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This morning I tried to access the GNIS as per your announcement.
The following response came back to me:
 
"403 Forbidden
Your client does not have permission to get URL /www/gnis from this
server."
 
Is access to this database restricted to the U.S.A. only?
 
Regards, Jerry Kowalyk
Science & Technology Library
Cameron 1-26
University of Alberta
T6G 2J8
 
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> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> The US Geological Survey has just released to the WWW access to the
> Geographic Names Information System.  The data base is researchable via the
> WWW at the following http address.
>
>         http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/
>
> John Shanton
> USGS-ESIC
> Reston, Va.
>
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