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1. Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Compiled by the Getty Research Institue, TGN is a structured vocabulary developed primarily for the field of art history, but can be use
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/index.html - 29-11-2002
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Rating: [8.00] Votes: [468]
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2. GNS: GEOnet Names Server
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.
http://164.214.2.59/gns/html/ - 07-03-2001
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Rating: [8.00] Votes: [1275]
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5. BC Geographical Names
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-h
http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/bcnames/ - 01-11-2003
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Rating: [6.00] Votes: [1619]
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6. GeoNative
"Put minority languages on the map!": Comprehensive lists of minority place names from all over the world from native peoples, nations without state and language minorities (in Basque an
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/9479/ - 24-06-2000
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Rating: [6.00] Votes: [1247]
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8. The Global Gazetteer
Commercial gazetteer with about 2.5 million names with additional geographic and demographic data. A product designed by Knowledge Computing co. (UK) for ALLM Systems & Mark
http://www.knowledge.co.uk/geodata/ - 11-01-2001
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Rating: [6.00] Votes: [1868]
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9. The Global Gazetteer
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 p
http://www.allm-geodata.com/ - 15-01-2003
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Rating: [6.00] Votes: [535]
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10. UNGEGN
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 - 12-01-2001
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Rating: [6.00] Votes: [156]
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