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30/09/2006 11:09:36
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Anonymous
I'm currently using
ftp://ftp.nga.mil/pub/gns_data/
and
http://www.census.gov/tiger/tms/gazetteer/places2k.txt
in some of my projects.
What is the difference between this project and these projects concerning number/completness of cities?
Should I use both, or only one?
Best regards,
Gabriel
30/09/2006 11:39:13
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nuage
Joined: 30/09/2006 10:56:16
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Sorry I was not logged in
30/09/2006 12:13:43
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marc
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Hi Gabriel
Geonames.org is a combination of the two datasets you are mentioning with many many more (USGS, geobase for Canada, Linz for New Zealand, Wikipedia, ...). Geonames.org also has an edit interface for users to correct errors.
In case you wonder what happens to your correction if a new nga data set release is loaded. Here the faq entry :
http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/23.page
And here the numbers of the latest load :
http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/150.page
Geonames.org should therefore be more accurate and more complete.
Marc
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