Hi thanks, I found out that with geonames, they do not have software to map the names to maps in java. Therefore, if i wanted to do this, what kind of tools would be needed?
webrian wrote: > > Probably you look for something like geonames: http://www.geonames.org > > There is also a Java library, which helps you to access the geonames web > services: http://www.geonames.org/source-code/ > > > Adrian Custer wrote: >> >> On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 13:16 -0700, fx5900 wrote: >>> Hi i was just curious to know, when it comes to using geospacial data, >>> how do >>> i assertain this, London? Or is it already part of the Data section in >>> the >>> GeoTools library? >>> >>> Thanks >> >> GeoTools does not have any way to disambiguate "London" and guess which >> one you mean and from that give you coordinates in some reference system >> you may care about. That kind of work requires a special set of modules >> and then lots of linguistic logic. >> >> --adrian >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. >> It's the best place to buy or sell services for >> just about anything Open Source. >> http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php >> _______________________________________________ >> Geotools-gt2-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-gt2-users >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Database-Query-tp18184900p18256000.html Sent from the geotools-gt2-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ Geotools-gt2-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-gt2-users
