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Named Places

Get named place

Retrieve a single named place using its np_code.

get/named-places/{np_code}

Path parameters

np_codestring required

Query parameters

create_parquetboolean

If true, return data payload in binary Parquet format

Response

Matching named place(s)

np_codestring

VegBank named place identifier

systemstring

Name of the system of names. The system 'Geographic Name' is an open list, whereas the other systems are generally closed lists defined by a known system with an external authority (e.g., USGSQuad, Continent, Country, State, County, HUC, and Ecoregion)

namestring

The name of a place in or at which a plot is located.

descriptionstring

Description of a named place. For US county names, this field identifies the containing state.

codestring

Optional code for location identification

ownerstring

Designated location owner

rf_labelstring

Label for the observation reference

obs_countinteger

Number of plot observations associated with this named place

Example response

{
  "np_code": "np.1",
  "system": "county",
  "name": "Zion NP",
  "description": "Zion National Park",
  "code": "ZION",
  "owner": "US NPS",
  "rf_label": "US NPS place names",
  "obs_count": 8
}