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Geo::GeoNames provides a perl interface to the webservices found at [1]. That
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is, given a given placename or postalcode, the module will look it up and return
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more information (longitude, lattitude, etc) for the given placename or
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postalcode. Wikipedia lookups are also supported. If more than one match is
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found, a list of locations will be returned.
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Before you start, get a free GeoNames account and enable it for access to the
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free web service:
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- Get an account [2]
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- Respond to the email
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- Login and enable your account for free access [3]
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[1] http://api.geonames.org/
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[2] http://www.geonames.org/login
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[3] http://www.geonames.org/enablefreewebservice
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WWW: https://metacpan.org/release/Geo-GeoNames
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