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|[http://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ http://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/]
 
|Find coordinates for places outside of the U.S. as well as the political division it is located within.
 
|Find coordinates for places outside of the U.S. as well as the political division it is located within.
 
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|[http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/search?lang=en http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/search?lang=en]
 
|Find coordinates for places within Canada.
 
|Find coordinates for places within Canada.
 
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|[http://diddlefinger.com/ http://diddlefinger.com/]
 
|[http://diddlefinger.com/ http://diddlefinger.com/]
 
|Find coordinates for places within Japan in English.
 
|Find coordinates for places within Japan in English.
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|Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI)
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|[http://www.gsi.go.jp/ENGLISH/pape_e300284.html http://www.gsi.go.jp/ENGLISH/pape_e300284.html]
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|Find coordinates for places within Japan in English and Japanese (Kanji & Hiragana) (PDF)
 
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|Géoportail
 
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|[http://www.inegi.org.mx/geo/contenidos/geoestadistica/CatalogoClaves.aspx http://www.inegi.org.mx/geo/contenidos/geoestadistica/CatalogoClaves.aspx]
 
|Find coordinates for places within Mexico in Spanish.
 
|Find coordinates for places within Mexico in Spanish.
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|Mapa Digital de México
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|[http://gaia.inegi.org.mx/mdm6/ http://gaia.inegi.org.mx/mdm6/]
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|Find locations for places and features within Mexico in Spanish.
 
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|[http://kso.lantmateriet.se http://kso.lantmateriet.se]
 
|Find places within Sweden in Swedish but no coordinates available.
 
|Find places within Sweden in Swedish but no coordinates available.
 
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|National Land Survey of Finland (NLS)
 
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|[http://kansalaisen.karttapaikka.fi/kartanhaku/osoitehaku.html?lang=en http://kansalaisen.karttapaikka.fi/kartanhaku/osoitehaku.html?lang=en]
 
|Find coordinates for places within Finland
 
|Find coordinates for places within Finland
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|Locatienet
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|[http://routenet.nl http://routenet.nl]
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|Find coordinates for places within the Netherlands. First, search in Route Planner. Then after locating the locality, go back to Route Planner, select GPS above the search, then find the coordinates for the locality.
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|Český úřad zeměměřický a katastrální (CUZK)
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|[http://nahlizenidokn.cuzk.cz/VyberKatastrMapa.aspx http://nahlizenidokn.cuzk.cz/VyberKatastrMapa.aspx]
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|Find coordinates for places within the Czech Republic in Czech
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|Instituto Geográfico Nacional del Perú (IGN)
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|[http://www.ign.gob.pe/nomenclatorDigital/datos.php http://www.ign.gob.pe/nomenclatorDigital/datos.php]
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|Find coordinates for places within Peru in Spanish
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|Ministry of Infrastructure and Spatial Planning (MISP)
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|[http://prostor3.gov.si/iokno_ang/iokno.jsp http://prostor3.gov.si/iokno_ang/iokno.jsp]
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|Find coordinates for places within Slovenia but coordinates need converted into WGS 84 units.
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|Mapový klient (ZBGIS)
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|[https://zbgis.skgeodesy.sk/tkgis/default.aspx?lang=en https://zbgis.skgeodesy.sk/tkgis/default.aspx?lang=en]
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|Find coordinates for places within Slovakia
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|Geoportal (DGU)
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|[http://geoportal.dgu.hr/viewer/ http://geoportal.dgu.hr/viewer/]
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|Find coordinates for places within Croatia in Croatian. First, click on "Pretraga" in the left menu, then select the lower search type "Vrsta prostorne jedinice". The upper box "Vrsta prostorne jedinice" is the location type and the lower box "Ime prostorne jedinice" is the location name.
 
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|[http://www.earthpoint.us/TownshipsSearchByDescription.aspx http://www.earthpoint.us/TownshipsSearchByDescription.aspx]
 
|Convert from U.S. TRS (Township Range Section) designation to WGS coordinates
 
|Convert from U.S. TRS (Township Range Section) designation to WGS coordinates
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|The World Coordinate Converter
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|[http://twcc.fr/# http://twcc.fr/#]
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|Convert most coordinate system into WGS coordinates
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|nearby.org.uk
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|[http://www.nearby.org.uk/conversions.cgi http://www.nearby.org.uk/conversions.cgi]
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|Convert UK and Irish map coordinate as well as other coordinate systems into WGS coordinates
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|DFS-map Coordinate Tool
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|[http://ibot.sav.sk/dfs/stvorce/index.html http://ibot.sav.sk/dfs/stvorce/index.html]
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|Find DFS squares in Slovakia Note: Slovakian flag in upper right must be clicked as application will not work in English
 
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[[Category:References]]
 
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Latest revision as of 18:30, 20 August 2015

Introduction

This page is designed to provide a useful list of country-level or international gazetteers as well as other geographic resources for verifying place names and/or geopolitical units.


