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Flags of the World

Here you can read more than 62,000 pages about flags and view more than 123,000 images of flags of countries, organizations, states, territories, districts and cities, both past and present. Searching for Flags on this Website There are many ways to find flags on this website. Choosing “Index by Country” will take you straight to the country’s page, once there you will find pathways to the national, state, municipal, military, historical, and cultural flags and ensigns of the country. Site Indexed by Country Site Indexed by Subject Search Site by Topic or Subject Search Site by Clickable Maps Other Search Methods Pages reached through the map indexIndex Page for vexillological (non-national) topicsInternational OrganizationsPages ordered by TitleSearch this site by keywordsSearch using the FOTW Search Engine PagePages ordered by date last updated.

User Manual. GeoNames has a simple edit interface that allow users to edit GeoNames information, move a point and add new place names to the GeoNames database.

User Manual

You find the edit interface on top of the google maps display. Click on a marker to open the information window with detail information about the place. In the information window you find a couple of menu links to view detail information like alternate names or the modification history of a place. The most recent updates are available as html page and as rss feed. In the information window you find also a couple of links to modifiy the information. In the following we will look at screenshots and cover the following topics : The GeoNames Information Window Click on a marker on the maps/satellite display to open the information window. Edit GeoNames Basic Information. About GeoNames. About GeoNames The GeoNames geographical database is available for download free of charge under a creative commons attribution license.

About GeoNames

It contains over 10 million geographical names and consists of over 8 million unique features whereof 2.8 million populated places and 5.5 million alternate names. List of tautological place names. Lists of countries and territories @ en.wikipedia.org. Lists of countries and territories From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search.

Lists of countries and territories @ en.wikipedia.org

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