Use location-based data to understand the context behind a neighborhood or place to enhance business intelligence, enrich your existing database, and ensure access to always-fresh POI data. Our data represents +100 million commercial points-of-interest (POI) worldwide and is rich with real-world information- it’s been updated and validated by millions of consumers.

### **Places Data**

Foursquare utilizes three approaches to obtain Places data - human, software, and third-party verification to ensure POI data is consistent, accurate, and fresh.

- [Attributes](https://docs.foursquare.com/data-products/docs/places-attributes)
- [Categories](https://docs.foursquare.com/data-products/docs/categories)
- [Chains](https://docs.foursquare.com/data-products/docs/chains)

### **Places Delivery**

Download places content and customize data to your business needs, delivered as a flat-file delivery via JSON/TSV from or programmatically access data via the Places API.

- [Open Source](https://docs.foursquare.com/data-products/docs/fsq-places-open-source)
- [Flat File](https://docs.foursquare.com/data-products/docs/places-flat-file-overview)
- [API](https://docs.foursquare.com/data-products/docs/places-api)

### **FAQs**

Get the answers to our most common questions regarding usage of Foursquare Places and related topics.

- [Learn More](https://docs.foursquare.com/data-products/docs/places-faqs)

### **Release Notes**

Discover the most recent improvements, including the addition of new functionality and other important changes.

- [Learn More](https://docs.foursquare.com/data-products/docs/places-release-notes)