Tower (TOWR)
(A high conspicuous structure, typically much higher than its diameter) | 335 |
Railroad station (RSTN)
(A facility comprising ticket office, platforms, etc. for loading and unloading train passengers and freight) | 876 |
Fort (FT)
(A defensive structure or earthworks) | 166 |
Estate(s) (EST)
(A large commercialized agricultural landholding with associated buildings and other facilities) | 13 |
Archaeological/prehistoric site (ANS)
(A place where archeological remains, old structures, or cultural artifacts are located) | 754 |
Marina (MAR)
(A harbor facility for small boats, yachts, etc.) | 83 |
Farm (FRM)
(A tract of land with associated buildings devoted to agriculture) | 399 |
Railroad stop (RSTP)
(A place lacking station facilities where trains stop to pick up and unload passengers and freight) | 50 |
Hut (HUT)
(A small primitive house) | 176 |
Building(s) (BLDG)
(A structure built for permanent use, as a house, factory, etc.) | 260 |
Mission (MSSN)
(A place characterized by dwellings, school, church, hospital and other facilities operated by a religious group for the purpose of providing charitable services and to propagate religion) | 6 |
Church (CH)
(A building for public Christian worship) | 3092 |
Cave(s) (CAVE)
(An underground passageway or chamber, or cavity on the side of a cliff) | 99 |
Ruin(s) (RUIN)
(A destroyed or decayed structure which is no longer functional) | 190 |
Castle (CSTL)
(A large fortified building or set of buildings) | 546 |
Lighthouse (LTHSE)
(A distinctive structure exhibiting a major navigation light) | 73 |
Hydroelectric power station (PSH)
(A building where electricity is generated from water power) | 1 |
Wharf(-ves) (WHRF)
(A structure of open rather than solid construction along a shore or a bank which provides berthing for ships and cargo-handling facilities) | 12 |
Quay (QUAY)
(A structure of solid construction along a shore or bank which provides berthing for ships and which generally provides cargo handling facilities) | 29 |
Mole (MOLE)
(A massive structure of masonry or large stones serving as a pier or breakwater) | 15 |
Hotel (HTL)
(A building providing lodging and/or meals for the public) | 16624 |
House(s) (HSE)
(A building used as a human habitation) | 222 |
Bridge (BDG)
(A structure erected across an obstacle such as a stream, road, etc., in order to carry roads, railroads, and pedestrians across) | 137 |
Shrine (SHRN)
(A structure or place memorializing a person or religious concept) | 13 |
Observation point (OBPT)
(A wildlife or scenic observation point) | 68 |
Resort (RSRT)
(A specialized facility for vacation, health, or participation sports activities) | 22 |
Abandoned railroad station (RSTNQ)
| 12 |
Spa (SPA)
(A resort area usually developed around a medicinal spring) | 9 |
Mill(s) (ML)
(A building housing machines for transforming, shaping, finishing, grinding, or extracting products) | 12 |
Monastery (MSTY)
(A building and grounds where a community of monks lives in seclusion) | 188 |
Historical site (HSTS)
(A place of historical importance) | 600 |
Convent (CVNT)
(A building where a community of nuns lives in seclusion) | 40 |
Airport (AIRP)
(A place where aircraft regularly land and take off, with runways, navigational aids, and major facilities for the commercial handling of passengers and cargo) | 95 |
Dam (DAM)
(A barrier constructed across a stream to impound water) | 11 |
Agricultural facility (AGRF)
(A building and/or tract of land used for improving agriculture) | 2 |
Triangulation station (TRIG)
(A point on the earth whose position has been determined by triangulation) | 3 |
Nursery(-ies) (NSY)
(A place where plants are propagated for transplanting or grafting) | 2 |
Country house (HSEC)
(A large house, mansion, or chateau, on a large estate) | 6 |
Stable (STBL)
