Database Reference
In-Depth Information
IT.txt
file, which is a
.csv
file containing all the GeoNames entities for
Italy.Assuggestedfromthe
readme.txt
file,thecontentoftheCSVfileis
composed of records with the following attributes:
geonameid : integer id of record
in geonames database
name : name of geographical
point (utf8) varchar(200)
asciiname : name of geographical
point in plain ascii characters,
varchar(200)
alternatenames : alternatenames, comma
separated varchar(5000)
latitude : latitude in decimal
degrees (wgs84)
longitude : longitude in decimal
degrees (wgs84)
...
2. Get an overview of this CSV dataset using
ogrinfo
:
$ ogrinfo CSV:IT.txt IT -al -so
INFO: Open of `CSV:IT.txt'
using driver `CSV' successful.
Layer name: IT
Geometry: Point
Feature Count: 8535
Extent: (1.200000, 35.483330) -
(20.750000, 47.083330)
Layer SRS WKT:
(unknown)
GEONAMEID: String (0.0)
NAME: String (0.0)
...
GTOPO30: Integer (0.0)
TIMEZONE: String (0.0)
MODDATE: String (0.0)
