| Field Name |
Field Description |
| RC |
Region Code - tinyint(1).
A code that determines the character mapping used in the Full_Name field:
1 = Western Europe/Americas;
2 = Eastern Europe;
3 = Africa/Middle East;
4 = Central Asia;
5 = Asia/Pacific;
6 = Vietnam. |
| UFI |
Unique Feature Identifier - int(4).
A number which uniquely identifies the feature. |
| UNI |
Unique Name Identifier - int(4).
A number which uniquely identifies a name. |
| LAT |
Latitude of the
feature in ± decimal degree:
no sign (+) = North;
negative sign (-) = South. |
| LONG |
Longitude of the
feature in ± decimal degree:
no sign (+) = East;
negative sign (-) = West. |
| UTM |
Universal Transverse Mercator - char(4)
coordinate grid reference. |
| JOG |
Joint Operations Graphic - char(7)
reference. |
| FC |
Feature Classification - char(1:
A = Administrative region;
P = Populated place;
V = Vegetation;
L = Locality or area;
U = Undersea;
R = Streets, highways, roads, or railroad;
T = Hypsographic;
H = Hydrographic;
S = Spot feature. |
| DSG |
Feature Designation Code - char(5).
A two to five-character code used to identify the type of feature a name is applied to. |
| PC |
Populated Place Classification - tinyint(1).
A graduated numerical scale denoting the relative importance of a populated place.
The scale ranges from 1, relatively high, to 5, relatively low. |
| CC1 |
Primary Country Code - char(2).
A two alphabetic character code uniquely identifying a geopolitical entity (countries,
dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty). |
| ADM1 |
First-order administrative division - char(2).
A two alphanumeric character code uniquely identifying a primary administrative division
of a country, such as a state in the United States. |
| ADM2 |
Second-order administrative division - varchar(255).
A subdivision of a first-order administrative division, such as a county in the United
States. |
| DIM |
Dimension - int(4).
Usually used to display elevation or population data. |
| CC2 |
Secondary Country Code - char(2).
A two alphabetic character code uniquely identifying the country code of a particular name
if different than that of the feature. |
| NT |
Name Type - char(1):
C = Conventional;
D = Dagger or not verified;
N = Native;
V = Variant or alternate. |
| LC |
Language Code - char(2).
A two alphabetic character code uniquely identifying a language of a country if
multiple official languages are used. |
| SHORT_FORM |
varchar(128) - A specific part of the name that could substitute for the full name. |
| GENERIC |
varchar(128) - The descriptive part of the full name (does not apply to populated place
names). |
| SORT_NAME) |
varchar(200) - A form of the full name which allows for easy sorting of the name into
alpha-numeric sequence. It is comprised of the specific name, generic name, and any
articles or prepositions. This field is all upper case with spaces, diacritics, and
hyphens removed and numbers are substituted with lower case alphabetic characters. It is
in reading order. |
| FULL_NAME |
varchar(200) - The full name is a complete name which identifies the named
feature. It is comprised of the specific name, generic name, and any articles
or prepositions. It is in reading order. |
| FULL_NAME_ND |
varchar(200) - Same as the full name but the diacritics and special characters are
substituted with Roman characters. ND = No Diacritics / Stripped Diacritics. |
| URL |
Uniform Resource Locator.
The URL is tied to the UFI of a record and points to that record in the GEOnet Names
Server (GNS) on NIMA's public WWW server. |
