Template:GEOnet

GEOnet at GEOnet Names Server

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{{GEOnet}} generates an external link to a specific geographic feature name from the GEOnet Names Server (GNS), published by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). This template uses the GEOnet Unique Feature Identifier (UFI).

NOTE: The external links generated by this template no longer work. Please use {{GEOnet2}} (which requires a Name_GUID instead of a UFI) or {{GEOnet3}}.

Usage

{{GEOnet|UFI|Name}}

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This template generates an external link to a specific geographic feature name from the GEOnet Names Server (GNS), published by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
UFI	1	GEOnet Unique Feature Identifier (UFI), which is the value assigned to Feature__Unique_Feature_ID in the http://gnswww.nga.mil/geonames/Gazetteer/Search/Results.jsp URL. Default	Number	required
Name	2	Name or other descriptive text. If not given it defaults to the Wikipedia article name Default {{PAGENAME}}	String	optional

Examples

{{GEOnet}} examples

Code	Produces
{{GEOnet|-2705195}}	GEOnet at GEOnet Names Server
{{GEOnet|-2705195|Baku, Azerbaijan}}	Baku, Azerbaijan at GEOnet Names Server

The examples shown above generate a link to:

• http://gnswww.nga.mil/geonames/Gazetteer/Search/Results.jsp?Feature__Unique_Feature_ID=-2705195&Diacritics=Yes&reload=1

See also

• GEOnet
• GEOnet/doc
• GEOnet2
• GEOnet2/doc
• GEOnet3
• GEOnet3/doc
• GEOnetdab
• GEOnetdab/doc

Similar templates:

• {{GNIS}} and {{Cite GNIS}} – for links to U.S. geographic feature names from Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

List of pages linking to gnswww.nga.mil:

• Special:Linksearch/gnswww.nga.mil/geonames/Gazetteer/Search/Results.jsp

External links

• NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS)
  • GNS Search - Text Based Page
  • GNS Search - Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Viewer Page