Re: places

Hi Anthony

Wandora has a nice set of extractors [1] that generate topic maps out of 
GeoNames web service. If you happen to be at TMRA'10, a tutorial is 
available [2] :)

Kind Regards,
Aki / Wandora Team


[1] http://www.wandora.org/wandora/wiki/index.php?title=Geonames_extractors
[2] http://tmra.de/2010/wandora-tutorial



On 28.9.2010 1:04, Antony Pitts wrote:
>
> Murray - specific places with coordinates, rather than types of places
> (if that's what you mean).
> Graham - I should have guessed/searched!
> Thanks very much, both.
> Antony
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>     On 28/09/10 06:25, Antony Pitts wrote:
>      > Hello all,
>      > Apologies if this is an old question, but does anyone know of a topic
>      > map of places out there - particularly one with native and/or
>     other PSIs
>      > - which is available for re-use/reference? We're aware of the Mondial
>      > topic map on Ontopia, but were wondering what else there is before
>      > trying to re-reinvent the globe.
>
>     Antony,
>
>     Do you need specific places, e.g., Paris, or are you looking for
>     general geopolitical boundaries, e.g., City, Island, etc.?
>
>     Murray
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>     We pull GeoNames (http://www.geonames.org/) into http://subj3ct.com.
>     These can then be accessed as XTM and contain geo coordinates as well
>     as the names of the places.
>
>     Graham
>
>     On 27 September 2010 19:25, Antony Pitts <[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>      > Hello all,
>      >
>      > Apologies if this is an old question, but does anyone know of a
>     topic map of
>      > places out there - particularly one with native and/or other PSIs
>     - which is
>      > available for re-use/reference? We're aware of the Mondial topic
>     map on
>      > Ontopia, but were wondering what else there is before trying to
>     re-reinvent
>      > the globe.
>      >
>      > Many thanks,
>      > Antony
>      >
>      > http://www.musicDNA.info
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