Producing global placename database

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This guide shows you have to produce a global placename database from two sources: The US agencies NGA and USGS. An alternative source for global placename data is https://www.geonames.org/

Prerequisites

The tool which is used to build the database is TPG.GeoFramework.LocationServiceSqliteLoader.exe. Make sure that the support files cc.csv, dsg.csv and gns_adm1.csv are also located in the same folder.

Steps

1. Download global data from https://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html/namefiles.html ("Entire country files dataset"). Download US domestic data from https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/board-on-geographic-names/download-gnis-data ("National file")

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