GeoNames extractors
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[http://www.geonames.org/ GeoNames] is a very large networked database of geographical locations and related data. GeoNames contains over eight million geographical names and 6.5 million unique features. GeoNames database is available for free of charge under a creative commons attribution license. GeoNames has [http://www.geonames.org/export/ws-overview.html a web service api] with various different query types. | [http://www.geonames.org/ GeoNames] is a very large networked database of geographical locations and related data. GeoNames contains over eight million geographical names and 6.5 million unique features. GeoNames database is available for free of charge under a creative commons attribution license. GeoNames has [http://www.geonames.org/export/ws-overview.html a web service api] with various different query types. | ||
| − | Wandora's GeoNames extractor performs GeoNames web service api requests and converts results to topic maps formats. Wandora is a graphical front end to GeoNames web service api, if you like. Extractor starts with menu option '''File > Extract > GeoNames extractor...'''. Current extractor has several options | + | Wandora's GeoNames extractor performs GeoNames web service api requests and converts results to topic maps formats. Wandora is a graphical front end to GeoNames web service api, if you like. Extractor starts with menu option '''File > Extract > GeoNames extractor...'''. Current extractor has several options as image below views. By default extractor performs free text search to GeoNames geographical database. |
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Revision as of 14:44, 11 December 2008
GeoNames is a very large networked database of geographical locations and related data. GeoNames contains over eight million geographical names and 6.5 million unique features. GeoNames database is available for free of charge under a creative commons attribution license. GeoNames has a web service api with various different query types.
Wandora's GeoNames extractor performs GeoNames web service api requests and converts results to topic maps formats. Wandora is a graphical front end to GeoNames web service api, if you like. Extractor starts with menu option File > Extract > GeoNames extractor.... Current extractor has several options as image below views. By default extractor performs free text search to GeoNames geographical database.
Available tabs in extractor are
| Tab | Description |
| Search | |
| Near by | |
| Country info | |
| Cities | |
| Children | |
| Heirarchy | |
| Neighbours | |
| Siblings | |
| Weather | |
| Wikipedia search | |
| Wikipedia b-box |
Country Info
Cities
Children
