From 60db9ca2eadd1d41d98c96521478b06aa04e15e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carla Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 14:33:56 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Adds geonames info --- geocoder/namedplace/README.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) diff --git a/geocoder/namedplace/README.md b/geocoder/namedplace/README.md index 11b74b6..82b97a6 100644 --- a/geocoder/namedplace/README.md +++ b/geocoder/namedplace/README.md @@ -116,6 +116,32 @@ Indexes: * Geonames free gazzeter data. `allCountries.zip` file available [here](http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/allCountries.zip). `alternateNames.zip` file available [here](http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/alternateNames.zip). +## Fields (from GeoNames database) + +| column name | meaning | +|-------------|---------| +| geonameid | integer id of record in geonames database | +| name | name of geographical point (utf8) varchar(200) | +| asciiname | name of geographical point in plain ascii characters, varchar(200) | +| alternatenames | alternatenames, comma separated, ascii names automatically transliterated, convenience attribute from alternatename table, varchar(10000) | +| latitude | latitude in decimal degrees (wgs84) | +| longitude | longitude in decimal degrees (wgs84) | +| feature class | see http://www.geonames.org/export/codes.html, char(1) | +| feature code | see http://www.geonames.org/export/codes.html, varchar(10) | +| country code | ISO-3166 2-letter country code, 2 characters | +| cc2 | alternate country codes, comma separated, ISO-3166 2-letter country code, 200 characters | +| admin1 code | fipscode (subject to change to iso code), see exceptions below, see file admin1Codes.txt for display names of this code; varchar(20) | +| admin2 code | code for the second administrative division, a county in the US, see file admin2Codes.txt; varchar(80) | +| admin3 code | code for third level administrative division, varchar(20) | +| admin4 code | code for fourth level administrative division, varchar(20) | +| population | bigint (8 byte int) | +| elevation | in meters, integer | +| dem | digital elevation model, srtm3 or gtopo30, average elevation of 3''x3'' (ca 90mx90m) or 30''x30'' (ca 900mx900m) area in meters, integer. | +| timezone | the timezone id (see file timeZone.txt) varchar(40) | +| modification date | date of last modification in yyyy-MM-dd format | + + + # Testing In order to test the data and the functions created under the script avaialble in this folder, you will need to run `bash test.sh` from `test/data` and `test/functions`.