GeoNames Data

Data Extract

A daily GeoNames database extract can be downloaded in the form of a large worldwide text file (allCountries.zip). Additional country files are available for convenience. You find the files on our download server. Read the readme.txt for details. A Premium Data Subscription variant is available for professional users.

Postal codes are available as a separate download.

Web Services

GeoNames is offering a wide range of sophisticated web services.

Support

Free support for GeoNames is provided by the community. The GeoNames team is available for commercial support and consulting:

Sources and Contributions

  • Sources: GeoNames is aggregating over a hundred different data sources.
  • Ambassadors:GeoNames Ambassadors help in many countries.
  • Wiki: A wiki allows to view the data and quickly fix errors and add missing places.
  • Donations and Sponsoring: Costs for running GeoNames are covered by donations and sponsoring.

Terms and Conditions

  • free: GeoNames data is free, the data is available without costs.
  • cc-by licence (creative commons attribution license). You should give credit to GeoNames when using data or web services with a link or another reference to GeoNames.
  • commercial usage is allowed
  • 'as is': The data is provided "as is" without warranty or any representation of accuracy, timeliness or completeness.
  • 10,000 credits daily limit per application (identified by the parameter 'username'), the hourly limit is 1000 credits. A credit is a web service request hit for most services. An exception is thrown when the limit is exceeded.
  • Service Level Agreement is available for our premium web services.