GeoNames Webservice Credits

Credits needed for a single web service call.

Service	Credits
`postalCodeSearch`	1 credit per request
`findNearbyPostalCodes`	2 credits per request, 3 credits for more than 500 records
`search`	1 credit per request
`timezone`	1 credit per request
`findNearbyWikipedia`	2 credits per request
`wikipediaSearch`	1 credit per request
`findNearestAddress`	1 credit per request
`gtopo30`	0.1 credit per request
`srtm3`	0.2 credit per request *
`srtm1`	0.3 credit per request *
`astergdem`	0.3 credit per request *
`findNearByWeatherJSON`	2 credits per request
`findNearbyPlaceName`	3 credits per request
`rssToGeoRSS`	4 per item in feed (for geocoding) 0 if lat/lng are already included in feed
`cities`	4 credits per request
`findNearby`	4 credits per request
`extendedFindNearby`	4 credits per request
`geonamesData.js`	0.2 credit per request

*: the elevation services srtm3, srtm1 and astergdem allow passing a list of lats/lngs. In this case the number of credits consumed depends on how much the cache can be used - several identical or nearly identical lat/lng in the list count as only one. The formula used is: Math.max(credits, credits * (10 * elevationResult.elevationCredits.numDistinctTiles + elevationResult.elevationCredits.numDistinctPositions) / 10.0).

All other web services need 1 credit per request.