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

On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 8:40 AM Mike Flannigan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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 ...

https://geonames.nga.mil/geonames/GeographicNamesSearch/

Angie Cope 

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