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Populated Place Type (PPT)

DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.

RDF: ppt.ttl

Name

populatedPlaceType

Datatype

Enumeration

Definition

The type of a populated place based on size, history of development and/or legal specification.

Accepted

2016-03-22

Defined by

DFDD

Values

• PPT_10 Religious Facility
• PPT_15 Residential Area
• PPT_17 Holiday Homes
• PPT_18 Seaside Resort
• PPT_19 Health Resort
• PPT_21 Fortress
• PPT_24 Military Facility
• PPT_27 Whaler Station
• PPT_28 Trading Station
• PPT_29 Hunting Post
• PPT_30 Industrial Town
• PPT_31 Commercial Town
• PPT_32 Port
• PPT_33 Place of Pilgrimage
• PPT_34 Tourist Place
• PPT_35 Fishing Village
• PPT_36 Mining Settlement
• PPT_37 Traffic Settlement
• PPT_38 Frontier Town
• PPT_40 Nomadic Settlement
• PPT_8 Holiday Village
• PPT_9 Historical Site

Used by

• AL022 Populated Place

Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.