Place Category Systems

Places API supports two place ontologies:

• place content ontology: PDS place categories and food-types
• place search ontology: less granular Find Place categories

Configuration

Places API allows customers to choose through the cs parameter the category system used for both

• all places in the API results
• the cat query parameter value (Impacted entrypoints: Browse, Explore, By-Corridor, Here, Around)

GS7 responses only supports the more granular pds category system: All place results are returned with HERE place categories and/or cuisines.

Places API applications needing the less granular place categories (place search ontology) need to be adapted to this more granular system.