Hi Dr.Solanki,I have used Geonames data with SPARQL not with Java.
So I am just guessing based on the code available at
http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1460.pageAn indirect way to do it could be to query for the feature code of the toponym and checking if its "http://www.geonames.org/ontology#L.CONT"";.
Another way, is to use the Hierarchy Web Service : http://www.geonames.org/export/place-hierarchy.html#hierarchy
Since this returns the Continent as top most element in the hierarchy. Hope it helps. Thanks, Regards Prateek -- *Prateek Jain* PhD Student, Research Assistant Kno.e.sis, Wright State University Web: http://prateek-jain.com Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Phone: (770) 406-6356 On 3/30/2010 10:47 AM, Monika Solanki wrote:
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