AidData Geoentity Crosswalk Documentation
The following list of geoentities describes the crosswalk from AidData’s original geoentity classifications for all World Bank project locations, and the translation of this geoentity classification to GLOBE’s geographic entity types.
| Aid Data Geoentities from GeoNames.org | GLOBE Geographic Entities |
| populated place | populated point |
| third-order administrative division | municipality |
| seat of a first-order administrative division | city |
| seat of a second-order administrative division | city |
| seat of a third-order administrative division | town |
| capital of a political entity | city |
| section of populated place | populated point |
| seat of a fourth-order administrative division | village |
| second-order administrative division | county |
| estate(s) | parcel |
| populated locality | populated point |
| airport | built structure |
| dam | built structure |
| fourth-order administrative division | village |
| locality | populated point |
| reservoir(s) | built structure |
| railroad station | built structure |
| area | point_area |
| power station | built structure |
| school | built structure |
| administrative division | populated point |
| island | island |
| hydroelectric power station | built structure |
| stream | stream |
| road junction | road |
| park headquarters | built structure |
| park | protected |
| farm village | village |
| hill | terrain feature |
| mission | built structure |
| bridge | built structure |
| harbor(s) | built structure |
| lake | lake |
| bay | terrain feature |
| canal | built structure |
| hospital | built structure |
| port | built structure |
| street | road |
| valley | terrain feature |
| abandoned populated place | populated point |
| airfield | built structure |
| built structure(s) | built structure |
| farm | farm |
| point | unk_point |
| reserve | protected |
| ruin(s) | archeological_site |
| wadi | terrain feature |
| administrative facility | built structure |
| beach | terrain feature |
| intermittent stream | stream |
| market | built structure |
| marsh(es) | wetland |
| pass | terrain feature |
| resort | built structure |
| road | road |
| section of island | island |
| tunnel | built structure |
| cove(s) | terrain feature |
| destroyed populated place | populated point |
| irrigation canal | linear built structure |
| islands | island |
| mine(s) | built structure |
| mountain | terrain feature |
| museum | built structure |
| populated places | populated point |
| railroad stop | built structure |
| region | region |
| resthouse | built structure |
| section of estate | parcel |
| shrine | built structure |
| waterworks | built structure |
| well | built structure |
| wildlife reserve | protected |
| arch | built structure |
| atoll(s) | terrain feature |
| bank | terrain feature |
| business center | built structure |
| camp(s) | built structure |
| castle | built structure |
| coal mine(s) | built structure |
| college | built structure |
| dockyard | built structure |
| ford | terrain feature |
| fort | built structure |
| gorge(s) | terrain feature |
| grazing area | pasture |
| hills | terrain feature |
| house(s) | built structure |
| jetty | terrain feature |
| lagoon | terrain feature |
| lakes | lake |
| landfill | built structure |
| meteorological station | built structure |
| metro station | built structure |
| mountains | terrain feature |
| nature reserve | protected |
| peninsula | terrain feature |
| plain(s) | terrain feature |
| post office | built structure |
| radio station | built structure |
| ranch(es) | built structure |
| refugee camp | built structure |
| seat of government of a political entity | city |
| sewage treatment plant | built structure |
| upland | terrain feature |
| waterfall(s) | terrain feature |
| wharf(-ves) | built structure |