(A building for the shelter and feeding of farm animals, especially horses) | 6 |
Garden(s) (GDN)
(An enclosure for displaying selected plant or animal life) | 388 |
Landing (LDNG)
(A place where boats receive or discharge passengers and freight, but lacking most port facilities) | 1 |
Breakwater (BRKW)
(A structure erected to break the force of waves at the entrance to a harbor or port) | 14 |
Pier (PIER)
(A structure built out into navigable water on piles providing berthing for ships and recreation) | 22 |
Square (SQR)
(A broad, open, public area near the center of a town or city) | 1249 |
Market (MKT)
(A place where goods are bought and sold at regular intervals) | 38 |
Tomb(s) (TMB)
(A structure for interring bodies) | 13 |
Airfield (AIRF)
(A place on land where aircraft land and take off; no facilities provided for the commercial handling of passengers and cargo) | 30 |
Dike (DIKE)
(An earth or stone embankment usually constructed for flood or stream control) | 3 |
Abandoned airfield (AIRQ)
| 7 |
Palace (PAL)
(A large stately house, often a royal or presidential residence) | 1268 |
Tank farm (OILT)
(A tract of land occupied by large, cylindrical, metal tanks in which oil or liquid petrochemicals are stored) | 1 |
Camp(s) (CMP)
(A site occupied by tents, huts, or other shelters for temporary use) | 22 |
Customs house (CSTM)
(A building in a port where customs and duties are paid, and where vessels are entered and cleared) | 2 |
Amphitheater (AMTH)
(An oval or circular structure with rising tiers of seats about a stage or open space) | 17 |
Arch (ARCH)
(A natural or man-made structure in the form of an arch) | 64 |
Monument (MNMT)
(A commemorative structure or statue) | 373 |
Museum (MUS)
(A building where objects of permanent interest in one or more of the arts and sciences are preserved and exhibited) | 1743 |
Religious center (CTRR)
(A facility where more than one religious activity is carried out, e.g., retreat, school, monastery, worship) | 13 |
Cemetery (CMTY)
(A burial place or ground) | 51 |
Meteorological station (STNM)
(A station at which weather elements are recorded) | 55 |
Radio station (STNR)
(A facility for producing and transmitting information by radio waves) | 2 |
Military installation (INSM)
(A facility for use of and control by armed forces) | 8 |
Forest station (STNF)
(A collection of buildings and facilities for carrying out forest management) | 1 |
Guest house (GHSE)
(A house used to provide lodging for paying guests) | 4 |
Farmstead (FRMT)
(The buildings and adjacent service areas of a farm) | 7 |
Huts (HUTS)
(Small primitive houses) | 1 |
Stadium (STDM)
(A structure with an enclosure for athletic games with tiers of seats for spectators) | 267 |
School (SCH)
(Building(s) where instruction in one or more branches of knowledge takes place) | 40 |
Post office (PO)
(A public building in which mail is received, sorted and distributed) | 3 |
Community center (CTRCM)
(A facility for community recreation and other activities) | 15 |
Golf course (RECG)
(A recreation field where golf is played) | 190 |
Storehouse (SHSE)
(A building for storing goods, especially provisions) | 4 |
Factory (MFG)
(One or more buildings where goods are manufactured, processed or fabricated) | 7 |
Restaurant (REST)
(A place where meals are served to the public) | 82 |
Racetrack (RECR)
(A track where races are held) | 77 |
Library (LIBR)
(A place in which information resources such as books are kept for reading, reference, or lending.) | 30 |
Religious site (RLG)
(An ancient site of significant religious importance) | 21 |
Medical center (CTRM)
(A complex of health care buildings including two or more of the following: hospital, medical school, clinic, pharmacy, doctor's offices, etc.) | 4 |
Facility (FCL)
