Datasources used by GeoNames in the GeoNames Gazetteer
nga : National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (most names except US and CA)
gnis : U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (names in US).
National Association of Counties
GeoBase - Canadian Geographical Names (names in CA)
Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux
Corte Nacional Electoral - Republica de Boliviaa
Brasileiro de Geografia Estatística (IBGE)
gtopo30 (elevation)
nasa: srtm3 elevation, cgiar: void filled srtm3 elevation
world-gazetteer.com (population data, source site does no longer exist)
Land Information New Zealand LINZ
Statistics New Zealand
summitpost (elevation of mountains)
Geonative: alternate names
Gipuzkoa Provincial Council (see Blog posting)
Géographie de Bretagne
METAR Weatherstations
Master Location Identifier Database (c) 2008, 2011 Weather Graphics, Norman, Oklahoma
OurAirports
Amtliche Vermessung Schweiz / swisstopo
Statistische Amt des Kantons Zürich
Statistisk sentralbyr Norway (administrative divisions)
Erik Bolstad
Danmarks Statistik (admin codes)
© National Land Survey of Finland 2011
Sweden: Bebyggelseregistret, BBR (Data Base of Built Heritage)
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek and Eugene van der Pijll
Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute), Spain (admin codes)
Instituto Geográfico Nacional
Instituto Geográfico Português
Istituto Nazionale di Statistica - Italia
gfoss.it
Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière
Insee - Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques - France (admin codes)
Open Data France - data.gouv.fr
sncf (French train stations)
Ordnance Survey, UK (Ordnance Survey data Crown copyright and database right 2010)
UK Department for Transport (public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v1.0)
NISRA - Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
Geodata for Czech Republic
Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
National Geographic Information Infrastructure Programme, Survey Department, Government of Nepal
Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica courtesy of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research - SCAR, (disclaimer)
UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (APC)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration : Weather Stations
CIA - The World Factbook
National Statistical Institute Bulgaria
Roman Rachkov (Bulgarian toponyms)
Open Data Portal Romania
Offene Daten Wien
Land Niederösterreich Open Government Data
Datenquelle: Land Oberösterreich - data.ooe.gv.at
Hellenic Mapping and Cadastral Organisation (HEMCO)
Yemen Ministry of Public Health
Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung . www.geodaten.bayern.de
Amt fuer Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg
Municipal Demarcation Board South Africa
eHealth Africa - Nigeria
INEGI Mexico
Bus stops Columbia - Bogomap
hotels.com
diytravel
hotelsearch.com
more data sources
postal code sources ...
