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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" > <title>GeoNames Datasources</title> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" title="geonames" href="http://www.geonames.org/opensearch-description.xml"> <link href="/geonames.ico" rel="shortcut icon"> <link rel="StyleSheet" href="/geonames.css" type="text/css"> </head> <body> <table id="topmenutable"><tbody><tr> <td class="topmenu"> <a href="/" title="GeoName Home"> GeoNames Home</a> | <a href="/postal-codes/" title="Postal Codes">Postal Codes</a> | <a href="/export/" title="Database Dump and Webservice API">Download / Webservice</a> | <a href="/about.html" title="About GeoNames">About</a> </td> <td class="topsearch"> <form class="topsearch" name="searchForm" method="post" action="/servlet/geonames" onsubmit="javascript:fulltextsearch();return false;"> search <input class="topmenu" name="q" size="20" value="" type="text"> <input name="srv" value="1" type="hidden"> </form> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="margin: auto; width: 600px; text-align: left;"> <h3>Datasources used by GeoNames in the GeoNames Gazetteer</h3 <ul class="list"> <li> <a href="http://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html/index.html" target=_blank>nga</a> : National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (most names except US and CA) <li> <a href="http://geonames.usgs.gov/index.html" target=_blank>gnis</a> : U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (names in US). <li> <a href="http://www.naco.org/" target=_blank>National Association of Counties</a> <li> <a href="https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/e27c6eba-3c5d-4051-9db2-082dc6411c2c" target=_blank>GeoBase - Canadian Geographical Names</a> (names in CA) <li> <a href="http://www.msss.gouv.qc.ca/">Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux</a> <li> <a href="http://www.cne.org.bo/">Corte Nacional Electoral - Republica de Boliviaa</a> <li> <a href="http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/">Brasileiro de Geografia Estatística (IBGE)</a> <li> <a href="http://eros.usgs.gov/#/Find_Data/Products_and_Data_Available/gtopo30_info">gtopo30 (elevation)</a> <li> <a href="http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/">nasa: srtm3 elevation</a>, <a href="http://www.cgiar-csi.org/data/elevation/item/45-srtm-90m-digital-elevation-database-v41">cgiar: void filled srtm3 elevation</a> <li> world-gazetteer.com (population data, source site does no longer exist) <li> <a href="http://www.linz.govt.nz">Land Information New Zealand LINZ</a> <li> <a href="http://www.stats.govt.nz/">Statistics New Zealand</a> <li> <a href="http://www.summitpost.org/">summitpost</a> (elevation of mountains) <li> <a href="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/9479/welcome.html">Geonative</a>: alternate names <li> <a href="http://www.gipuzkoa.net/">Gipuzkoa Provincial Council</a> (see <a href="http://geonames.wordpress.com/2007/03/21/a-basque-region-gives-its-public-data-to-geonames/">Blog posting</a>) <li> <a href="http://www.geobreizh.com">Géographie de Bretagne</a> <li> <a href="http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/surface/stations.txt">METAR Weatherstations</a> <li> <a href="http://www.weathergraphics.com/identifiers">Master Location Identifier Database (c) 2008, 2011 Weather Graphics, Norman, Oklahoma</a> <li> <a href="http://www.ourairports.com">OurAirports</a> <li> <a href="http://www.swisstopo.admin.ch">Amtliche Vermessung Schweiz / swisstopo</a> <li> <a href="http://www.statistik.zh.ch/raum/sv/">Statistische Amt des Kantons Zürich</a> <li> <a href="http://www.ssb.no/">Statistisk sentralbyr Norway</a> (administrative divisions) <li> <a href="http://www.erikbolstad.no/">Erik Bolstad</a> <li> <a href="http://www.dst.dk/">Danmarks Statistik</a> (admin codes) <li> <a href="http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/NLS_open_data_licence_version1_20120501">© National Land Survey of Finland 2011</a> <li> <a href="http://www.lantmateriet.se/>Swedish National Land Survey</a> <li> <a href="http://www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se">Sweden: Bebyggelseregistret, BBR (Data Base of Built Heritage)</a> <li> <a href="http://www.cbs.nl">Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek</a> and Eugene van der Pijll <li> <a