http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/4.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Geosetter I am discovering the impressive power of the GeoNames DB. Great works and thanks to all contributors! I've seen there is a possibility to download the DB and even import it in a RDBMS (mySQL, Postgre, MS-SQL, etc) according to the FAQ. Great! On the other side, I see open sources clients to use the Web Services. Now, I am thinking about the next step: is there any project on using the same web services, but hosted in other place, typically locally? I mean, instead of using the web services ws.geonames.org, it should be possible to download the DB and define a similar web service, and then only change the WS adresss in his final application. The goal is to avoid change in client application which are using ws.geonames.org. I would have the advantage of limiting the access to ws.geonames.org which often times out. And the main use case I see would be actually to use that on his own computer, e.g. on a laptop off-line, without (free) internet access. What do you think? [I cross post the idea with Geosetter]]> http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1459.page#6089 http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1459.page#6089 GMT http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1459.page#6098 http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1459.page#6098 GMT http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1459.page#6105 http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1459.page#6105 GMT