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>Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 13:59:41 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Tom Moritz <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Web gazetteers (fwd)
These have been cataloged into OCLC (available for copy...) -- Tom
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>Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 13:23:41 -0700 (PDT)
>From: "Adam L. Schiff" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Tom Moritz <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Web gazetteers
Check out the following URLs:
GNIS (U.S. and territories) http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html
GEOnames (foreign countries) http://164.214.2.53/gns/html/index.html
GNIS provides links to maps and to watersheds from the place names. The
maps allow you zoom in/out and show longitude/latitude as well.
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