Electronic dictionaries (DELA) of toponyms using GeoNames DB
- You need first to create the GeoNames.sqlite database, for that install sqlite3, e.g. under Debian or Ubuntu :
$ sudo apt-get install sqlite3
Then, type the following command to create de DB:
$ GeoNamesDB/bootstrap.sh
- In order to run the
GeoTex.plscript you'll need a Perl environment with the following modules installed from your distro packages or from CPAN:
Text::Unaccent::PurePerl
DBI
GIS::Distance
DBD::SQLite
Usage: ./GeoTex.pl <geonames.org sqlite database file> <dictionary type> [fr,en,...] [FR,US,...] [MIN_POPULATION]
1: World Countries (+Country)
2: Capitals Cities (+City+Capital)
3: Cities with population >= 5000 (+City)
4: Popular cities with population >= 5000 (+City)
5: Regions with population>= 5000 (+Region)
6: Lakes (+Hydronym+Lake)
7: Mountains (+Oronym+Mountain)
8: Roads (+Hodonym+Road)
9: Universities (+Oikonym+University)
10: Airports (+Oikonym+Airport)
11: Administrative division (+Division)
./GeoTex.pl GeoNames.db 3 fr FR 0 > ditex/ditex-cities-fr.dic
...
Maisons-Laffitte,Maisons-Laffitte.N+Toponym+ISO=FR+LAT=48\.95264+LNG=2\.14521+GID=GNA2996564
Maisonsgoutte,Maisonsgoutte.N+Toponym+ISO=FR+LAT=48\.35294+LNG=7\.26246+GID=GNA2996565
Maisons-en-Champagne,Maisons-en-Champagne.N+Toponym+ISO=FR+LAT=48\.74801+LNG=4\.49851+GID=GNA2996566
Maisons-du-Bois-Lievremont,Maisons-du-Bois-Lievremont.N+Toponym+ISO=FR+LAT=46\.96667+LNG=6\.41667+GID=GNA2996567
Maisons du Bois Lievremont,Maisons-du-Bois-Lievremont.N+Toponym+ISO=FR+LAT=46\.96667+LNG=6\.41667+GID=GNA2996567
Maisons-du-Bois-Lièvremont,Maisons-du-Bois-Lievremont.N+Toponym+ISO=FR+LAT=46\.96667+LNG=6\.41667+GID=GNA2996567
Maisons-Alfort,Maisons-Alfort.N+Toponym+ISO=FR+LAT=48\.81171+LNG=2\.43945+GID=GNA2996568
Maison-Rouge,Maison-Rouge.N+Toponym+ISO=FR+LAT=48\.55875+LNG=3\.15065+GID=GNA2996572
Maison-Roland,Maison-Roland.N+Toponym+ISO=FR+LAT=50\.12755+LNG=2\.0218+GID=GNA2996575
...
GeoTex is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License v3 or the Perl Artistic License. GeoNames is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.