{{GEOnet}} generates an external link to a specific geographic feature name from the GEOnet Names Server (GNS), published by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). This template uses the GEOnet Unique Feature Identifier (UFI).
NOTE: The external links generated by this template no longer work. Please use {{GEOnet2}} (which requires a Name_GUID instead of a UFI) or {{GEOnet3}}.
Usage
{{GEOnet|UFI|Name}}
TemplateData
TemplateData for GEOnet
This template generates an external link to a specific geographic feature name from the GEOnet Names Server (GNS), published by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).
Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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UFI | 1 |
GEOnet Unique Feature Identifier (UFI), which is the value assigned to Feature__Unique_Feature_ID in the http://gnswww.nga.mil/geonames/Gazetteer/Search/Results.jsp URL.
|
number |
required |
Name | 2 |
Name or other descriptive text. If not given it defaults to the Wikipedia article name
|
string |
optional |
Examples
Code | Produces |
---|---|
|
GEOnet at GEOnet Names Server |
|
Baku, Azerbaijan at GEOnet Names Server |
The examples shown above generate a link to:
See also
Similar templates:
- {{GNIS}} and {{Cite GNIS}} – for links to U.S. geographic feature names from Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
List of pages linking to gnswww.nga.mil:
- Special:Linksearch/gnswww.nga.mil/geonames/Gazetteer/Search/Results.jsp