Show HN: Free database of geographic place names and geospatial data

Re:Show HN: Free database of geographic place names and geos... by maze-le on Friday September 25, 2015 @05:32AM (#10277117)

It seems to be the Natural Earth Dataset -- I think the 1:50m-resolution, but with a slightly reduced set of properties (columns). I haven't tried it, but from the looks of it, the sql-files should work with PostGIS as they are.

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Re:Show HN: Free database of geographic place names and geos... by Vespasian on Friday September 25, 2015 @10:35AM (#10278373)

For what I've seen the data type of the columns is always varchar and not geometry.

Not a big issues merely it's more convenient otherwise ;)

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Re:Show HN: Free database of geographic place names and geos... by marco1 on Friday September 25, 2015 @06:26PM (#10281090)

We should definitely fix this in the future! Thank you :)

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Re:Show HN: Free database of geographic place names and geos... by marco1 on Friday September 25, 2015 @06:27PM (#10281096)

You're right! Please see the "SOURCE.md" file for all necessary information. Sorry for not linking this file in a prominent place!

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Re:Show HN: Free database of geographic place names and geos... by maze-le on Friday September 25, 2015 @06:37AM (#10277306)

Actually, according to the resource-file is isn't Natural Earth after all. The column-names almost fit the NE-Datasaet though...

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Re:Show HN: Free database of geographic place names and geos... by anc84 on Friday September 25, 2015 @07:32AM (#10277517)

The SOURCE.md file only lists Natural Earth.

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