This is a collection of global multiligual place names.

  • In 81 languages, we currently support 1312 placemarks for 194 countries,
    other areas: 91 subnational, 13 joint, 51 disputed, and 73 miscellaneous,
    with 289 capitals, 250 cities > 1,000,000 and 351 cities > 500,000.
  • These languages are designed to work in close partnership with the companion set of Global Maritime Boundaries, but that is not mandatory.
  • These languages show all 1312 placemarks: Bulgarian, Catalan, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Spanish, Welsh
  • The normal update schedule will be one to three months, but "emergency" updates may be made for very serious problems.
  • If you have a few additions or corrections, Send Me a Message
  • If your changes are in a language which is NOT in the Latin I code set (Western Europe), then you can enter a posting in the Support Group data forum which supports all Unicode (UTF-8) languages and alphabets
  • If you have native language skills in Cyrillic or Indian languages, send me a message with your email address. I will send you a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet with your language(s) place marks for your edits.
  • Improved alphabetization and "Regionalization" will be added.
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After about 12,000 downloads of version 3, and the complexity of database maintenance, we now only provide the complete set of languages for download. We no longer provide subsets of particular writing systems.

Special thanks go to Rob Tgeir (Scottish Gaeliec), Valerie35 (Russian), and bebop (Itlatian) for their efforts to improve the data.

The data is provided "as is", and no warranty express, implied or otherwise is offered as to the data's accuracy. The developer does not imply any opinion concerning the legal status of any country, territory or area, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The data can be used for educational, scientific or research purposes but should not be used for legal, commercial/economical (exploration of natural resources) or navigational purposes.

Anyone can download this data, but it is for the sole use of the individual downloading the data. The data may not be redistributed without the permission of Alphabet Systems LLC. Redistribution rights are granted for hard-copy renditions or static, electronic map images (e.g. jpeg, gif, etc.) that are plotted, printed or publicly displayed with reference to Alphabet Systems.


Edited by PriceCollins (09/23/07 09:36 PM)