Snip!t from collection of Alan Dix

<h3>GeoNames Data Access</h3> You can either download a daily <a href="#dump">database export</a> or use our <a href="#ws">webservices</a> to directly access our data. <br> See the <a href="/export/codes.html">feature codes list</a> for explanation on the feature codes used by GeoNames. <p> GeoNames is using <a href="/countries/">ISO-3166 alpha2 country codes</a>. </p><p> In case of questions or troubles you might find help in our <a href="http://forum.geonames.org/">forum</a>. </p><p> GeoNames is mainly using REST webservices.<br> <b>Important:</b><br> * Don't forget to url encode string parameters containing special characters or spaces. (<a href="http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/8.page">Faq entry on url encoding</a>) <br> * Use the JSON services if you want to use GeoNames from javascript, as most browsers do not allow to call xml services from ANOTHER server. </p><p> <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"> <img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width: 0pt;" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png"> </a> <br>This work is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License</a>. <br> Paypal <a href="http://www.geonames.org/donations.html">Donations</a> are welcome. </p><p> <br></p>