Data
The Data API has five datasets. This page explains what is in each one, where it is available, where it comes from and how reliable it is.
What data you get
| Dataset | What it contains | Source | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Places | Name, location, category, brand and confidence label for each place | Foursquare Open Places, OpenStreetMap, Overture Maps, and official registers where they exist | Individual points |
| Public transport | Stations, lines, operators, and services per weekday morning | TravelTime timetable data | Stations and lines, plus totals per H3 cell |
| Population and areas | Residents, census demographics, administrative boundaries | WorldPop 2020 and national census data | H3 resolution 9 (about 175 m) |
| Green space | Parks, forests, gardens and other open land | Overture Maps | Polygons, plus H3 resolution 9 and 10 |
| Environment | Noise, air quality, flood risk, deprivation, broadband, crime | Government open data | H3 resolution 9 |
Where it's available
The Data API covers 127 countries.
Each country has one of three coverage levels.
- Full coverage
- Places, public transport, population, green space and environment data.
- Core coverage
- The same, without environment data.
- Transport only
- Public transport data.
Coverage
- Full6 countries
- Core26 countries
- Transport only95 countries
Transport is not available in Saudi Arabia
Their transport cells below show a dash until a timetable source is added.
| Country | Places | Gov registers | Land cover | Divisions | Population | Census | Transport | Environment | Last refreshed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full coverage · 6 countries | |||||||||
| AustraliaAU | |||||||||
| FranceFR | |||||||||
| NetherlandsNL | |||||||||
| SpainES | |||||||||
| United KingdomGB | |||||||||
| United StatesUS | |||||||||
| Core coverage · 26 countries | |||||||||
| AustriaAT | Not available | Not available | Not available | ||||||
| BelgiumBE | Not available | Not available | Not available | ||||||
| CanadaCA | Not available | Not available | |||||||
| DenmarkDK | Not available | Not available | Not available | ||||||
| FinlandFI | Not available | Not available | Not available | ||||||
| GermanyDE | Not available | Not available | |||||||
| GreeceGR | Not available | Not available | Not available | ||||||
| HungaryHU | Not available | Not available | Not available | ||||||
| IndiaIN | Not available | Not available | |||||||
| ItalyIT | Not available | ||||||||
| JapanJP | Not available | Not available | Not available | ||||||
| LithuaniaLT | Not available | Not available | |||||||
| MexicoMX | Not available | Not available | Not available | ||||||
| New ZealandNZ | Not available | Not available | |||||||
| NorwayNO | Not available | Not available | Not available | ||||||
| PolandPL | Not available | ||||||||
| PortugalPT | Not available | Not available | Not available | ||||||
| RomaniaRO | Not available | Not available | Not available | ||||||
| Saudi ArabiaSA | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||||
| SingaporeSG | Not available | Not available | Not available | ||||||
| SlovakiaSK | Not available | Not available | Not available | ||||||
| SloveniaSI | Not available | Not available | Not available | ||||||
| South AfricaZA | Not available | Not available | Not available | ||||||
| SwedenSE | Not available | ||||||||
| SwitzerlandCH | Not available | Not available | |||||||
| TürkiyeTR | Not available | Not available | Not available | ||||||
| Transport only · 95 countries | |||||||||
| AlbaniaAL | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| AlgeriaDZ | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| AndorraAD | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| Antigua and BarbudaAG | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| ArgentinaAR | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| ArmeniaAM | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| BahrainBH | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| BangladeshBD | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| BarbadosBB | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| BelarusBY | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| BermudaBM | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| BoliviaBO | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| Bosnia and HerzegovinaBA | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| BrazilBR | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| BruneiBN | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| BulgariaBG | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| Burkina FasoBF | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| Cabo VerdeCV | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| CambodiaKH | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| CameroonCM | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| Caribbean NetherlandsBQ | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| ChileCL | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| ColombiaCO | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| Congo Democratic RepublicCD | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| Cook IslandsCK | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| Costa RicaCR | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| CroatiaHR | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| CyprusCY | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| Czech RepublicCZ | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| Dominican RepublicDO | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| EcuadorEC | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| EgyptEG | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| EstoniaEE | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| EthiopiaET | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| Faroe IslandsFO | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| FijiFJ | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| French GuianaGF | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| French PolynesiaPF | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| GeorgiaGE | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| GhanaGH | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| GreenlandGL | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| GuadeloupeGP | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| GuamGU | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| Hong KongHK | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| IcelandIS | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| IndonesiaID | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| Ivory CoastCI | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| JamaicaJM | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| KazakhstanKZ | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| KenyaKE | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| KosovoXK | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| LaosLA | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| LatviaLV | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| LuxembourgLU | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| MalaysiaMY | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| MaliML | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| MaltaMT | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| MartiniqueMQ | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| MayotteYT | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| MoldovaMD | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| MontenegroME | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| MoroccoMA | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| MyanmarMM | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| NamibiaNA | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| NepalNP | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| New CaledoniaNC | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| NicaraguaNI | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| NigeriaNG | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| North MacedoniaMK | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| Northern Mariana IslandsMP | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| OmanOM | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| PanamaPA | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| PeruPE | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| PhilippinesPH | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| Puerto RicoPR | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| ReunionRE | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| RwandaRW | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVC | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| SenegalSN | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| SerbiaRS | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| Sierra LeoneSL | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| South KoreaKR | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| TaiwanTW | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| ThailandTH | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| TunisiaTN | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| UgandaUG | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| UkraineUA | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| United Arab EmiratesAE | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| United States Virgin IslandsVI | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| UruguayUY | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| UzbekistanUZ | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| VenezuelaVE | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| VietnamVN | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| ZambiaZM | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
| ZimbabweZW | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | |||
The table shows which datasets each country has. Each number is how many sources feed that dataset. Select a number to list them.
You can get the same information from GET /v1/catalog.
How places are built
We build the places dataset from three open sources.
- Foursquare Open Places
- Strongest for shops, restaurants and services.
- OpenStreetMap
- Strongest for schools, parks, places of worship and transport.
- Overture Maps
- Combines several sources, including the two above.
For each country, we match records that describe the same place. We compare the name, the location and the category. Matched records become one place, and we record which sources it came from.
Where an official register exists, we use it. In the UK, healthcare providers come from the Care Quality Commission register. Schools come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register.
How reliable it is
Every place has a confidence_label. Use it to decide which places to show.
| Label | What it means | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| register_verified | The place is in an official register or in TravelTime's transport data. | Anything |
| cross_validated | At least two independent sources list the place. | Customer-facing results and analytics |
| unverified | One source lists the place. | Searches where finding more places matters more than every result being right |
By default, the API returns register_verified and cross_validated places. Set min_sources=1 to include unverified places as well.
We compare our places with Google Places in every country. See the accuracy results →
How often it updates
We update each country about once a month.
last_refreshed in GET /v1/stats and GET /v1/catalog gives the exact date. Place IDs change with each update, so look places up again after the date moves.
What's not included
- Opening hours, phone numbers and reviews.
- Live information, such as whether a place is open or busy now.
- Building outlines or unit-level addresses. Each place has one coordinate.
- Private or paid data. Every place comes from a source that can be redistributed.
- Same-day changes. A closed business stays in the data until our sources remove it and the next update runs.
Attribution
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.French broadband: ARCEP, Ma connexion internet, licensed under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).Air quality for France, Spain and the Netherlands contains modified European Environment Agency data, licensed under CC BY 4.0.Every source, in full