GeoNames API
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 Webservices including the following categories:
The APIs use RESTful protocol and responses vary in format between XML, JSON, CSV, and TXT
While the GeoNames data is free, the data is available without costs, there is a Service Level Agreement available for premium web services.
Geonames provides a suite of Webservices including the following categories:
- Fulltext search
- Place Hierarchy
- Wikipedia
- Postal Codes
- Reverse Geocoding
The APIs use RESTful protocol and responses vary in format between XML, JSON, CSV, and TXT
While the GeoNames data is free, the data is available without costs, there is a Service Level Agreement available for premium web services.
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Specs
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Unspecified
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Creative Commons Attributions License
Web/Internet
Single purpose API
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REST
URI Query String/CRUD
CSV, JSON, Text, XML
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Followers (400)
Developers (91)
API Mashups (90)
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myMeetingTime is a tool for helping people connect across time zones. Leveraging timezone data from IANA (via TimezoneDB) and mashing it up with geo location names from GeoNames, myMeetingTime is...
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University papers and educational ebooks and documents.
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Job search that utilises indeed.com, simplyhired.com, careerbuilder.com API-s.
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531 Reference APIs: GeoNames, Wikipedia and CrunchBase
Our API directory now includes 531 reference APIs. The newest is the CanLII API. The most popular, in terms of mashups, is the GeoNames API. We list 88 GeoNames mashups. Below you'll find some more stats from the directory, including the entire list of reference APIs.
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Our API directory now includes 32 postal APIs. The newest is the Stamps.com API. The most popular, in terms of mashups, is the GeoNames API. We list 84 GeoNames mashups. Below you'll find some more stats from the directory, including the entire list of postal APIs.
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