About GeoNamesThe GeoNames geographical database is available for download free of charge under a creative commons attribution license. It contains over 25 million geographical names and consists of over 11 million unique features whereof 4.8 million populated places and 13 million alternate names. All features are categorized into one out of nine feature classes and further subcategorized into one out of 645 feature codes. (more statistics ...).The data is accessible free of charge through a number of webservices and a daily database export. GeoNames is already serving up to over 150 million web service requests per day.GeoNames is integrating geographical data such as names of places in various languages, elevation, population and others from various sources. All lat/long coordinates are in WGS84 (World Geodetic System 1984). Users may manually edit, correct and add new names using a user friendly wiki interface.GeoNames has Ambassadors in many countries who assist with their help and expertise.GeoNamesGNMS_93adf482-0f90-11ec-95e8-9b100183ea00Unxos GmbHGeoNames is a project of Unxos GmbH, Waechlenstrasse 17, 8832 Wollerau, Switzerland.GeoNames TeamMarc WickFounderChristophe BoutreuxDeveloperGeoNames AmbassadorsMartin SarsaleArgentina | Blog Web SemanticaWilliam (Bill) SmithAustraliaCharles ElliottAustraliaRoland OthAustriaDr. Md. Shahedur RashidBangladesh | Professor, Department of Geography and Environment,Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342Gerjan GrootenboerBelgiumCarlos MedranoBolivia | La PazFuad CurcicBosnia and Herzegovina Edmar MorettiBrazilRoman RachkovBulgariaAaron LambieCanada | President / CEO of SpatialQ Inc.Marc BelzuncesCatalan Linguistic Area: Andorra, Northern Catalonia (France), Catalonia, Balearic Islands, Valencian Comunity (Spain) | Barcelona (blog)Pablo MoralesChileRong ShenChinaLuis MolinaColombia Ariel NúñezMarek ProkopCzech RepublicElier Delgado AlvarezCubaSteve McCabeDominica and eastern CaribbeanAlemayehu NegashEthiopiaPeeter PällEstoniaLuistxo FernandezThe Basque Country (Spain, France) | TagzaniaHenri BergiusFinlandChristophe BoutreuxFrance | Christophe works as a freelance IT consultant in Paris.Antonio FragaGalicia, Spain | SIGNO S.LLukas EipertGermanyEmmanuel OkyereGhanaLuistxo FernandezGipuzkoa, Spain | TagzaniaPetros VassiliouGreeceAsiaq Greenland SurveyGreenlandHenrik ForsbergGreenlandLilla LukásHungaryAntal GuszlevHungaryHungarian Toponymic PortalSasi RajIndia | An E-commerce consultant working as an editor for a leading technology company at Chennai.Aashish ChaudharyIndia L.T. HardantoIndonesiaBarry HunterIrelandYuval KogmanIsrael | JAPHGiuseppe BottasiniItaly | Founder Flags of the World BlogDottson BandoJamaicaCarsten SchwesigJapanHussein Al-OlimatJordanPaul MungaiKeniaSangchul AhnKorea, South | Letsee Inc.Sven ClementLuxembourgAleksandar VelkovskiMacedoniaGeorg KloebleMalawi | Wildlife Action GroupMohd Shahir ShamsirMalaysia | Bioinformatics Research Group (BIRG) Universiti Teknologi MalaysiaAmeer DawoodMaldivesEduardo AlessioMexicoKarim ChraibiMoroccoBas de LangeNetherlandsUche OgbujiNigeria | Partner at Zepheira, lead on the Akara project. Born in Nigeria, presently living in Superior, Colorado, Uche Ogbuji works on many open source projects regarding open data, Web architecture and semantic technology. He also writes prolifically on these topics.Erik BolstadNorwayErik BolstadNorway | Erik Bolstad is the editor of yr.no, an online weather site from the Norwegian Broadcasting Corp. and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. Erik is a journalist and web interaction specialist, with a keen interest in geography and languages.Manish ModiNepal | Janaki Technology Pvt. Ltd.Richard HancockNew ZealandImran AnwarPakistan | writer, TV personality, entrepreneur. He brought Email and the Web to Pakistan, and now GeoNames.Mark IbanezPhilippines | Proprietor of M1 Software Solutions www.m1-software.netFilip StopinskiPolandDaniel BarradasPortugalRazvan AlexaRomaniaAndrew PaninRussiaMartin VojčíkSlovakiaSimon NovakSloveniaAbdi AhmedSomaliaChristo Du PreezSouth AfricaPaul ScottSouth AfricaF. Javier López-PellicerSpainIAAA LaboratorySpain | Centro Politécnico Superior, University of Zaragoza (Zaragoza, Spain)Marc WickSwitzerlandDongpo DengTaiwanDinçer KavraalTurkeyVladislav GorodetskiyUkraineBarry HunterUnited KingdomCarey GisterUnited StatesAlexander TorrenegraUnited StatesFrancisco FerreiroUruguaySherzod RakhmonovUzbekistanAbdulla A. FarisYemenGeoNamesMost important sources:National Geospatial-Intelligence Agencynga : National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) and the U.S. Board on Geographic NamesU.S. Board on Geographic NamesU.S. Geological Surveygnis : U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (names in US).Ordnance SurveyOrdnance Survey OpenData ~ http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ * gazetteer: Contains Ordnance Survey data Crown copyright and database right 2010.* gazetteer: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v1.0.* postal codes: Contains Royal Mail data Royal Mail copyright and database right 2010.GeoBaseGeoBase - Canadian Geographical Names (names in CA)gtopo30(elevation)Open, freely accessible geodata_93adf61c-0f90-11ec-95e8-9b100183ea00To provide a geographical database_93adf6e4-0f90-11ec-95e8-9b100183ea00Geographical DataIntegrate geographical data such as names of places in various languages, elevation, population and others_93adf78e-0f90-11ec-95e8-9b100183ea00Features for online users:SearchSearch for names with our full-text search (table based or displayed on map)_93adf838-0f90-11ec-95e8-9b100183ea001Capitals, Mountains & CitiesBrowse capitals, highest mountains and largest cities on map_f10f3674-1029-11ec-ba52-8eddf382ea002BrowseBrowse names on map and show/hide feature classes and codes_f10f38cc-1029-11ec-ba52-8eddf382ea003BookmarkBookmark maps_f10f39f8-1029-11ec-ba52-8eddf382ea004E-MailSend maps via email_f10f3b24-1029-11ec-ba52-8eddf382ea005ExportExport names as character separated values (csv) file or as png image_f10f3c32-1029-11ec-ba52-8eddf382ea006EditingEdit names (wiki)_f10f3d4a-1029-11ec-ba52-8eddf382ea007AdditionsAdd new names to the database (for registered users)_f10f3e6c-1029-11ec-ba52-8eddf382ea008GeotaggingGeotagging of names (for registered users)_f10f3f84-1029-11ec-ba52-8eddf382ea0092021-09-07https://www.geonames.org/about.htmlOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net