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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
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Joined: 30/09/2006 10:56:16
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Sorry I was not logged in
marc



Joined: 08/12/2005 07:39:47
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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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