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geonames

Interface to the "Geonames" Spatial Query Web Service

v0.999 · Feb 19, 2019 · GPL-3

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The web service at <https://www.geonames.org/> provides a number of spatial data queries, including administrative area hierarchies, city locations and some country postal code queries. A (free) username is required and rate limits exist.

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  Authors@R: person(given = "Barry",
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                    role = c("aut", "cre"),
                    email = "b.rowlingson@gmail.com")
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Maintainer: ‘Barry Rowlingson <b.rowlingson@gmail.com>’

No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
Please add one, modifying
  Authors@R: person(given = "Barry",
                    family = "Rowlingson",
                    role = c("aut", "cre"),
                    email = "b.rowlingson@gmail.com")
as necessary.

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Dependencies Reverse dependencies rjson weed mapmisc geonames

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new 0.999 Mar 9, 2026