[OSGeo-Discuss] RE: Yahoo Geoplanet Versus GeoNames

[Ian Turton]

On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Connors, Bernie (SNB)
<Bernie.Connors at snb.ca> wrote:
> I believe there is an error in the article from cosmocode:
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> http://www.cosmocode.de/en/blog/schoenborn/2010-01/24-free-geo-data-solutions-compared-geonames.org-vs.-yahoo-geoplanet
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> It says that Yahoo GeoPlanet does NOT Provide Geo coordinates but this link
> from GeoPlanet does show coordinates:
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> http://isithackday.com/geoplanet-explorer/index.php?woeid=2500105
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> Perhaps GeoPlanet has been updated since the cosmocode article was written.
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The article is about the data that can be downloaded not the web service.

Ian


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Ian Turton