Placekey

Placekey is a free, universal standard identifier for any physical location, designed to facilitate the seamless sharing of data related to those places across organizations. It is suitable for businesses of all sizes, ranging from small startups to large enterprises. Placekey is used by data scientists, GIS analysts, developers, data sellers, and state and local governments, among others.

Key Features

Universal Identifier: Placekey offers a unique identifier that enables easy sharing and consolidation of data about different places across organizations.

Geospatial Data Integration: Placekey is designed to integrate geospatial data from various sources, allowing for the combination of data and the generation of meaningful insights.

"What@Where" Structure: Placekey employs a "What@Where" structure that provides a distinct representation of a place's descriptive element and its geospatial position.

H3 Grid System: Placekey utilizes Uber's open-source H3 grid system to establish the geospatial position of a place accurately.

Free API Service: Placekey provides a free API service that appends the Placekey universal location ID to addresses, points of interest (POIs), or latitude and longitude coordinates.

Address and POI Matching: Placekey simplifies address matching by offering a universal identifier for places, facilitating the matching and deduplication of addresses and POIs across datasets.

Data Standardization: Placekey addresses the lack of standardization in address and POI data, providing a common industry standard for identifying and merging datasets related to physical places.

Integration with Existing Tools: Placekey seamlessly integrates with popular tools such as QGIS, Google Sheets, CARTO, Excel, JavaScript, Python, Snowflake, Jupyter Notebooks, and more.

Open Source Libraries: Placekey provides open-source libraries for JavaScript and Python, contributed by the community, allowing developers to work with Placekey in geospatial computations.