This sub-textual structure represents specific location information, for example, the countries that a manager discusses having experience in, or the location of the companies that they have worked for. To facilitate comparisons, this structure standardizes all of the location details, with supplemental information populated as appropriate (for example, if a US state is listed, then the country is populated as USA), as well as latitude and longitude information based on the center of the region.
Although naturally there are cities that share the same name (e.g., London in the United Kingdom vs. London in Ontario, Canada), typically either one city has a much larger population than the other, or sufficient disambiguation information is already included (for example, while 'Washington' may be ambiguous, it is typically written as 'Washington DC' or 'Washington State').
Specification
Property | Type | Comments |
---|---|---|
COUNTRY | Standardized String | Country |
STATE | Standardized String | US State / Canadian Province |
CITY | Standardized String | City |
LAT-LONG | List: Two Decimals | GPS coordinates (based on the center of the region) |
Examples
{
"ORIGINAL":"United States of America",
"COUNTRY":"USA",
"LAT-LONG":[37.09024,95.71289]
}
{
"ORIGINAL":"Michigan",
"COUNTRY":"USA",
"STATE":"MI",
"LAT-LONG":[44.314844,-85.60236]
}
{
"ORIGINAL":"Ann Arbor, Michigan",
"COUNTRY":"USA",
"STATE":"MI",
"CITY":"Ann Arbor",
"LAT-LONG":[44.31484,-85.60236]
}