GeoNames API Profile

Geonames is a geographical database with web services that let users extract useful information about different places, such as weather, timezone and post codes. The GeoNames geographical database covers all countries and contains over eight million placenames that are available for download free of charge. Users can edit, correct and add new names using a wiki interface.

Geonames provides a suite of 36 Webservices covering the following categories:
Fulltext search
Place Hierarchy
Wikipedia
Postal Codes
Reverse Geocoding
Earthquakes
Weather

The APIs use RESTful protocol and responses vary in format between XML, JSON, RDF, CSV, TXT, RSS and KML.

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GeoNames: Highlights

Summary: Geographic name and postal code lookup

Category: Reference

Tags: weather postal reference database geography

Protocols: REST

Data Formats: XML, JSON, JSONP, RDF, CSV, TXT, RSS, KML

API home: http://www.geonames.org/export/

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GeoNames: Specifications

Functionality

Client Install Required

Service Endpoint: http://api.geonames.org/

Signup and Licensing

Signup Requirements: Account with service

Developer Key Required

Account Required: Yes

Commercial Licensing

Provider: geonames.org

Non-Commercial Lic.

Data Licensing

Usage Fees: None

Program Fees: None

Certification Program

Usage Limits: 30,000 credits daily limit per application

Terms of Service

Security

Authentication Model: Security Token

SSL Support

Read-only Without Login

Support

Vendor API Kits: Java, Ruby, Python, PHP, PERL, Obj-C

Community API Kits

API Blog

Site Blog: geonames.wordpress.com/

API Forum: groups.google.com/group/geonames

Developer Support: forum.geonames.org/

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February 03, 2011 at 11:35: Comment by: ericwfrost
How can I add a How To article? This shows How To parse GeoNames content, reformat and automate rendering and overlay (via Python win32) into MapPoint http://www.mapforums.com/add-city-coverage-mappoint-using-geonames-database-15244.html

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