(A building or buildings housing a center, institute, foundation, hospital, prison, mission, courthouse, etc.) | 11 |
Research institute (ITTR)
(A facility where research is carried out) | 18 |
Astronomical station (ASTR)
(A point on the earth whose position has been determined by observations of celestial bodies) | 1 |
Dockyard (DCKY)
(A facility for servicing, building, or repairing ships) | 2 |
Mall (MALL)
(A large, often enclosed shopping complex containing various stores, businesses, and restaurants usually accessible by common passageways.) | 333 |
Hospital (HSP)
(A building in which sick or injured, especially those confined to bed, are medically treated) | 22 |
Power station (PS)
(A facility for generating electric power) | 56 |
University (UNIV)
(An institution for higher learning with teaching and research facilities constituting a graduate school and professional schools that award master's degrees and doctorates and an undergraduate division that awards bachelor's degrees.) | 26 |
Opera house (OPRA)
(A theater designed chiefly for the performance of operas.) | 11 |
Ancient wall (WALLA)
(The remains of a linear defensive stone structure) | 3 |
Parking lot (PKLT)
(An area used for parking vehicles) | 12 |
Theater (THTR)
(A building or outdoor area used for live theatrical presentations, concerts, opera or dance productions, cinema, and/or other stage productions) | 345 |
Mine(s) (MN)
(A site where mineral ores are extracted from the ground by excavating surface pits and subterranean passages) | 1 |
Water mill (MLWTR)
(A mill powered by running water) | 2 |
Ruined dam (DAMQ)
(A destroyed or decayed dam which is no longer functional) | 1 |
Administrative facility (ADMF)
(A government building) | 2 |
Metro station (MTRO)
(Metro station (Underground, Tube, or Metro) ) | 55 |
Police post (PP)
(A building in which police are stationed) | 4 |
Athletic field (ATHF)
(A tract of land used for playing team sports, and athletic track and field events) | 206 |
Temple(s) (TMPL)
(An edifice dedicated to religious worship) | 16 |
Resthouse (RHSE)
(A structure maintained for the rest and shelter of travelers) | 6 |
Quarry(-ies) (MNQR)
(A surface mine where building stone or gravel and sand, etc. are extracted) | 12 |
Burial cave(s) (BUR)
(A cave used for human burials) | 3 |
Communication center (COMC)
(A facility, including buildings, antennae, towers and electronic equipment for receiving and transmitting information) | 3 |
Zoo (ZOO)
(A zoological garden or park where wild animals are kept for exhibition) | 32 |
Airbase (AIRB)
(An area used to store supplies, provide barracks for air force personnel, hangars and runways for aircraft, and from which operations are initiated) | 1 |
Grave (GRVE)
(A burial site) | 2 |
Water pumping station (PMPW)
(A facility for pumping water from a major well or through a pipeline) | 3 |
Park gate (PRKGT)
(A controlled access to a park) | 6 |
Prison (PRN)
(A facility for confining prisoners) | 3 |
Casino (CSNO)
(A building used for entertainment, especially gambling) | 15 |
Bus stop (BUSTP)
(A place lacking station facilities) | 26 |
Military school (SCHM)
(A school at which military science forms the core of the curriculum) | 1 |
Bus station (BUSTN)
(A facility comprising ticket office, platforms, etc. for loading and unloading passengers ) | 12 |
Gate (GATE)
(A controlled access entrance or exit) | 34 |
Ferry (FY)
(A boat or other floating conveyance and terminal facilities regularly used to transport people and vehicles across a waterbody) | 2 |
Diplomatic facility (DIP)
(Office, residence, or facility of a foreign government, which may include an embassy, consulate, chancery, office of charge d'affaires, or other diplomatic, economic, military, or cultural mission) | 2 |
Wall (WALL)
(A thick masonry structure, usually enclosing a field or building, or forming the side of a structure) | 4 |
