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Where can I get databases of cities/places around the world?

In dopplr [http://www.dopplr.com] there is an option to fill the city of travel and the site will automatically find the city around the world. Is there any web service or database for such a city lookup?

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suhair Avatar asked Nov 27 '08 15:11

suhair


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http://www.geonames.org/ is useful - HTML query, download and web service.

Also http://developer.yahoo.com/geo/ - you'll need a Yahoo developer ID.

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Robert Brook Avatar answered Oct 21 '22 05:10

Robert Brook