Geographic Names Information System (feature classes)

Geographic Names Information System
Typewebsite
StatusGenerally unreliable Generally unreliable
Deprecatedno
Blacklistedno
Recency2021
Domain geonames.usgs.gov
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Date2021


Summary

The Geographic Names Information System is a United States-based geographical database. It is generally unreliable for its feature classes and it should not be used to determine the notability of geographic features as it does not meet the legal recognition requirement.

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The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features, encompassing the United States; the associated states of the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, and Antarctica. It is a type of gazetteer. It was developed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) to promote the standardization of feature names.

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Stale discussions 2021

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