http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/4.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net state the area belongs to. Am I right? Where can I find the data I need to sort out what area belong to what "county" and what "county" belongs to which "state"? Thanks for a Great service Marc, you rock the world! Kind regards Joe]]> http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1339.page#5611 http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1339.page#5611 GMT http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1339.page#5612 http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1339.page#5612 GMT http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1339.page#5614 http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1339.page#5614 GMT http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1339.page#5615 http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1339.page#5615 GMT ADM3->ADM2->ADM1). For a given ADM, you can ask for his parent and childs www.gisgraphy.com is the project site services.gisgraphy.com is a site where the gisgraphy framework is installed (so you can test it before install it) Hope it helps (if i understand the need) David ]]> http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1339.page#5617 http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1339.page#5617 GMT http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1339.page#6086 http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1339.page#6086 GMT