href="http://www.ine.es/">Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute), Spain</a> (admin codes) <li> <a href="http://www.ign.es">Instituto Geográfico Nacional</a> <li> <a href="http://www.igeo.pt/">Instituto Geográfico Português</a> <li> <a href="http://www.istat.it/">Istituto Nazionale di Statistica - Italia</a> <li> <a href="http://geodati.gfoss.it/">gfoss.it</a> <li> <a href="http://www.ign.fr/">Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière</a> <li> <a href="http://www.insee.fr">Insee - Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques - France</a> (admin codes) <li> <a href="http://www.data.gouv.fr/">Open Data France - data.gouv.fr</a> <li> <a href="http://test.data-sncf.com/">sncf</a> (French train stations) <li> <a href="http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/">Ordnance Survey, UK</a> (Ordnance Survey data Crown copyright and database right 2010) <li> <a href="http://www.dft.gov.uk/nptg/">UK Department for Transport</a> (<a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/">public sector information</a> licensed under the Open Government Licence v1.0) <li> <a href="http://www.nisra.gov.uk">NISRA - Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency</a> <li> <a href="http://grass.fsv.cvut.cz/wiki/index.php/FreeGeodataCZ">Geodata for Czech Republic</a> <li> <a href="http://www.stat.si/">Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia</a> <li> <a href="http://www.ngiip.gov.np/">National Geographic Information Infrastructure Programme, Survey Department, Government of Nepal</a> <li> <a href="https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/">Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica</a> courtesy of the <a href="http://www.scar.org/">Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research - SCAR</a>, (<a href="http://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/penguins-released-antarctica-cga/">disclaimer</a>) <li> <a href="http://apc.antarctica.ac.uk/">UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (APC)</a> <li> <a href="http://weather.noaa.gov/tg/site.shtml">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</a> : Weather Stations <li> <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html">CIA - The World Factbook</a> <li> <a href="http://www.nsi.bg/">National Statistical Institute Bulgaria</a> <li> Roman Rachkov (Bulgarian toponyms) <li> <a href="http://data.gov.ro/">Open Data Portal Romania</a> <li> <a href="http://data.wien.gv.at/">Offene Daten Wien</a> <li> <a href="http://data.noe.gv.at/Open-Government-Data.html">Land Niederösterreich Open Government Data</a> <li> <a href="http://data.ooe.gv.at">Datenquelle: Land Oberösterreich - data.ooe.gv.at</a> <li> <a href="http://www.geodata.gov.gr/geodata/index.php">Hellenic Mapping and Cadastral Organisation (HEMCO)</a> <li> <a href="http://www.mophp-ye.org/english/index.html">Yemen Ministry of Public Health</a> <li> <a href="http://vermessung.bayern.de/">Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung . www.geodaten.bayern.de</a> <li> <a href="http://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/produkte/Produkte-open-data.asp">Amt fuer Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg</a> <li> <a href="http://www.demarcation.org.za/">Municipal Demarcation Board South Africa</a> <li> <a href="http://ehealthafrica.org/">eHealth Africa - Nigeria</a> <li> <a href="http://www.inegi.org.mx/">INEGI Mexico</a> <li> <a href="http://bogomap.co/">Bus stops Columbia - Bogomap</a> <li> <a href="http://www.hotels.com">hotels.com</a> <li> <a href="http://www.diytravel.co.uk">diytravel</a> <li> <a href="http://www.hotelsearch.com/">hotelsearch.com</a> </ul> <br/> <br/> <a href="http://www.geonames.org/datasources/">more data sources</a> <br/> <br/> <a href="postal-codes-sources.html">postal code sources ...</a> </div> <p> <p> <p> <p>  <div id="pageFooter"> info@geonames.org <img src="/img/smallant.gif" alt="ant" align="middle" hspace="40" border="0"> <p> <a href="/">GeoNames Home</a> <span class="separator">•</span> <a href="/postal-codes/">Postal Codes</a> <span class="separator">•</span> <a href="/export/">Download / Webservice</a> <span class="separator">•</span> <a href="http://forum.geonames.org">Forum</a> <span class="separator">•</span> <a href="http://geonames.wordpress.com">Blog</a> <span class="separator">•</span> <a href="/sitemap.html">Sitemap</a> </div> </body> </html>