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- Geographic Name Server
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- 2145 Blaney Drive
- Ann Arbor, MI 48103
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- _E-_m_a_i_l: libert@eecs.umich.edu
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- _P_h_o_n_e: (313) 662-6520
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- As part of a network mapping project, we have implemented a
- TCP-based geographic name server. In response to queries
- consisting of a city name and/or ZIP code and an optional
- state and/or country abbreviation, the server retrieves a
- variety of data from a database containing information on
- all US cities (~150,000). Queries containing UNIX ed(1)-
- style regular expressions are also supported.
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- The geographic names database contains state, county, lati-
- tude and longitude for all US cities. It also contains 1980
- census population, elevation, area code, and ZIP code for a
- large subset of the cities, as well as a small number of
- international cities. The database contains information
- about other geographic features such as counties, states,
- rivers, lakes, summits, etc. in addition to populated
- places.
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- The raw data were obtained from the United States Geodetic
- Survey (USGS) and the US Postal Service. USGS is developing
- a Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) as the main
- repository for its ongoing National Gazetteer project.
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- _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _a_c_c_e_s_s
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- Telnet to port 3000 on martini.eecs.umich.edu. The inter-
- face is self-explanatory, though not necessarily human-
- friendly (it is designed for use by programs).
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- _________________________
- The information in this section is provided in accor-
- dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front
- of this guide.
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- April 16, 1990 NNSC Section M.3, Page 1
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- No restrictions.
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- Merit Computer, Inc. is not responsible for supporting or
- maintaining this service or its data.
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- _F_o_r _A_d_d_i_t_i_o_n_a_l _I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n
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- The author of this server is Tom Libert
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