GeoNames Forum

I have a postgres db on a server that hosts some sites to give the users geographical capabilities. Until now where are you from? with a google maps interface and your database.

Then a map can show members distribution around the world. Just an example.

Everybody knows that the languages of the toponyms and the hierarchical pertenance to administrative divisions are sensitive questions. And there will never be an complete data base of places on earth. So I allow the users to add new places and new names.

Well, I have not yet a sync method to import new places in newer versions of your database in my relationed and partitioned database, so in case of future manual syncs, there will be problems with places manually introduced in my data base and in geonames...

It's an open and wiki project so I (well, the users of the sites I host) also could add new info in geonames.org. And many people are in similar cases like me, so...

what about a syncing protocol? (go and back) Of course whith a merge method (near places and names) and maybe a polling mecanism for ordering in each language.

Just an idea, I don't know f there is already something similar in progress

What about graphical content? Areas, trajectories,... are there projects in common with openstreetmaps or similars.

Just some ideas...