Thanks so much, fellahs. I really appreciate your help. That's all very helpful information. Mike, a few quick questions if you don't mind: -You write "I believe..." How confident are you that Google Maps uses that repository? Ever encountered any mismatches, etc. between USBoGN and Google Maps? -And finally, if a place is in the USBoGN repository, does that mean GMaps will recognize the place name and will be able to locate it? Or are only a limited number of place names in the repository covered by Google Maps? (i.e. GMaps uses the repository as a kind of style manual, but doesn't cover all locations in it?)
I'd play around with the webpages you kindly linked to, Mike, but their servers seem down right now. Will try again soon. Thanks again, gentlemen. Scott On May 30, 9:47 pm, Mike Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > Wasn't it ScottE who wrote: > > >Hi all, Is there a master list of locations and their spellings for > >Google Maps API? > > I believe that Google use the placename spellings that are officially > sanctioned by the United States Board on Geographic Names. The official > repository for those names is split between US Domestic placenames, > which can be downloaded from here: > http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/download_data.htm > and foreign placenames which are held here: > http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/ > > -- > Mike Williamshttp://econym.org.uk/gmap --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
