NGA GEOnet Names Server

AKA: GNS.
Context:
- It is composed of an Toponym Database (with NGA GNS Records) and a Web Service.
See: Gazetteer.

References

http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/
- The NGA (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) Geographic Names Server is the official repository of standard spellings of all foreign place names, sanctioned by the United States Board on Geographic Names. The database also contains variant spellings (cross references) which are useful for searching purposes.
- All the geographic features in the database contain information about location, administrative division, and quality. The database can be used for a variety of purposes, including establishing official spellings of foreign place names, cartography, GIS, GEOINT and finding places.

(Wikipedia, 2009) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Geospatial-Intelligence_Agency
- The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is an agency of the United States Government with the primary mission of collection, analysis, and distribution of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) in support of national security. NGA was formerly known as the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) and is part of the Department of Defense (DoD). In addition, NGA is a member agency of the United States Intelligence Community.
- http://www.nga.mil/