Place

class pyinaturalist.models.Place(id=None, admin_level=None, ancestor_place_ids=NOTHING, bbox_area=None, bounding_box_geojson=NOTHING, category=None, display_name=None, geometry_geojson=NOTHING, location=None, name=None, place_type=None, slug=None)

Bases: pyinaturalist.models.base.BaseModel

A curated or community-contributed place. Handles data from the following endpoints:

• GET /places/{id}

• GET /places/nearby

• GET /taxa (establishment_means.place)

Attributes Summary

Name	Type	Description
id	int	Unique record ID
admin_level	int	Administrative level, if any
ancestor_place_ids	List[str]	IDs of places that this place is contained within
bbox_area	float	Bounding box area
bounding_box_geojson	Dict[str, Any]	Bounding box polygon that fully encloses the place
category	str	Place category (only applies to /places/nearby)
display_name	str	Place name as displayed on place info page
geometry_geojson	Dict[str, Any]	Polygon representing place boundary
location	Tuple[float, float]	Location in (latitude, logitude) decimal degrees
name	str	Place name
place_type	int	Numeric value indicating place type
slug	str	Place URL slug
ancestry (property)	str	Handle slash-delimited ‘ancestry’ string from establishment_means.place
url (property)	str	Place info URL on iNaturalist.org