affected directly. location(s) it happened
/user/jamie/xbroadcast/broadcast
Area Served
/user/lbwelch/language/languoid
Region
/broadcast/broadcast
Area Served
Areas in which this Broadcast is available.
/broadcast/content
Location
The locations where the content is produced.
/base/tallships/tall_ship_event_instance
Location
/user/toka/ppp/good
Home location
/user/toka/ppp/good
Current location
/base/naturalist/organism_observation
Location
Tea
/food/tea
Regions where grown
Regions where this tea is currently or has been traditionally grown.
/user/sandos/social/has_visited
Location
/broadcast/producer
Location
/user/sandos/spatial/positioned_event
Location
/user/kconragan/default_domain/dive_site
Location
/user/skud/legal/court
Jurisdiction
The geographical area over which the court has jurisdiction.
/base/anglican/church
Geographical scope
/user/jamslevy/plopquiz/position
Location
/user/jarnoan/disc_golf/disc_golf_course
Location
/base/saints/feast_day
Places Celebrated
/base/bigsky/landing_zone
Location
/base/convictsydney/convict
Place of conviction
The place where the conviction occurred. Might be a courthouse (eg. "Old Bailey") or a town in England.
/user/kesava/indian_railways_base/indian_railways_train
Origin
/user/kesava/indian_railways_base/indian_railways_train
Destination
/user/kesava/indian_railways_base/train_station
Location
/user/kesava/indian_railways_base/railway_zone
Headquarters
/user/kesava/indian_railways_base/railway_zone
Divisions
/base/yalebase/person
Place of birth
/base/yalebase/person
Place of death
/user/philg/default_domain/band_leader
Place Musical Career Began
the place of origin of this artist as a musician (not necessarily place of birth)
/user/micahsaul/five_alarm_food/chili_pepper
Origin
/base/americancomedy/comedian
Place of birth
/base/americancomedy/comedian
Place of death
/base/saints/saint
Place of birth
/base/saints/saint
Place of death
/user/arielb/stalag/stalag
Contained by
Other locations that this falls within the boundaries of.
/base/formula1/formula_1_team
Team Base
Location where this team is based
/aviation/airliner_accident
Flight origin
Airport the flight originated from
/aviation/airliner_accident
Flight destination
Airport the flight was destined for
/user/nickpelling/invisible_colleges/letter
Letter Location
Name of the place in which the letter was written
/freebase/apps/hosts/com/acre/topics/company
Place founded
/freebase/apps/hosts/com/acre/topics/location
Contained by
/user/dfhuynh/default_domain/assassination
Location
/freebase/apps/hosts/com/acre/topics/location
Contains
/freebase/apps/hosts/com/acre/topics/person2
Place of birth
/freebase/apps/hosts/com/acre/topics/person2
Place of death
/freebase/apps/hosts/com/acre/topics/person2
Place of burial
/freebase/apps/hosts/com/acre/topics/person2
Place of cremation
/base/braziliangovt/politician
Place of Birth
/base/convictsydney/location
Contains
/base/convictsydney/location
Contained by
/base/convictsydney/location
Adjoins
/base/convictsydney/resident
Place of birth
/base/convictsydney/resident
Place of death
/user/wf/shape_note_singing/singing
Location
Geographic location
/user/kconragan/default_domain/shipwreck
Last Port
Last known port prior to wreck.
/user/kconragan/default_domain/shipwreck
Destination
Destination to which the ship was heading.
/base/amusementparks/park
Located In
/education/grade_level
Locations used
Locations (usually countries, unless divisions of a country have very different systems) that use this grade level.
/base/aubreymaturin/real_person
Place of birth
/base/aubreymaturin/real_person
Place of death
/film/film_festival_event
Venues
The venues where films were shown during this occurrence of the festival.
/film/film_festival
Location
The location (e.g. a city or region) or locations in which the festival is held. Do not enter screening venues in this property; use the Venues property on the Film Festival Event type instead.
/user/jamie/sunlight/earmark
Location
Location of the performance
/base/sanfrancisco/san_francisco_neighborhoods
Contained by
Other locations that this falls within the boundaries of.
/user/skud/freebase_events/event
Location
/user/joram/environmental_science_$0026_technology/water_quality
Country
/base/birdwatching/checklist
Location
/base/aubreymaturin/historical_event
Location(s)
/base/conservation/conservation_list
Jurisdiction
Geographic area covered by the list.
/boats/ship
Place built
/base/vgames/video_game_release
Region
/base/jamesbond007/bond_girl
Tryst location(s)
Location(s) for tryst(s) with James Bond
/music/composition
Place(s) composed
The location or locations where the composer wrote this composition.
/base/conservation/legislation
Jurisdiction
/base/thatguy/locally_famous_person
Location
/user/i001962/default_domain/hotels_that_have_been_reviewed_online
location
City where hotel is located
/base/ancientegypt/tomb
Contained by
/base/breakfast/breakfast_cereal_brand
Available In
/base/sanfrancisco/hill
Location
/user/noktulo/default_domain/place_with_suburbs
Suburb
/user/carmenmfenn1/default_domain/sculpture
Location
/user/carmenmfenn1/ballet/ballet_company
Location
/base/scubadiving/coral_reef
Contained by
/base/vancouver/conference_series
Location
/base/virology/biological_sample
Location
/user/carmenmfenn1/ballet/ballet_school
Location
/transportation/bridge
Locale
/base/theosbornboysaregrowing/trip
Destination
/user/alexander/misc/murdered_person
Place Murdered
/user/alexander/misc/murdered_person
Place of Death
Zoo
/base/zoobase/zoo
Located In
/user/broccoli/default_domain/violation
Location
/base/lostbase/lost_character
Former residence
/base/rlshs/real_life_superhero
Location
/user/firstlive/default_domain/education
test
/base/myevents/meeting
location
/base/contractbridge/bridge_league
Area covered
What part of the world does this league encompass?
