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  1. Massachusetts

Comprehensive database with more than 31,600 geographical locations of the Massachusetts state. It includes cities, villages, rivers, lakes, mountains, roads, railroads, forests, etc. For each location we will provide the Name, Latitude, Longitude, Population, Elevation, etc.

  • Java
  • Flutter
  • State
  • REST
  • API
  • Objective-C
  • Geography
  • United States
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  • JavaScript
  • NodeJS
  • Kotlin
  • GIS
  • JSON
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  • Massachusetts
  • GraphQL
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ClassClassesDescription
ClassFeatureClass
Geographical classes including Forests, Cities, Lakes, Roads, Mountains, Buildings, etc
ClassFeatureCode
More than 600 geographical codes
ClassPointOfInterest
More than 31,600 place names for the Massachusetts state
NotesNotes

Massachusetts Overview

Massachusetts is a state in New England, USA, known for its important colonial history. In Boston, the capital, the Freedom Trail is a walking tour of places related to the American Revolution. Among them is the Bunker Hill Monument, which commemorates the first major battle of the war, in 1775. The city is also home to the Museum of Fine Arts and other notable institutions. The Red Sox baseball team plays at Fenway Park.

Massachusetts State Geographical Database

This database has 3 datasets that interconnect between each other.

  • Geographical Place Names
  • Geographical Classes
  • Geographical Codes

This database provides structured data as follows:

  • A Geographical Class will have multiple Geographical Codes
  • A Geographical Code will have multiple Place Names
  • A Place Name will belong to a Geographical Code and a Geographical Class

The association between each database was performed via Pointers and Relations.

Geographical Place Names

The present dataset includes more than 31,600 place names for the Massachusetts state. Each place name delivers the following information:

  • Name
  • Class
  • Code
  • GeoLocation (Latitude and Longitude)
  • Population
  • Elevation
  • Time Zone

Geographical Classes

The following classes are available:

  • State, region
  • Stream, lake
  • Parks, area
  • City, village
  • Road, railroad
  • Spot, building, farm
  • Mountain, hill, rock
  • Undersea
  • Forest, heath

Geographical Code

More than 600 geographical codes detailing the points of interest.

Made by developers, for developers

This database is developer friendly. It's possible to download all the data or consume it via GraphQL or REST APIs. Also, you all source code to connect it to your application is automatically generated in Swift, Objective-C, Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, Flutter, NodeJS, Python, and Dart.

License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

Data Source

  • GeoNames