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<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
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-<em>v.in.geonames</em> imports Geonames.org country
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-files (Gazetteer data) into a GRASS vector points map. The country files
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-can be downloaded from the
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-<a href="http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/">GeoNames Data Dump Server</a>.
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-The script generates a vector point map. Only original files can be processed
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-(unzip compressed file first). These Geonames files are encoded in UTF-8 which
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-is maintained in the GRASS database.
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+<em>v.in.geonames</em> imports Geonames.org country files (Gazetteer
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+data) into a GRASS vector points map. The country files can be
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+downloaded from the
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+<a href="http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/">GeoNames Data Dump
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+Server</a>. Only original files can be processed (unzip compressed
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+file first). These Geonames files are encoded in UTF-8 which is
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+maintained in the GRASS database.
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<h2>NOTES</h2>
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-The current DB connection is used to write the database table.
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-<p>If importing into a DBF database, the original column names longer that 10 characters
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-are shortened to 10 characters to meet the DBF column name restrictions. If this is a
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-problem consider choosing another database driver with <em>db.connect</em>.
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+<p>
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+<em>v.in.geonames</em>
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+calls <em><a href="v.in.ascii.html">v.in.ascii</a></em> to import data
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+into GRASS.
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+<p>
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+The current DB connection is used to write the database table
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+(see <em><a href="db.connect.html">db.connect</a></em>). If importing
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+into a <a href="grass-dbf.html">DBF database</a>, the original column
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+names longer that 10 characters are shortened to 10 characters to meet
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+the DBF column name restrictions. If this is a problem consider
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+choosing another database driver
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+with <em><a href="db.connect.html">db.connect</a></em>
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+(eg. to <a href="grass-sqlite.html">SQLite driver</a>).
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+
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+<p>
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The main 'geoname' table has the following fields
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-<pre>
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+<div class="code"><pre>
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geonameid : integer id of record in geonames database
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name : name of geographical point (utf8) varchar(200)
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asciiname : name of geographical point in plain ascii characters, varchar(200)
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@@ -37,23 +48,37 @@ elevation : in meters, integer
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gtopo30 : average elevation of 30'x30' (ca 900mx900m) area in meters, integer
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timezone : the timezone id (see file http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/timeZones.txt)
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modification date : date of last modification in yyyy-MM-dd format
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-</pre>
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+</pre></div>
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+<h2>EXAMPLE</h2>
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-<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
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+Download and import geonames for Czech Republic.
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-<em>
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-<a href="db.connect.html">db.connect</a>,
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-<a href="v.select.html">v.select</a>
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-</em>
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+<div class="code"><pre>
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+wget http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/CZ.zip
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+unzip CZ.zip
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+
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+v.in.geonames input=CZ.txt output=geonames_cz
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+</pre></div>
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<h2>REFERENCES</h2>
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-<a href="http://www.geonames.org">GeoNames Web site</a><br>
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-<a href="http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/">GeoNames Data Dump Server</a>
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+<ul>
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+ <li><a href="http://www.geonames.org">GeoNames Web site</a></li>
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+ <li><a href="http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/">GeoNames Data Dump Server</a></li>
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+</ul>
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+
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+<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
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+
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+<em>
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+ <a href="db.connect.html">db.connect</a>,
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+ <a href="v.in.ascii.html">v.in.ascii</a>,
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+ <a href="v.select.html">v.select</a>
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+</em>
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<h2>AUTHOR</h2>
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<a href="http://www.grassbook.org/">Markus Neteler</a>
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-<p><i>Last changed: $Date$</i>
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+<p>
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+<i>Last changed: $Date$</i>
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