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|[http://dma.jrc.it/services/fuzzyg/ http://dma.jrc.it/services/fuzzyg/] | |[http://dma.jrc.it/services/fuzzyg/ http://dma.jrc.it/services/fuzzyg/] | ||
|Find places around the world mainly utilizing GEOnet data by performing fuzzy searching. Useful for place name misspellings. | |Find places around the world mainly utilizing GEOnet data by performing fuzzy searching. Useful for place name misspellings. | ||
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| + | |CGNDB | ||
| + | |[http://gnss.nrcan.gc.ca/gnss-srt/searchName.jsp http://gnss.nrcan.gc.ca/gnss-srt/searchName.jsp] | ||
| + | |Find coordinates for places within Canada. | ||
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| + | |Geoscience Australia | ||
| + | |[http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/ http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/] | ||
| + | |Find coordinates for places within Australia. | ||
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| + | |Ordnance Survey | ||
| + | |[http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/ http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/] | ||
| + | |Find towns within the UK but no coordinates available. | ||
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| + | |streetmap | ||
| + | |[http://www.streetmap.co.uk/ http://www.streetmap.co.uk/] | ||
| + | |Find places within Great Britain but no coordinates available. | ||
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| + | |diddlefinger | ||
| + | |[http://diddlefinger.com/ http://diddlefinger.com/] | ||
| + | |Find coordinates for places within Japan in English. | ||
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| + | |Géoportail | ||
| + | |[http://www.geoportail.fr/index.do http://www.geoportail.fr/index.do] | ||
| + | |Find coordinates for places within France and its territories. | ||
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| + | |NZGPD | ||
| + | |[http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/find-names/ 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. | ||
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| + | |INEGI | ||
| + | |[http://mapserver.inegi.gob.mx/mgn2k/ http://mapserver.inegi.gob.mx/mgn2k/] | ||
| + | |Find coordinates for places within Mexico. | ||
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[[Category:Data Entry Assistant]] | [[Category:Data Entry Assistant]] | ||
[[Category:References]] | [[Category:References]] | ||
Revision as of 15:27, 12 November 2010
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 or geopolitical units.
Resources
| Name | URL | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GEOnet | http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/ | 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://gnss.nrcan.gc.ca/gnss-srt/searchName.jsp | 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. |
| Géoportail | http://www.geoportail.fr/index.do | 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://mapserver.inegi.gob.mx/mgn2k/ | Find coordinates for places within Mexico. |
