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[enhancement] Proposal: Pull Data from GeoNames? #2

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ret2src opened this issue May 29, 2023 · 2 comments
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[enhancement] Proposal: Pull Data from GeoNames? #2

ret2src opened this issue May 29, 2023 · 2 comments
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ret2src commented May 29, 2023

Great project! I just looked into your code because I was interested in extending it for Germany.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find an official, regularly updated, and free source for the required information. Even the German postal service wants to charge money for the data :-(

However, what I could find was a resource that would (theoretically) allow your tool to be easily extended to all (...or at least most?) countries in the world: https://www.geonames.org/

Looking into their exports for German cities at http://download.geonames.org/export/zip/ left a good first impression; they might even offer CSV exports?

You might want to look into the GeoNames database as well.

@p0dalirius p0dalirius self-assigned this May 30, 2023
@p0dalirius p0dalirius added the enhancement New feature or request label May 30, 2023
@p0dalirius p0dalirius changed the title Proposal: Pull Data from GeoNames? [enhancement] Proposal: Pull Data from GeoNames? May 30, 2023
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Hi!

I wanted to add other countries too :) I'm looking into it, your resource is really interesting!

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Work in progress for the v2.0 release ;)

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