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Mark A. Thomas
GIS Specialist and Librarian for Economics
Center for Data and Visualization Sciences
226B Bostock Library / 919-660-5853 /[log in to unmask]
On Feb 22, 2023, at 4:14 PM, LOUISE RATLIFF <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
You can also click on the "zoom to" box and click on the dot on the map, and get the information that way.Louise
I had some success going here: https://geonames.nga.mil/geonames/GeographicNamesSearch/. I typed in my search term of Belfast. Then I clicked on the box labeled "fuzzy search," in the upper right. It returned a long list of Belfast places along with checkboxes for filtering by country. I selected UK and got a smaller list. But that did not tell me any information. So, I checked the box for City of Belfast and clicked the magnifying glass to zoom to it on the map. Next I closed out that fuzzy search results window so I could see the map. Then I clicked on the dot on the map and it gave me the name information. This is really bizarre behavior, in my humble opinion.
Louise
I have the same problem as Debbie Hall.
Your link gave a 503 gateway error.
Now I just tried it again and it does go to the map.
This is the website I use instead:
http://www.geonames.org/
Yeah, no https, but my website doesn't have https either.
Mike Flannigan
Houston, TX
On 2/22/23 09:29, Angela R Cope wrote:
Is anyone else struggling to search for official US geographic names for foreign places? I keep getting spun in circles, I get to the web app but it won't load or I get an "unresponsive" message following a search. Does anyone have a link that works? Is it possible to load the app without the map? I only need summaries - official and variant place names.
Help!
Here's one of the many links that sends me into a vortex ...
Angie Cope
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