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geonames (version 0.996)

Interface to www.geonames.org web service

Description

Code for querying the web service at www.geonames.org

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Install

install.packages('geonames')

Monthly Downloads

574

Version

0.996

License

GPL-3

Maintainer

Barry Rowlingson

Last Published

May 7th, 2014

Functions in geonames (0.996)

GNwikipediaBoundingBox

wikipedia articles in a box
GNpostalCodeLookup

postal code lookup
GNfindNearByWeather

weather at location
hierarchy

Admin area hierarchy
GNpostalCodeCountryInfo

postal code info
GNsearch

search geonames
GNcountryInfo

country info
GNpostalCodeSearch

postal code search
GNweather

weather stations in box
GNfindNearbyWikipedia

nearby wikipedia entries
GNneighbourhood

neighbourhood
GNcountrySubdivision

country code and subdivision
GNfindNearbyStreets

nearby street finding
GNcountryCode

country code for location
GNearthquakes

recent earthquakes
geonames

Query the geonames web API for geographic data
GNtimezone

timezone for location
GNcities

find cities
GNfindNearbyPlaceName

populated place search
GNfindNearby

nearby search
GNweatherIcao

ICAO weather station data
GNfindNearbyPostalCodes

find postal code
GNfindNearestAddress

nearest address
GNgtopo30

topo30 height
GNfindNearestIntersection

nearest intersection
GNwikipediaSearch

search wikipedia
GNsrtm3

srtm3 height