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EuroGeoNames (EGN) –combines Geographic Names from the National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies across Europe to create a unique service and data set. We use a distributed service infrastructure for both collection and delivery of this critical location data. This combination defines a new European Geographhical Names Infrastructure for official and properly maintained geographic data.
EuroGeoNames (EGN), a successful 1,8M € eContentplus funded project, is now being implemented for an increasing number of countries in Europe.
EuroGeographics is leading this phase of EGN's development and with our partners in the academic, public and private sectors we are engaged in creating a sustainable business model. The Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) Germany provides the back-bone of the infrastructure, acting as the service centre for this new phase.
EuroGeonames proposes significant benefits in public, private and personal use. It will enable service providers to unlock the power of location information by providing:
The following graphic shows the status of connections for supply of data to EuroGeoNames. It will be updated as more data is connected, so please stay up to date here. We anticipate the service will become available in pilotform in early 2010.
Our ambition is to connect as many countries as possible providing the most comprehensive and reliable pan-European names infrastructure possible.
Take a look at our online movie to see the results and experience its many applications.
Click here to find more information about the Closing Workshop of EuroGeoNames.