/user/tfmorris/default_domain/family
Marriage Location
/user/sandos/toys/online_hobby_shop
Location
/fashion/clothing_size
Region
Because measurement systems are different in different countries or regions, enter the region of the size.
/base/siswimsuitmodels/si_swimsuit_appearance
Shooting locations
One or more locations in which SI photo shoot took place
/base/scottishclans/scottish_clan
Associated Region
The region or area (location) of scotland that this clan is traditionally associated with.
/user/urge2create/default_domain/music_video
Locations
/base/ultimatefightingchampionship/ufc_event
Venue
Venue where the UFC event was held
/user/paul_houle/default_domain/nuclear_reactor
Location
/base/graffiti/graffiti_piece
Graffiti Piece Location
Location of a piece of graffiti
/base/argumentmaps/event_of_disputed_occurance
Location
/base/rosetta/local_name
Locale
/base/irmusictypes/track_type
pb
/user/sprocketonline/default_domain/ship_passenger_journey
Place Embarked
The port that this person boarded this ship
/user/sprocketonline/default_domain/ship_passenger_journey
Place Disembarked
The port or location where the passenger left the ship
/base/backpacking1/wilderness_area
Location
/base/backpacking1/wilderness_area
Notable Landmarks
Notable peaks, rivers, lakes, waterfalls, etc. that are within the wilderness area
/base/jewlib/research_collection
Geographical scope
/base/wsjbase/person
Locality
/user/kaplanmyrth/default_domain/legal_jurisdiction
Jurisdictions
Where is the legal jurisdiction?
/base/peleton/road_bicycling_race
Featured region(s)
Features what specific region? Milan-San Remo is held in North-West Italy. Tour of Flanders in Flanders, Belgium
/base/refugee/refugee_encampment_period
Source location of displaced people
/base/refugee/refugee_encampment_period
Relocation of displaced people to
Where were this ethnic population moved/resettled/fled to from this encampment
/base/enhancedlocation/location_intersection
Intersection of
This location topic is found within the intersection of these other location topics.
/base/enhancedlocation/location_union
Contained by a combination of
Locations that in combination overlap the location of this topic but do not do so individually.
/base/seafood/seafood_guide
Applies to
The locations the guide applies to.
/base/athletics/athletics_meeting
Location
/location/hud_county_place
Place
/user/pmackay/default_domain/simpletest
/user/pmackay/default_domain/simpletest
topic_link
Test topic link
/base/peleton/road_race_stage
Stage start
Location where the stage starts, it may or may not be in the host city
/base/peleton/road_race_stage
Stage end
Location where the stage finishes (it could be city, a facility, or location outside of any urban area)
/base/peleton/road_race_stage
Notable locations on route
The notable locations passed through on the stage route
/base/peleton/road_bicycle_race_climbs
Mountain climb
Either the mountain pass used or the mountain itself (in the case of Mount Ventoux)
/base/peleton/road_bicycle_race_climbs
approached from
Location the ascent is initiated, Mount Ventoux for example, has two different ascents used in the Tour de France)
/base/peleton/road_bicycle_race_climbs
descent to
Only necessary if exists in race (can be left blank if not significant)
/base/peleton/road_bicycle_race_sprints
Intermediate Sprint location
Location were the intermediate sprint points competition (and often money bonuses) are held on the course of the stage race
/base/peleton/road_bicycle_race_abandonment
Where abandoned
Location where rider left competition
/base/peleton/road_bicycle_racing_event
Route (notable location on race route)
To help map this race, what notable location did this race pass through or by.
/base/peleton/road_bicycle_racing_event
Start location
Where race starts
/base/peleton/road_bicycle_racing_event
Finish location
Where the race finishes at
/base/peleton/road_bicycling_race_crash
Location (notable)
If location of crash is a notable location, otherwise use the next property for length from stating point of race.
/sports/multi_event_tournament
Venues
Venues where the tournament was held. This can include sports facilities as well as other, non-sporting, facilities used in this competition.
/base/regulation/regulatory_code
Regulatory jurisdiction
The area of authority in which a regulatory authority operates.
/base/usnationalparks/us_national_park
State
/base/usnationalparks/us_national_park
Attractions
/base/x2010fifaworldcupsouthafrica/fifa_world_cup
Host Country
/base/x2010fifaworldcupsouthafrica/host_cities
cities
/base/plannedevent/dated_location
Location
The location
/user/wouter/default_domain/roadblock
Location(s)
/base/proposedprojects/geographical_issue
Affected location
The location where this problem is prevalent
/base/mullardspacesciencelaboratoryprojects/satellite
launch site
The location on Earth from which the Artificial Satellite was lunch.
/base/business2/market_size
Region
/base/business2/market_share
Region
/user/tfmorris/default_domain/computer
Location
Original location of computer. If we find many that were moved, we'll figure out a different schema
/base/bartering/servicegood
served in
The location that the service is given.
/base/coffee/coffee
Origin
/base/localfood/wildculture_location
Location
The location of the wild food.
/base/greatgardens/botanical_garden
Location