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jomu

Member

Registered: 2009-06-28

Posts: 60

Data from "Geographic Names"

Hi,
while I was looking for coordinates of some places, I found this page:

https://www1.nga.mil/ProductsServices/G … fault.aspx

Please note: "There are no licensing requirements or restrictions in place for the use of  the GNS data"

When you go to
http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/index.html
and
ftp://ftp.nga.mil/pub2/gns_data/

you find lots of files with data.

Maybe the places (cities, villages, ...) you be transfered to OpenStreetMap. That could be really useful for some African countries which are poorly covered.

Writing a script using these files and the OpenStreetMap API should not be too complicted.

What do you think about it?

Best regards,
jomu

cartinus

Member

From: Houten

Registered: 2008-01-06

Posts: 502

Re: Data from "Geographic Names"

GNS data is notoriously inaccurate. So before importing anything from it, you might want to consult with people mapping in a country/area.