GEOnet Names Server - Revision history

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 * This page is a sub-page of [[Geocoding Inventor Locations]]
-The [http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp GEOnet Names Server (GNS)] is available from the U.S. [http://www.nga.mil National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's] and provides longitude, latitude and other information for an extensive list of place names around the world. To our knowledge it is the most comprehensive source available for free academic use. [http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html Individual country files and a zip of all country files] are provided. Note that the GNS does not use the [[ISO3166]] standard two-character country abbreviations.
+The [http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp GEOnet Names Server (GNS)] is available from the U.S. [http://www.nga.mil National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's] and provides longitude, latitude and other information for an extensive list of place names around the world. To our knowledge it is the most comprehensive source available for free academic use. [http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html Individual country files and a zip of all country files] are provided. Note that the GNS does not use the [[ISO3166]] standard two-character country abbreviations - see below.
 ==Licensing==
 The NGA site states: "There are no licensing requirements or restrictions in place for the use of  the GNS data. Toponymic information is based on the Geographic Names Data Base, containing official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names and maintained by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency."
 ==Other Sources==

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 * This page is a sub-page of [[Geocoding Inventor Locations]]
-The [http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp GEOnet Names Server (GNS)] is available from the U.S. [http://www.nga.mil National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's] and provides longitude, latitude and other information for an extensive list of place names around the world. To our knowledge it is the most comprehensive source available for free academic use. [http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html Individual country files and a zip of all country files] are provided.
+The [http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp GEOnet Names Server (GNS)] is available from the U.S. [http://www.nga.mil National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's] and provides longitude, latitude and other information for an extensive list of place names around the world. To our knowledge it is the most comprehensive source available for free academic use. [http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html Individual country files and a zip of all country files] are provided. Note that the GNS does not use the [[ISO3166]] standard two-character country abbreviations.
 ==Licensing==

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 * This page is a sub-page of [[Geocoding Inventor Locations]]
-The [http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp GEOnet Names Server (GNS)] is available from the U.S. [http://www.nga.mil National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's] and provides longitude, latitude and other information for an extensive list of place names around the world. To our knowledge it is the most comprehensive source available for free academic use.
+The [http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp GEOnet Names Server (GNS)] is available from the U.S. [http://www.nga.mil National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's] and provides longitude, latitude and other information for an extensive list of place names around the world. To our knowledge it is the most comprehensive source available for free academic use. [http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html Individual country files and a zip of all country files] are provided.
 ==Licensing==

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 ***H = Hydrographic type feature
 ***S = Spot type feature
-**DC - Designation Code (DC provides a refinement of NT, details are in [http://www.edegan.com/repository/GNS-DesignationCodes.txt GNS-DesignationCodes.txt]
+**DSG - Feature Designation Code (DSG provides a refinement of NT, details are in [http://www.edegan.com/repository/GNS-DesignationCodes.txt GNS-DesignationCodes.txt]
 **SHORT_FORM - a Short Form of the name that is commonly used
 **FULL_NAME - the Long Form of the name
 **FULL_NAME_ND - the Long Form of the name without diacritics

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 **UNI - Unique Name Idenfier (a numeric value - often negative)
 **LAT and LONG - Latitude and Longitude (Decimal - also available as DMS)
-** NT - Name Type (Only A,P and L are of use in matching to addresses)
+**NT - Name Type - Mostly only N (BGN Standard name) or V (Variant) present in the data
 ***A = Administrative region type feature
 ***P = Populated place type feature

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-* This page is part of a series under the [[NBER Patent Data]] Project
+* This page is part of a series under the [[NBER Patent Data |NBER Patent Data Project]]
 * This page is a sub-page of [[Geocoding Inventor Locations]]
 The [http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp GEOnet Names Server (GNS)] provides longitude, latitude and other information for an extensive list of place names around the world. To our knowledge it is the most comprehensive source available.

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		+	* This page is part of a series under the [[NBER Patent Data Project]]
		+	* This page is a sub-page of [[Geocoding Inventor Locations]]
	The [http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp GEOnet Names Server (GNS)] provides longitude, latitude and other information for an extensive list of place names around the world. To our knowledge it is the most comprehensive source available.		The [http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp GEOnet Names Server (GNS)] provides longitude, latitude and other information for an extensive list of place names around the world. To our knowledge it is the most comprehensive source available.