geonames (version 0.8)

General: General Queries

Description

Get topographic (height) information.

Usage

GNcountryCode(lat,lng,lang,radius)
GNcountryInfo(country,lang)
GNcities(north,east,south,west,lang,maxRows)
GNtimezone(lat,lng)

Arguments

lat

Decimal latitude. North is positive

lng

Decimal longitude. East is positive

radius

Search radius in km

lang

Language for internationalised returned text

country

Two-character country code

north,east,south,west

Decimal degree bounding box

maxRows

Limit on returned rows

Value

• List or data frame objects with the query results.

Details

These functions query geonames for information about various things. See http://www.geonames.org/export/ws-overview.html for a full description of valid arguments and return values.