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Place Names (45)

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GNS: GEOnet Names Server Open in a new browser window  
   Global searchable database set up by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), US. Foreign place names as approved by the US Board of Geographic Names, other name variants. Approx. 3.3 million entries
   http://164.214.2.59/gns/html/
GeoNative Open in a new browser window  
   Luistxo Fernandez lists place names from all over the world in minority languages, which usually never appear in maps. [Basque and English].
   http://www.geocities.com/Athens/9479/
Planetary System Nomenclature Open in a new browser window  
   Naming places outside Planet Earth, by the Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGSPN) of the International Astronomical Union
   http://wwwflag.wr.usgs.gov/USGSFlag/Space/nomen/nomen.html
The Global Gazetteer Open in a new browser window  
   3.5 million place names in a commercial gazetteer (not to be consulted online, but to be purchased). Latitude/longitude, population, postcodes, administrative areas. Also some 40,000 ports and airports. Developed by ALLM Systems & Marketing.
   http://www.allm-geodata.com/
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Open in a new browser window  
   Compiled by the Getty Research Institue, TGN is a structured vocabulary developed primarily for the field of art history, but can be used in any in many other applications. The thesaurus contains nearly 1 million place names representing approximately 900
   http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/index.html
Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer Server Open in a new browser window  
   ADL Gazetteer. If you search for a placename ADL not only provides a map, but gives also a link to search in Yahoo!
   http://fat-albert.alexandria.ucsb.edu:8827/gazetteer/
Place Names Servers on the Internet Open in a new browser window  
   A collection of links by Arizona State University.
   http://www.asu.edu/lib/hayden/govdocs/maps/geogname.htm
World Gazetteer by ESRI Open in a new browser window  
   Enter a city, country or river name for which to search. ESRI stands for Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.
   http://maps.esri.com/scripts/esrimap.dll?name=gaz_avd&cmd=start
International Alternative Country Names Open in a new browser window  
   A list of names for existing countries and some regions and islands that differ from the standard international and/or English nomenclatures.
   http://www1.tip.nl/~t100878/altname.htm
A Political World Gazetteer Open in a new browser window  
   An outline of the world's political divisions, organized by continent, nation, national subdivision, and further geographic areas.
   http://www.frognet.net/~jaknouse/gazindx.html
UNGEGN Open in a new browser window  
   United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names. Contains information and resolutions on the issue of place names.
   http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/about_us.htm
BC Geographical Names Open in a new browser window  
   Government site lists geographical naming principles and policy, how to propose a geographical name, access to the BC Geographical Names Information System (BCGNIS), links to BC-history/related sites, and to toponymy sites.
   http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/bcnames/

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