Foursquare Technology · 02 / 07

Places

Structured global venue graph

Overview

Publicly described capability

Places is publicly described as a global dataset of physical venues, with attributes, categories and hierarchical relationships that turn coordinates into commercially meaningful context.

Role

Architectural position

Provides the venue vocabulary that other products interpret consumer signals against.

Capabilities

Publicly described features

Global venue coverage with rich metadata
Category and chain resolution
Nearby, geosearch and match APIs
Foundation dataset for other Foursquare products
Integration

How this product connects

Device / SDKPlacesPlatform LogicRetail Engagement