GeoNames extractors

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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. Current extractor has several options:

  • Country Info
  • Cities
  • Children

Extractor starts with menu option File > Extract > GeoNames extractor....

Country Info

Geonames country dialog.gif


Geonames country example.gif

Cities

Geonames cities dialog.gif


Geonames cities example.gif


Children

Geonames children dialog.gif


Geonames children example.gif
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