GeoNames Forum

Hello guys,

I would like to use reverse geocoding for my country (non-USA). But in order to read street names, they first need to be stored in a database.
In which format should this be stored? I can point (one-point) features with the R feature class, but it's better to do this with lines (two-point) or polylines (n-point lines).
Under reverse geocoding I found the xml result with the tag 'streetName'. Is this associated to features with the 'R' class (road)?

What if I create my own database with streetnames? Can this be connected? And which columns would you like to have connected?

The street level reverse geocoding is an entirely different dataset and not connected to the GeoNames database.

Marc

How can I contribute to this database?

We use it as it is and do not update it. It would be far too complex to update it and make sure the updates don't get lost with new data releases from the source database.

Marc

So can I provide my own 'source' database then? How much items is a minimum before it will be used by geonames?

We don't merge street databases and a source would have to cover an entire country.

Marc