How do you use the CGNS Place Name Gazetteer?

The Canadian Geographical Name Service (CGNS) Place Name Gazetteer returns feature information for specific geographic locations in Canada.

To implement the Canadian Geographical Name Service Place Name Gazetteer in your application, you will need to consider the following elements:

  1. The output format of the feature information, which includes latitude-longitude coordinates, location and National Topographic System map number, is HTML, XML or comma-separated values (CSV).

  2. To view a sample interface click Canadian Geographical Name Service Place Name Gazetteer sample interface.

  3. For a demonstration click Canadian Geographical Name Service Place Name Gazetteer demonstration.

  4. For more information about the Canadian Geographical Name Service Place Name gazetteer (including parameters, codes and Refer functionality), click CGNSPN info.

  5. For further documentation, including parameters, codes and Refer functionality, click More CGNS information.