GeoNames Forum

Hallo Marc,

ich raffel das irgendwie nicht so ganz. Die XML-Variante ist zwar auch noch nicht fertig, arbeitet aber in dem Punkt.
http://www.agrosync.de/muehlen/recherche/

Die Json - Variante hätte ich eigentlich bevorzugt. Kanns Du Dir mal
http://www.agrosync.de/geonames.html

ansehen und mir sagen, was ich falsch mache um eine Liste mit den Plz + Name zu bekommen? Habe aus obigen Beispiel die GMapsachen entfernt und die Koordinaten mal hartkodiert.

Die Sammlung soll mehrere private zusammenführen und wäre vielleicht auch was für Dich. Unter dem letzten Link findest Du das Datenformat, auf das wir uns geignet haben. Wir erwarten so 2000+x Punkte in Deutschland.

Kanst mich auch privat anmailen und als Außenstehender Deine Meinung datenbanktechnisch zu äußern. Wir haben es so eher mit alter mecheanischer Technik. Ich würde es begrüßen, wenn unsere Punkte auch hier mit eingehen.
http://www.agrosync.de/muehlen/mrecherche.html

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

wieland@niecke.de

Oops sorry, looked for it but never found it. Thanks

Is there a problem with producing an Atom feed using the RSS to GeoRSS converter?

For example:
This URL does not produce any geo:lat/long tags.
http://ws.geonames.org/rssToGeoRSS?feedUrl=http://feeds.feedburner.com/usgs/eqs1day-M25&type=atom_1.0

This one does.
http://ws.geonames.org/rssToGeoRSS?feedUrl=http://feeds.feedburner.com/usgs/eqs1day-M25&type=rss_2.0

Thanks!

Hallo,
genau die Seite hatte ich als Ausgangsbasis genommen. Ich glaube aber fast, ich habe ein grundsätzliches Verständnisproblem. Wenn ich genau dieses Script kommplett so lasse und nur in der Zeile
Code:

html = html + '<a href="javascript:center(' + name.lat +',' + name.lng + ');">' + name.name + '</a><br>';

ein name.lat + oder name.fclass vor dem '</a> einfüge, tut sich was ich erwarte. Ein name.postalcode gibts dann nicht. Ich hatte vermutet, die Nodeknoten aus der XML-Hierarchie nehmen zu können.

How do I use the URLS to include cities with special characters such as öäü ?
Needed for Düsseldorf, Köln etc.

Thanks for any reply.

Hallo,

ich bin leider unfähig die Beispielseiten von geonames.org so umzubauen, daß ich einen request wie

http://ws.geonames.org/findNearbyPostalCodesJSON?lat=54&lng=13

auswerten kann. Ich sehe immer eine Liste mit sooft 'undefined' wie der alternative XML-Request sonst Datensätze zurückliefert. Habe leider keinerlei Erfahrung in Javascript oder sonstiger Programmierung.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

using PHP geoclass.php may be of use...

I tended to get the information, convert it to a point distance from a central location (North, East from a set location) then use distance calculation in postgres to get a true radius. This was my own personal preference.

Thanks Marc,

How about to send me the postalcode dump? I am really eager to program the new functions =)

There are not many Tibetan names in the database. I understand the politics of why, but in my opinion the Tibet names should be included.

I will see what I can do about finding some Tibetan GIS.

http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_32.0_90.0.html
http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_29.65_91.1.html

~Thomas

Thank you Marc for the answer.

However, I tride to simply import data in XL : Data->Import Exter. Data-> Import Data.

I tried with the following URL :
http://api.search.yahoo.com/WebSearchService/V1/webSearch?appid=YahooDemo&query=Dan+Rather&results=10

And it works fine.

Then I tried with :
http://ws.geonames.org/search?q=london&maxRows=10

And I get an error : Could Not open 'http://ws.geonames.org/search?q=london&maxRows=10'

So I think that my problem come from geonames Vs Excel since I get the pefect answer with IE 6.0.And it works well in july.

Any idea ?

David.

As this is still undocumented, I just wanted to confirm that its OK to use this hierarchy webservice? As I have a really cool idea for a use of it!

No problem but I've got an error while trying to attach the file to this message.
So give me an email address and I'll send it to you!

Johann

(btw this is barryhunter from nearby.org.uk - it seems a I can't register being colour blind cant read the damn capatchas!)

Following on from a comment about searching for things like 'United Kingdom' I think this is where you could really use the webservice as I thing geonames does a good job of identifying placenames.

Of course you should still maintain a copy for distance searches and also general browsing and stuff.

However in a case like this you could first do a check on the country column and return any results in that country reather than just find a place with that name

Hi,

I am experiencing some troubleshooting with the XL macro I developped to geocode list of locations placed in my spreadsheet. That macro was running perfectly a month ago and is not working anymore.

I tried the following example, once directly by typing the URL in Internet Explorer and secondly using XL macro :
sendstring = "http://ws.geonames.org/postalCodeSearch?postalcode=9011&maxRows=10"
ActiveWorkbook.XmlMaps("Geo_Zip").Import URL:=sendstring

The URL works fine with IE but not with XL (And belive me I have the proper XMLMAP in the XL file)

Is there any limitation for XL users ?

David.

How can I see the full list of the Wikipedia tags in various languages which you consider as georaphic coordinates?

Andy Mao

This is great Marc. Thanx a million!

Another question about adding places.

Is there a way to jump directly to a GPS location when viewing the map.

If I want to add a new places, and I have the exact coordinates, it's a real pain in the ass to scroll around the map and try to pinpoint it.

I'd much rather just type in the coordinates and jump right there.

Cheers,
-Adam

Hi MArc, yes I have seen that but its not what I am after, I dont need to show any maps.

Just enter place name and it stores the lon/lat of the first result (country = GB, max rows =1) in the form so that I can query my database

can anyone help me request this in a simple asp page? still very confused

hi. could you send me the postal code dump from Spain?.It's for a GIS project to finish my career.

alvarouniovi@yahoo.es

Thanks.