[Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5] US Board of Geographic Names maintains database of US domestic and overseas geographic names by country in 9 categories

[Mike Rodenbaugh]

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On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 4:27 PM Greg Shatan <gregshatanipc at gmail.com> wrote:

> We have not yet discussed undersea geographic terms. This opens up new
> territory for us!
>
> On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 1:11 AM Dev Anand Teelucksingh <devtee at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi, just discovered a possible resource of geographic names maintained
>> by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names
>> https://geonames.usgs.gov/index.html
>>
>> Information about geographic feature names outside the US can be
>> obtained from the GEOnet Names Server (GNS) at
>> http://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html/index.html which has a search tool
>> http://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ including a way to download country
>> files http://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html/namefiles.html of geographic
>> names
>>
>> These country files appear to be very detailed with names grouped in 9
>> categories
>> A = Administrative region
>> P = Populated place
>> V = Vegetation
>> L = Locality or area
>> U = Undersea
>> R = Streets, highways, roads, or railroad
>> T = Hypsographic
>> H = Hydrographic
>> S = Spot
>>
>> according to http://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html/gis_countryfiles.html
>>
>> A search of the WT5 document didn't turn up this resource so I thought
>> I bring it to the group's attention
>>
>> Dev Anand Teelucksingh
>> At-Large member, Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society
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