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 > AGS Library, UW Milwaukee Libraries > 2311 E. Hartford Avenue > Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211 > > http://uwm.edu/libraries/agsl/ > M-F 8:00am-4:30pm [log in to unmask] > Personal phone: (414) 251-7608 > AGSL phone: (414)229-6282 > 43°03'8"N 87°57'21"W > > > > >