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Services_GeoNames is a PHP5 interface to the various webservices
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offered by the GeoNames project.
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The GeoNames database contains over 8,000,000 geographical names
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corresponding to over 6,500,000 unique features. All features are
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categorized into one out of nine feature classes and further
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subcategorized into one out of 645 feature codes. Beyond names of
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places in various languages, data stored include latitude, longitude,
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elevation, population, administrative subdivision and postal codes.
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All coordinates use the WGS84 system (World Geodetic System 1984).
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Those data are accessible free of charge through a number of Web
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services and a daily database export. The Web services include
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direct and reverse geocoding,finding places through postal codes,
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finding places next to a given place, and finding Wikipedia articles
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about neighbouring places.
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WWW: http://pear.php.net/package/Services_GeoNames
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