Introduction
Content by CityGrid is an API suite providing local content for over 18 million businesses. As a CityGrid publisher, you can easily access this information from within your applications, giving your users the ability to easily find and learn about local places.
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The taxonomy is subject to change at any time; new tags may be added or removed, and parent-child relationships may be adjusted. Tags are published both in list format and tree format, and are updated on a weekly basis. Please refer to the latest files at all times to ensure your applications work as expected.
Geographies
Places are associated to one or more geographies so that users can find businesses in a specific location. Geographies are mapped to physical area and have different types:
- Neighborhood (an area within a city)
- 5 digits zip code
- City
- Market (a DMA)
You can find a list of our neighborhoods, cities and markets in json format here.
It contains the following fields:
Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| type | String | {city, neighborhood, market} |
| city | String | The city associated to this geography. Markets don't have city associated to them |
| state | String | 2 letters State code (e.g CA, NY, TX...) |
| lat | Decimal | Latitude of the center of the geography |
| lon | Decimal | Longitude of the center of the geography |
| name | String | The name of the geography |
Note that geographies can change over time, the file linked above is updated on a weekly basis.