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GeoNames was founded by Marc Wick[1][2].

GeoNames

Summary

GeoNames is a geographical names database[1]. GeoNames draws 40 Wikipedia views per month (geographical_names_database category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • GeoNames is in the country of Switzerland[3].
  • GeoNames's image is recorded as GeoNames screenshot.png[4].
  • GeoNames's instance of is recorded as geographical names database[5].
  • GeoNames's instance of is recorded as knowledge organization system[6].
  • GeoNames's instance of is recorded as data library[7].
  • GeoNames's founder is recorded as Marc Wick[8].
  • GeoNames's collection is recorded as Social Sciences and Humanities Open Marketplace[9].
  • GeoNames's collection is recorded as Text Analysis Portal for Research[10].
  • GeoNames's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported[11].
  • GeoNames's has use is recorded as discovery[12].
  • GeoNames's Commons category is recorded as Geonames[13].
  • GeoNames's language of work or name is recorded as English[14].
  • GeoNames's has part is recorded as GeoNames ontology[15].
  • +2005-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of GeoNames[16].
  • GeoNames's publication date is recorded as +2005-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].
  • GeoNames's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02rnzcx[18].
  • GeoNames's official website is recorded as http://www.geonames.org/[19].
  • GeoNames's official website is recorded as https://www.geonames.org/[20].
  • GeoNames's main subject is recorded as Earth science[21].
  • GeoNames's described at URL is recorded as https://tapor.ca/tools/1371[22].
  • GeoNames's described at URL is recorded as https://marketplace.sshopencloud.eu/tool-or-service/SF6SHP[23].
  • GeoNames's topic has template is recorded as Template:Geonameslink[24].
  • GeoNames's official blog URL is recorded as https://geonames.wordpress.com/[25].
  • GeoNames's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1566[26].
  • GeoNames's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'GeoNames'}[27].

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Founding

GeoNames's founder is recorded as Marc Wick[8]. +2005-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of GeoNames[16].

Why It Matters

GeoNames draws 40 Wikipedia views per month (geographical_names_database category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] GeoNames has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] GeoNames is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Earth science Switzerland

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . who.is. who.is. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Open Access Directory. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . XING. Retrieved . geospatialweb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . tapor.ca. tapor.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . download.geonames.org. Retrieved . download.geonames.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Open Access Directory. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). GeoNames. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/geonames
MLA “GeoNames.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/geonames.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_geonames_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{GeoNames}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/geonames}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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