Who’s On First

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="ie=edge"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <title>Who’s On First</title> <meta name="description" content="Who’s on First is a gazetteer of places." /> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/images/favicons/apple-touch-icon.png" sizes="180x180"> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/images/favicons/favicon-16x16.png" sizes="16x16"> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/images/favicons/favicon-32x32.png" sizes="32x32"> <link rel="manifest" href="/images/favicons/manifest.json"> <link rel="mask-icon" href="/images/favicons/safari-pinned-tab.svg" color="#2C1E3F"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/bootstrap.min.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/mapzen.whosonfirst.css">  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/styles/grayscale.css"> </head> <body> <div class="whosonfirst-wrapper"> <nav class="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-top 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class="whosonfirst-deemphasized-header">, each with a stable identifier and some number of descriptive properties about that location.</span></h6> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-4 col-xs-12 whosonfirst-tripleheight-col"> <a class="wof-card whosonfirst-doubleheight-card whosonfirst-dark-gradient whosonfirst-card-shadow whosonfirst-double-card" href="/what/"> <div class="whosonfirst-card-content-doubleheight"> <h1 class="whosonfirst-card-headers whosonfirst-home-h1">WHAT</h1> <div class="whosonfirst-card-highlight-docs-test"></div> <div class="whosonfirst-card-subheader-test">Who's On First is a gazetteer of all the places in the world from continents to neighbourhoods and venues but what does that mean, really?</div> </div> </a> <a class="wof-card whosonfirst-thirds-card whosonfirst-other-card-in-col whosonfirst-light-gradient whosonfirst-card-shadow" href="/browse/"> <div class="whosonfirst-statscard-content-thirds"> <h1 class="whosonfirst-light-card-headers whosonfirst-home-h1">26M</h1> <div class="whosonfirst-light-card-subheader">WOF records</div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-md-8 col-xs-12 whosonfirst-doublewidth-tripleheight-col whosonfirst-doubleheight-triple-col" href=""> <a class="wof-card whosonfirst-doublewidth-card whosonfirst-dark-gradient whosonfirst-card-shadow whosonfirst-double-card" href="/download/"> <div class="whosonfirst-card-content-doublewidth"> <h1 class="whosonfirst-card-headers whosonfirst-home-h1">DOWNLOAD</h1> <div class="whosonfirst-card-highlight-started-test"></div> <div class="whosonfirst-card-subheader-test">We publish Who's On First data in a variety of formats ranging from raw GeoJSON files, to "bundled" slices to SQLite databases (and more to come soon).</div> </div> </a> <a class="wof-card whosonfirst-doubleheight-card whosonfirst-other-card-in-col whosonfirst-dark-gradient whosonfirst-card-shadow whosonfirst-double-card" href="/blog/"> <div class="whosonfirst-card-content-doubleheight"> <h1 class="whosonfirst-card-headers whosonfirst-home-h1">BLOG</h1> <div class="whosonfirst-card-highlight-data-test"></div> <div class="whosonfirst-card-subheader-test">Read the sixty-thousand words (and counting) of thinking about the project, as it evolves.</div> </div> </a> <a id="homepage-explore-card" class="wof-card whosonfirst-doubleheight-card whosonfirst-other-card-in-col whosonfirst-dark-gradient whosonfirst-card-shadow whosonfirst-double-card" href="/browse/"> <div class="whosonfirst-card-content-doubleheight"> <h1 class="whosonfirst-card-headers whosonfirst-home-h1">BROWSE</h1> <div class="whosonfirst-card-highlight-explore-test"></div> <div class="whosonfirst-card-subheader-test">Browse the data with our public “spelunker” and investigate all the different places on this big planet-ball we all live on.