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Datasources used by GeoNames

  • nga : National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (most names except US and CA)
  • gnis : U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (names in US).
    Use the url http://www.geonames.org/maps/gnis-fid= to view a gnis record with its id. Example the link http://www.geonames.org/maps/gnis-fid=1702495 will display the gnis record with fid=1702495 on a map.
  • www.geobase.ca (names in CA)
  • Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux
  • Corte Nacional Electoral - Republica de Boliviaa
  • Brasileiro de Geografia Estatística (IBGE)
  • gtopo30 (elevation)
  • srtm3 elevation
  • wikipedia
  • worldgazetteer (population data)
  • Land Information New Zealand LINZ
  • summitpost (elevation of mountains)
  • Geonative: alternate names
  • Gipuzkoa Provincial Council (see Blog posting)
  • Géographie de Bretagne
  • METAR Weatherstations
  • Statistische Amt des Kantons Zürich
  • Statistisk sentralbyr Norway (administrative divisions)
  • Danmarks Statistik (admin codes)
  • Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek and Eugene van der Pijll
  • Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute), Spain (admin codes)
  • Infraestructura de Datos Espaciales de España
  • Istituto Nazionale di Statistica - Italia (old dataset via gfoss.it)
  • gfoss.it
  • Insee - Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques - France (admin codes)
  • Ordnance Survey, UK (admin codes)
  • Geodata for Czech Republic
  • Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica courtesy of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research - SCAR, (disclaimer)
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration : Weather Stations
  • CIA - The World Factbook
  • National Statistical Institute Bulgaria
  • Roman Rachkov (Bulgarian toponyms)
  • Statistik Austria (admin codes)
  • hotels.com
  • laterooms
  • diytravel
  • alpharooms
  • hotelsearch.com postal code sources ...

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