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Is there any free/paid geo data service available? [closed]

I need to create two dropdowns for an app. One shows all countries the the world, the other is filled with all cities of a selected country in the first dropdown. Is there any web service or database that provides such information?

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Desmond Liang Avatar asked Apr 13 '11 18:04

Desmond Liang


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Given that you found by yourself the answer to your question, I'll give the answer for what you ask in the comment:

Maybe Boxer Text Editor will do the trick:

Large file capacity

  • edit files up to 2 GB in size
  • no theoretical limit on the number of open files
  • line lengths to 32K characters
  • total editing capacity is limited only by the operating system's virtual memory capabilities
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Francisco Alvarado Avatar answered Sep 30 '22 12:09

Francisco Alvarado