Evidence-backed facts
- GeoNames documents geographical names, search, hierarchy, postal codes, time zones, elevation, weather, and nearby-place services. informative
- Requests require a GeoNames username and service limits; reads do not grant place naming, address, boundary, identity, routing, or government authority. informative
- Clients must bind service, query or coordinates, feature class and code, country, language, result limit, username, style, and representation. informative
- Crowdsourced geographical records can be incomplete, duplicated, approximate, disputed, or outdated and do not prove postal deliverability, jurisdiction, ownership, or safety. informative