Datasources used by GeoNames in the GeoNames Gazetteer
- 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).
- National Association of Counties
- GeoBase - Canadian Geographical Names (names in CA)
- Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux
- Corte Nacional Electoral - Republica de Boliviaa
- Brasileiro de Geografia Estatística (IBGE)
- gtopo30 (elevation)
- nasa: srtm3 elevation, cgiar: void filled srtm3 elevation
- world-gazetteer.com (population data, source site does no longer exist)
- Land Information New Zealand LINZ
- Statistics New Zealand
- summitpost (elevation of mountains)
- Geonative: alternate names
- Gipuzkoa Provincial Council (see Blog posting)
- Géographie de Bretagne
- METAR Weatherstations
- Master Location Identifier Database (c) 2008, 2011 Weather Graphics, Norman, Oklahoma
- OurAirports
- Amtliche Vermessung Schweiz / swisstopo
- Statistische Amt des Kantons Zürich
- Statistisk sentralbyr Norway (administrative divisions)
- Erik Bolstad
- Danmarks Statistik (admin codes)
- © National Land Survey of Finland 2011
- Swedish National Land Survey
- Sweden: Bebyggelseregistret, BBR (Data Base of Built Heritage)
- Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek and Eugene van der Pijll
- Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute), Spain (admin codes)
- Instituto Geográfico Nacional
- Instituto Geográfico Português
- Istituto Nazionale di Statistica - Italia
- gfoss.it
- Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière
- Insee - Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques - France (admin codes)
- Open Data France - data.gouv.fr
- sncf (French train stations)
- Ordnance Survey, UK (Ordnance Survey data Crown copyright and database right 2010)
- UK Department for Transport (public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v1.0)
- NISRA - Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
- Geodata for Czech Republic
- Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- National Geographic Information Infrastructure Programme, Survey Department, Government of Nepal
- Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica courtesy of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research - SCAR, (disclaimer)
- UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (APC)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration : Weather Stations
- CIA - The World Factbook
- National Statistical Institute Bulgaria
- Roman Rachkov (Bulgarian toponyms)
- Open Data Portal Romania
- Offene Daten Wien
- Land Niederösterreich Open Government Data
- Datenquelle: Land Oberösterreich - data.ooe.gv.at
- Hellenic Mapping and Cadastral Organisation (HEMCO)
- Yemen Ministry of Public Health
- Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung . www.geodaten.bayern.de
- Amt fuer Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg
- Municipal Demarcation Board South Africa
- eHealth Africa - Nigeria
- INEGI Mexico
- Bus stops Columbia - Bogomap
- hotels.com
- diytravel
- hotelsearch.com
more data sources
postal code sources ...