I'm looking for a way to take a list of US based lat/lon pairs and determine which state they are in.
The web based query example found at <http://ws.geonames.org/countrySubdivision?lat=47.03&lng=10.2> produces the type of result I want in the adminCode1 XML field.
Is it possible to have a local copy of the US database and perform this type of search? The computer does not always have access to the Internet.