Location Types Registry - per [RFC4589]

(last updated 2007-01-17)


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aircraft             A device that is used or intended to be used for flight in the 
                     air, such as an airplane, helicopter, gyroplane, glider or 
                     lighter-than-air devices like a balloon.

airport              A place from which aircraft operate, such as an airport or 
                     heliport.

arena                Enclosed area used for sports events.

automobile           A usually four-wheeled automotive vehicle designed for
                     passenger transportation, such as a car.

bank                 Business establishment in which money is kept for saving or
                     commercial purposes or is invested, supplied for loans, or
                     exchanged.

bar                  A bar or saloon.

bus                  A large motor vehicle designed to carry passengers.

bicycle              A vehicle with two wheels tandem, a steering handle, a
                     saddle seat, and pedals by which it is propelled.

bus-station          Terminal that serves bus passengers, such as a bus depot
                     or bus terminal.

cafe                 Usually small and informal establishment serving various
                     refreshments (such as coffee); coffee shop.

classroom            Academic classroom or lecture hall.

club                 Dance club, nightclub or discotheque.

construction         Construction site.

convention-center    Convention center or exhibition hall.

government           Government building, such as those used by the
                     legislative, executive, or judicial branches of governments,
                     including court houses, police stations and military
                     installations.
                     
hospital             Hospital, hospice, medical clinic, mental institution, or
                     doctor's office.

hotel                Hotel, motel, inn or other lodging establishment.

industrial           Industrial setting, such as a manufacturing floor or
                     power plant.

library              Library or other public place in which literary and artistic
                     materials, such as books, music, periodicals, newspapers,
                     pamphlets, prints, records, and tapes, are kept for reading,
                     reference, or lending.

motorcycle           A two-wheeled automotive vehicle, including a scooter.

office               Business setting, such as an office.

other                A place without a registered place type representation.

outdoors             Outside a building, in or into the open air, such as a park
                     or city streets.

parking              A parking lot or parking garage.

place-of-worship     A religious site where congregations gather for
                     religious observances, such as a church, chapel, meetinghouse,
                     mosque, shrine, synagogue, or temple.

prison               Correctional institution where persons are confined while on
                     trial or for punishment, such as a prison, penitentiary, jail,
                     brig.

public               Public area such as a shopping mall, street, park, public
                     building, train station, airport or in public conveyance such as a
                     bus, train, plane or ship.  This general description encompasses
                     the more precise descriptors 'street', 'public-transport',
                     'aircraft', 'bus', 'bus-station', 'train', 'train-station',
                     'airport', 'shopping-area', 'outdoors', and 'watercraft'.

public-transport     Any form of public transport, including aircraft,
                     bus, train or ship.

residence            A private or residential setting, not necessarily the
                     personal residence of the entity, e.g., including a friend's home.

restaurant           Restaurant, coffee shop or other public dining
                     establishment.

school               School or university property, but not necessarily a
                     classroom or library.

shopping-area        Shopping mall or shopping area.  This area is a large,
                     often enclosed shopping complex containing various stores,
                     businesses, and restaurants usually accessible by common
                     passageways.

stadium              Large, usually open structure for sports events, including a
                     racetrack.

store                Place where merchandise is offered for sale, such as a shop.

street               A public thoroughfare, such as a avenue, street, alley, lane,
                     road, including any sidewalks.

theater              Theater, lecture hall, auditorium, class room, movie theater
                     or similar facility designed for presentations, talks, plays,
                     music performances and other events involving an audience.

train                Train, monorail, maglev, cable car or similar conveyance.

train-station        Terminal where trains load or unload passengers or
                     goods; railway station, railroad station, railroad terminal, train
                     depot.

truck                An automotive vehicle suitable for hauling, used primarily to
                     carry goods rather than people.

underway             In a land, water, or air craft which is underway (in
                     motion).

unknown              The type of place is unknown.

warehouse:           Place in which goods or merchandise are stored, such as a
                     storehouse or self-storage facility.

water                In, on or above bodies of water, such as an ocean, lake,
                     river, canal or other waterway.

watercraft           On a vessel for travel on water such as a boat or ship.


REFERENCES
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[RFC4589]  H. Schulzrinne, H. Tschofenig, "Location Types Registry",
           RFC 4589, July 2006.

(registry created on 19 June 2006)

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