X-Original-To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Received: from spampd.localdomain (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45D68475AF8 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 10:53:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.propertykey.com (propertykey.com [206.196.37.193]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DF4B47592C for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 10:53:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from propertykey.com (gotojail.propertykey.com [206.196.37.197]) by mail.propertykey.com (8.11.6/8.9.3) with ESMTP id h31FrHS03799; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 09:53:18 -0600 Message-ID: <3E89B5EC.9090509@propertykey.com> Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 09:53:16 -0600 From: Jeff Hoffmann User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030312 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en, ja, zh MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Oleg Bartunov Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Off topic : world database References: <3E824070.7070207@oasis.net.au> <3E878C84.5030004@oasis.net.au> <200303311108.48751.mallah@trade-india.com> <20030331170032.GA2303@wolff.to> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-32.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_MOZILLA_UA autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) X-Archive-Number: 200304/9 X-Sequence-Number: 12710 Oleg Bartunov wrote: > I don't know if it's legal to use data from > http://www.nima.mil/gns/html/index.html > but it's a huge collection of geo data. It appears to be completely free. I don't work there so this isn't an official response, but here's one of the questions from their FAQ: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: We are interested in exploring the possibility of adding content from geonames files to our existing geographical databases. Can we proceed to download and use files? Is there a cost for this and are there restrictions on the use to which we can put the data? A: There is no problem in making the geographic names data freely available. A suitable citation note is: Toponymic information is based on the Geographic Names Data Base, containing official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names and maintained by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency. More information is available at the Maps and Geodata link at www.nima.mil. The National Imagery and Mapping Agency name, initials, and seal are protected by 10 United States Code Section 445. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I would assume that means it's free for any use providing you include appropriate credits as they suggest. -- Jeff Hoffmann PropertyKey.com