GeoPlanet Data is a freely available, tab delineated download which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Both GeoPlanet and Placemaker use GeoPlanet Data’s:
millions of place names in multiple languages
WOEIDs [Where on Earth IDs] - Geo Technologies’ unique and permanent identifiers
vertical and neighbouring relationships for each place ...
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 5/25/2009 07:00:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
