Web Directory

» GNS: GEOnet Names Server
   Global searchable database set up by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), US. Foreign place names as approved by the US Board of Geographic Names, other name variants. Approx. 3.3 million entries
   https://www1.nga.mil/ProductsServices/GeographicNames/Pages/default.aspx/html/

» Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
   Compiled by the Getty Research Institute, TGN is a structured vocabulary developed primarily for the field of art history, but can be used in any in many other applications. The thesaurus contains nearly 1 million place names representing approximately 90
   http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/

» Names of Countries in Seven Languages
   Database of country names in Finnish, Swedish, Saami, English, French, German and Russian.
   http://kaino.kotus.fi/maidennimet/index.php?h=en

» Toponomastica Toponymy
   A database of place-names from the classical Greek and Roman sources, with comments on their etymology, in English, plus toponymy of the Abruzzese Appennine in Italian.
   http://digilander.libero.it/toponomastica/

» UNGEGN
   United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names. Contains information and resolutions on the issue of place names.
   http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/about_us.htm