geonames (version 0.6)

Hierarchy: Admin area hierarchies

Description

These are functions for administrative hierarchies

Usage

GNchildren(geonameId)
GNhierarchy(...)
GNsiblings(geonameId)
GNneighbours(geonameId)
GNcountrySubdivision(lat,lng,lang,radius,maxRows)

Arguments

geonameId

A geoname identifier

lat

Decimal latitude. North is positive

lng

Decimal longitude. East is positive

lang

Language for returned text

radius

Search radius

maxRows

Maximum number of rows to return

...

See http://www.geonames.org/export/ws-overview.html for details of arguments to this function

Value

• List or data frame objects with the query results.

Details

These functions query geonames for information about administrative region hierarchies.

See http://www.geonames.org/export/ws-overview.html for a full description of valid arguments and return values