BajaNomad

Find Place Name GPS Data

Neal Johns - 2-26-2006 at 06:44 PM

Want the approximate GPS data for a place not on David K's list? Try this:
http://gnswww.nga.mil/geonames/GNS/index.jsp

[Edited on 2-27-2006 by Neal Johns]

Neal...

Mexray - 2-27-2006 at 12:35 AM

...Good site for more info that one can possibly ever need!

I had to go back to the root URL to get in, however:

http://gnswww.nga.mil

I searched for Place Names in 'Mexico', and got back over 115,000 names!!!

Thanks...

Bob H - 2-27-2006 at 02:49 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Neal Johns
Want the approximate GPS data for a place not on David K's list? Try this:
http://gnswww.nga.mil/geonames/Gazetteer/Search/Search.jsp


Neal, this doesn't work........ I get this

'Your session has timed out. Please log in again.
If you believe you have reached this page in error contact the system administrator'

Bob H - 2-27-2006 at 02:55 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Mexray
...Good site for more info that one can possibly ever need!

I had to go back to the root URL to get in, however:

http://gnswww.nga.mil

I searched for Place Names in 'Mexico', and got back over 115,000 names!!!

Thanks...


Ray, you helped me out here.... now I get it... but had to work a lot to get it. Hah!

Bruce R Leech - 2-27-2006 at 08:41 AM

I cant get in to the site with ether URL. ill try again latter maybe it is to busy.

David K - 2-27-2006 at 08:59 AM

Neither link came up for me, as well...

djh - 2-27-2006 at 09:11 AM

Keep trying.... it finally worked for me after several attempts. Good resource! Thanks for the link!
djh