</div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8 col-xs-12 whosonfirst-doublewidth-col"> <a class="wof-card whosonfirst-doublewidth-card whosonfirst-dark-gradient whosonfirst-card-shadow" href="/docs/"> <div class="whosonfirst-card-content-doublewidth"> <h1 class="whosonfirst-card-headers whosonfirst-home-h1">DOCUMENTATION</h1> <div class="whosonfirst-card-highlight-tools-test"></div> <div class="whosonfirst-card-subheader-test">The nitty-gritty details of the Who's On First project.</div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-md-4 col-xs-12 whosonfirst-thirds-col"> <a class="wof-card whosonfirst-thirds-card whosonfirst-light-gradient whosonfirst-card-shadow" href="/browse/"> <div class="whosonfirst-statscard-content-thirds"> <h1 class="whosonfirst-light-card-headers whosonfirst-home-h1">21M</h1> <div class="whosonfirst-light-card-subheader">venues in WOF</div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-4 col-xs-12 whosonfirst-thirds-col"> <a class="wof-card whosonfirst-thirds-card whosonfirst-dark-gradient whosonfirst-card-shadow" href="/api/"> <div class="whosonfirst-card-content-thirds"> <h1 class="whosonfirst-card-headers whosonfirst-home-h1">API</h1> <div class="whosonfirst-card-highlight-blog-test"></div> <div class="whosonfirst-card-subheader-test">Who's On First has an Application Programming Interface (API) so your robots can talk to our robots!</div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-md-4 col-xs-12 whosonfirst-thirds-col"> <a class="wof-card whosonfirst-thirds-card whosonfirst-light-gradient whosonfirst-card-shadow" href="/browse/"> <div class="whosonfirst-statscard-content-thirds"> <h1 class="whosonfirst-light-card-headers whosonfirst-home-h1">219</h1> <div class="whosonfirst-light-card-subheader">countries in WOF</div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-md-4 col-xs-12 whosonfirst-thirds-col"> <a class="wof-card whosonfirst-thirds-card whosonfirst-dark-gradient whosonfirst-card-shadow" href="/code/"> <div class="whosonfirst-card-content-thirds"> <h1 class="whosonfirst-card-headers whosonfirst-home-h1">CODE</h1> <div class="whosonfirst-card-highlight-theory-test"></div> <div class="whosonfirst-card-subheader-test">Software packages for working with Who's On First in a variety of languages.</div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-4 col-xs-12 whosonfirst-thirds-col"> <a class="wof-card whosonfirst-thirds-card whosonfirst-dark-gradient whosonfirst-card-shadow" href="/tools/"> <div class="whosonfirst-card-content-thirds"> <h1 class="whosonfirst-card-headers whosonfirst-home-h1">TOOLS</h1> <div class="whosonfirst-card-highlight-state-test"></div> <div class="whosonfirst-card-subheader-test">A handy toolbox of utilities for working with Who's On First</div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="col-md-8 col-xs-12 whosonfirst-doublewidth-col"> <div class="whosonfirst-doublewidth-card whosonfirst-light-gradient whosonfirst-card-shadow"> <div class="whosonfirst-card-map-content"> <div class="whosonfirst-card-map-explantation">try it out, retrieve <div id="whosonfirst-custom-card-map-explanation-content">neighbourhoods in <a href="https://places.whosonfirst.org/id/102026327">Seoul</a></div> by running the following <a class="whosonfirst-content-link" href="/api/">api</a> method</div> <div class="whosonfirst-card-map-code"> <div id="whosonfirst-card-map-code-content" class="whosonfirst-card-map-code-content"> $ curl -X GET 'https://places.whosonfirst.org/api/rest/?method=whosonfirst.places.getDescendants&access_token={ACCESS_TOKEN}&id=102026327' </div> <div id="whosonfirst-card-map-code-content-response" class="whosonfirst-card-map-code-content whosonfirst-card-map-code-content-response"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> <footer> <nav class="navbar navbar-default navbar-bottom"> <div class="container">  <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right whosonfirst-footer"> <li><a href="/docs/contributing/" class="whosonfirst-nav-link whosonfirst-footer-nav-link">contributing</a></li> <li><a href="/docs/licenses/" 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