Sewage treatment plant (SWT)
(Facility for the processing of sewage and/or wastewater) | 1 |
Railroad siding (RSD)
(A short track parallel to and joining the main track) | 4 |
Railroad signal (RSGNL)
(A signal at the entrance of a particular section of track governing the movement of trains) | 1 |
Heliport (AIRH)
(A place where helicopters land and take off) | 11 |
Local government office (GOVL)
(A facility housing local governmental offices, usually a city, town, or village hall) | 2 |
Store (RET)
(A building where goods and/or services are offered for sale) | 9 |
Office building (BLDO)
(Commercial building where business and/or services are conducted) | 16 |
Abandoned railroad stop (RSTPQ)
| 3 |
Courthouse (CTHSE)
(A building in which courts of law are held) | 2 |
Landfill (LNDF)
(A place for trash and garbage disposal in which the waste is buried between layers of earth to build up low-lying land) | 5 |
Clinic (HSPC)
(A medical facility associated with a hospital for outpatients) | 35 |
Abandoned farm (FRMQ)
| 10 |
Temp work office (TWO)
(Temporary Work Offices) | 1 |
Munitions plant (MFGM)
(A factory where ammunition is made) | 3 |
Scientific research base (STNB)
(A scientific facility used as a base from which research is carried out or monitored) | 24 |
Cattle dipping tank (TNKD)
(A small artificial pond used for immersing cattle in chemically treated water for disease control) | 1 |
Mosque (MSQE)
(A building for public Islamic worship) | 1 |
Abandoned camp (CMPQ)
| 1 |
Logging camp (CMPL)
(A camp used by loggers) | 1 |
Veterinary facility (VETF)
(A building or camp at which veterinary services are available) | 1 |
Hermitage (HERM)
(A secluded residence, usually for religious sects) | 20 |
Inspection station (STNI)
(A station at which vehicles, goods, and people are inspected) | 5 |
Radio observatory (OBSR)
(A facility equipped with an array of antennae for receiving radio waves from space) | 1 |
Observatory (OBS)
(A facility equipped for observation of atmospheric or space phenomena) | 3 |
Farms (FRMS)
(Tracts of land with associated buildings devoted to agriculture) | 4 |
Bank (BANK)
(A business establishment in which money is kept for saving or commercial purposes or is invested, supplied for loans, or exchanged. ) | 1 |
Retreat (RLGR)
(A place of temporary seclusion, especially for religious groups) | 3 |
Archive (ARCHV)
(A place or institution where documents are preserved) | 1 |
Apartment building (BLDA)
(A building containing several individual apartments) | 1 |
Homestead (HMSD)
(A residence, owner's or manager's, on a sheep or cattle station, woolshed, outcamp, or Aboriginal outstation, specific to Australia and New Zealand ) | 2 |
Piece of art (ART)
(A piece of art, like a sculpture, painting. In contrast to monument (MNMT) it is not commemorative.) | 2 |
Brewery (MFGB)
(One or more buildings where beer is brewed) | 1 |
Waterworks (WTRW)
(A facility for supplying potable water through a water source and a system of pumps and filtration beds) | 1 |
Ruined bridge (BDGQ)
(A destroyed or decayed bridge which is no longer functional) | 1 |
Beacon (BCN)
(A fixed artificial navigation mark) | 1 |
Abandoned mission (MSSNQ)
| 1 |
College (SCHC)
(The grounds and buildings of an institution of higher learning) | 2 |
Boundary marker (BP)
(A fixture marking a point along a boundary) | 1 |
Steps (STPS)
(Stones or slabs placed for ease in ascending or descending a steep slope) | 1 |
Corral(s) (CRRL)
(A pen or enclosure for confining or capturing animals) | 4 |
Labor camp (CMPLA)
(A camp used by migrant or temporary laborers) | 3 |
Abandoned mine (MNQ)
| 5 |
Ranch(es) (RNCH)
(A large farm specializing in extensive grazing of livestock) | 1 |
Toll gate/barrier (TOLL)
(Highway toll collection station) | 1 |