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Re: [gpsd-users] location lookup
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Gary E. Miller |
Subject: |
Re: [gpsd-users] location lookup |
Date: |
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:22:49 -0700 |
Yo Yan!
On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:15:58 -0700 (PDT)
"Yan Seiner" <address@hidden> wrote:
> I'd like to add a "near to location" tag. I can find a lot of
> utilities that use a web interface to show location on a map; I am
> looking for a standalone utility along with a database that can look
> up towns and geographic features and return a distance and direction
> to a nearby landmark.
Try the USGS Domestic names database.
http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/
records look like this:
1126970|Silver
Lake|Flat|OR|41|Harney|025|432200N|1192421W|43.3665409|-119.4057806|||||1256|4121|Iron
Mountain Flat|11/28/1980|
1126971|Silver Lake|Populated
Place|OR|41|Lake|037|430741N|1210246W|43.127918|-121.0461084|||||1325|4347|Silver
Lake|11/28/1980|01/29/2011
> For example, when given 42.914061,-121.030884 it would return "8 Miles
> South of Silver Lake, OR".
Wow, pretty near me right now.
RGDS
GARY
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- Re: [gpsd-users] location lookup, (continued)
- Re: [gpsd-users] location lookup, Tomalak Geret'kal, 2012/03/20
- Re: [gpsd-users] location lookup, Gary E. Miller, 2012/03/20
- Re: [gpsd-users] location lookup, Tomalak Geret'kal, 2012/03/20
- Re: [gpsd-users] location lookup, Tomalak Geret'kal, 2012/03/20
- Re: [gpsd-users] location lookup, Yan Seiner, 2012/03/20
- Re: [gpsd-users] location lookup, Tomalak Geret'kal, 2012/03/20
- Re: [gpsd-users] location lookup, Tomalak Geret'kal, 2012/03/20
Re: [gpsd-users] location lookup,
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