[Openstreetmap] GEOnet Names Server

[Frank Mohr]

Jon Stockill wrote:
> I noticed this appear on the "to look at" page.
> 
> It'll give you a huge amount of information very quickly, but isn't
> without errors. There are spelling mistakes, and examples of someone
> doing far too much historical research (Gildersome near Leeds for
> example is also listed as "Home of the Gilders").
> 
> Another problem is that the data on the rankings of "populated places"
> appears to be missing for the uk, making the selection of place names to
> display a bit of a problem (you can end up with small village names
> displayed, and large city names missed because there's no room if you
> try to handle the layout automatically).
> 
> Having said all that, it's a lot of data, it appears to be available
> under sane terms, and weeding out the small inaccuracies will likely
> require far less work than building such a database from scratch.
> 

what about the gns_data data sets
http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html
ftp://ftp.nga.mil/pub/gns_data


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Licensing GNS Data

There are no licensing requirements or restrictions in place for the use
of  the GNS data.  However, we recommend using the following citation to
identify the GNS as a source:

    * Toponymic information is based on the Geographic Names Data Base,
containing official standard names approved by the United States Board
on Geographic Names and maintained by the National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. More information is available at the
Products and Services link at www.nga.mil. The National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency name, initials, and seal are protected by
10 United States Code Section §445.
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