Gazetteers

Name URL Description
GEOnet http://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ Find coordinates for places outside of the U.S. as well as the political division it is located within.
USGS-GNIS http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/ Find coordinates for places within the U.S. and its territories as well as on Antarctica.
WDPA-UN http://www.wdpa.org/ Find national parks, reserves & protected areas along with their respective coordinates and areas.
Fuzzy Gazetteer http://dma.jrc.it/services/fuzzyg/ Find places around the world mainly utilizing GEOnet data by performing fuzzy searching. Useful for place name misspellings.
CGNDB http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/search?lang=en Find coordinates for places within Canada.
Geoscience Australia http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/ Find coordinates for places within Australia.
Ordnance Survey http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/ Find towns within the UK but no coordinates available.
streetmap http://www.streetmap.co.uk/ Find places within Great Britain but no coordinates available.
diddlefinger http://diddlefinger.com/ Find coordinates for places within Japan in English.
Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) http://www.gsi.go.jp/ENGLISH/pape_e300284.html Find coordinates for places within Japan in English and Japanese (Kanji & Hiragana) (PDF)
Géoportail http://www.geoportail.fr Find coordinates for places within France and its territories.
NZGPD http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/find-names/ Find coordinates for places within New Zealand. New gazetteer is in a spreadsheet but the old resource is a database that is many times more informative.
INEGI http://www.inegi.org.mx/geo/contenidos/geoestadistica/CatalogoClaves.aspx Find coordinates for places within Mexico in Spanish.
Mapa Digital de México http://gaia.inegi.org.mx/mdm6/ Find locations for places and features within Mexico in Spanish.
GeoDatenZentrum http://sg.geodatenzentrum.de/web_bkg_webmap/applications/webatlasde/webatlasde.html Find coordinates for places within Germany.
Lantmäteriet http://kso.lantmateriet.se Find places within Sweden in Swedish but no coordinates available.
GeoArgentina http://ventas.ign.gob.ar/catalog/searchadv.htm Find coordinates for places within Argentina in Spanish.
BEV http://www.austrianmap.at/amap/ Find coordinates for places within Austria in German.
Wikimapia http://wikimapia.org/ Find coordinates for places via user-tagged records around the world. Useful for some obscure places in particular in India.
HCSO http://portal.ksh.hu/pls/portal/CP.hnt2.gazetteer Find places within Hungary but no coordinates available.
PSGC http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/ Find places within the Philippines but no coordinates available.
Placenames Database of Ireland http://www.logainm.ie Find coordinates for places within Ireland but coordinates need converted into WGS 84 units.
Cadastre GeoMeta http://www.geometa.ch Find coordinates for places within Switzerland but coordinates need converted into WGS 84 units.
CNIG http://www.cnig.es Find coordinates for places within Spain but coordinates need converted into WGS 84 units. Click on "búsqueda avanzada (advanced search" at the top to search for a place name.
Stednavne http://www.stednavne.info Find places within Denmark in Danish but no coordinates available.
Norgeskart http://kart.statkart.no/adaptive2/default.aspx?gui=1&lang=1 Find places within Norway in Norwegian
Catalogo IGM http://www.igmi.org/ware/ Find coordinates for places within Italy in Italian
National Land Survey of Finland (NLS) http://kansalaisen.karttapaikka.fi/kartanhaku/osoitehaku.html?lang=en Find coordinates for places within Finland
Locatienet http://routenet.nl Find coordinates for places within the Netherlands. First, search in Route Planner. Then after locating the locality, go back to Route Planner, select GPS above the search, then find the coordinates for the locality.
Český úřad zeměměřický a katastrální (CUZK) http://nahlizenidokn.cuzk.cz/VyberKatastrMapa.aspx Find coordinates for places within the Czech Republic in Czech
Instituto Geográfico Nacional del Perú (IGN) http://www.ign.gob.pe/nomenclatorDigital/datos.php Find coordinates for places within Peru in Spanish
Ministry of Infrastructure and Spatial Planning (MISP) http://prostor3.gov.si/iokno_ang/iokno.jsp Find coordinates for places within Slovenia but coordinates need converted into WGS 84 units.
Mapový klient (ZBGIS) https://zbgis.skgeodesy.sk/tkgis/default.aspx?lang=en Find coordinates for places within Slovakia
Geoportal (DGU) http://geoportal.dgu.hr/viewer/ Find coordinates for places within Croatia in Croatian. First, click on "Pretraga" in the left menu, then select the lower search type "Vrsta prostorne jedinice". The upper box "Vrsta prostorne jedinice" is the location type and the lower box "Ime prostorne jedinice" is the location name.

Geographic Tools

Name URL Description
Earth Point http://www.earthpoint.us/TownshipsSearchByDescription.aspx Convert from U.S. TRS (Township Range Section) designation to WGS coordinates
The World Coordinate Converter http://twcc.fr/# Convert most coordinate system into WGS coordinates
nearby.org.uk http://www.nearby.org.uk/conversions.cgi Convert UK and Irish map coordinate as well as other coordinate systems into WGS coordinates
DFS-map Coordinate Tool http://ibot.sav.sk/dfs/stvorce/index.html Find DFS squares in Slovakia Note: Slovakian flag in upper right must be clicked as application will not work in English
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