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API & Service for City name, Country lookups [closed]

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Is there a public City lookup and API (RESTful) available somewhere? As opposed to holding our own City list.

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iss42 Avatar asked Mar 25 '14 11:03

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This API looks comprehensive: Geobytes.com free ajax cities API

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iss42 Avatar answered Oct 13 '22 01:10

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