GeoNames is a geographical database available and accessible through various web services, containing over 25 million geographical names and consists of over 12 million unique features with 3 million alternate names. The GeoNames database covers all countries and contains information about populated places, administrative divisions, mountains, lakes, seas, rivers, and other geographical features.
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Returns a list of postalcodes and places for the lat/lng or postalcode query as XML document. The result is sorted by distance. For Canada the FSA is returned (first 3 characters of full postal code). Limits: 30km radius (free service), 160km (premium service), 500 maxRows (free service) and 2500 maxRows for the premium service.
Returns a list of postal codes and places for the placename/postalcode query as XML document. For the US the first returned zip code is determined using zip code area shapes, the following zip codes are based on the centroid. For all other supported countries all returned postal codes are based on centroids.
Returns a list of postal codes and places for the placename/postalcode query in JSON format.
Returns the country and the administrative subdivison (state, province,...) for the given latitude/longitude.
Returns the country and the administrative subdivison (state, province,...) for the given latitude/longitude in JSON format.
Returns the timezone at the lat/lng with gmt offset (1. January) and dst offset (1. July).
Returns the timezone at the lat/lng with gmt offset (1. January) and dst offset (1. July) in JSON format.
Returns the most detailed information available for the lat/lng query as XML document. It is a combination of several services. In the US it returns address information. In other countries it returns the hierarchy service. On oceans it returns the ocean name.
Returns the closest toponym for the given lat/lng with optional feature filters.
Returns the closest toponym for the lat/lng query in JSON format.
