Vocabulary

• gs:nearby(lat lon limit)
• gs:nearby(?location limit)
• gs:within(lat1 lon2 lat2 lon2)
• gn:name
• gn:population
• gn:alternateName
• gn:inCountry
• gn:featureCode (just cities or airports)

Examples

• airports near London
• Bounding box query around NYC
• Cities Near New York, in Japanese
• Cities in Mexico
• Mexico cities in Japanese
• Cities near a particular latitude/longitude
• smaller cities near Bristol (population < 50k)
• All data for a particular city

recent queries

• PREFIX geo: <http://www.geonames.org/ontology#>
  PREFIX wgs: <http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#>
  SELECT  ?city ?name ?lat ?long ?country
  WHERE
    { 
       ?city gn:inCountry ?country .
       ?city gn:name ?name .
       ?city wgs:lat ?lat .
       ?city wgs:long ?long .
       ?city gn:featureCode geo:P.PPLC .
    }

• PREFIX geo: <http://www.geonames.org/ontology#>
  PREFIX wgs: <http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#>
  SELECT  ?city ?name ?lat ?long ?country
  WHERE
    { 
       ?city gn:inCountry ?country .
       ?city gn:asciiname ?name .
       ?city wgs:lat ?lat .
       ?city wgs:long ?long .
       ?city gn:featureCode geo:P.PPLC .
    }

• PREFIX co: <http://www.geonames.org/countries/#>
  PREFIX geo: <http://www.geonames.org/ontology#>
  PREFIX wgs: <http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#>
  SELECT  ?city ?name ?lat ?long
  WHERE
    { 
       ?city gn:inCountry ?country .
       ?city gn:name ?name .
       ?city wgs:lat ?lat .
       ?city wgs:long ?long .
       ?city gn:featureCode geo:P.PPLC .
    }

• PREFIX co: <http://www.geonames.org/countries/#>
  PREFIX geo: <http://www.geonames.org/ontology#>
  PREFIX wgs: <http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#>
  SELECT  ?city ?name ?lat ?long ?pname
  WHERE
    { 
       ?city gn:inCountry ?country .
       ?city gn:name ?name .
       ?city wgs:lat ?lat .
       ?city wgs:long ?long .
       ?city geo:parentFeature ?parent .
       ?country gn:name ?cname 
    }

• PREFIX co: <http://www.geonames.org/countries/#>
  PREFIX geo: <http://www.geonames.org/ontology#>
  PREFIX wgs: <http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#>
  SELECT  ?city ?name ?lat ?long ?state
  WHERE
    { 
       ?city gn:inCountry co:US .
       ?city gn:name ?name .
       ?city wgs:lat ?lat .
       ?city wgs:long ?long .
       ?city geo:parentFeature ?county .
       ?county geo:parentFeature ?state 
    }

• PREFIX co: <http://www.geonames.org/countries/#>
  PREFIX geo: <http://www.geonames.org/ontology#>
  PREFIX wgs: <http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#>
  SELECT  ?city ?name ?lat ?long ?state
  WHERE
    { 
       ?city gn:inCountry co:US ;
       gn:name ?name ;
       wgs:lat ?lat ;
       wgs:long ?long ;
       gn:featureCode geo:P.PPL ;
       geo:parentFeature ?county .
       ?county geo:parentFeature ?state 
    }

• PREFIX co: <http://www.geonames.org/countries/#>
  PREFIX geo: <http://www.geonames.org/ontology#>
  PREFIX wgs: <http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#>
  SELECT  ?city ?name ?lat ?long ?parent
  WHERE
    { 
       ?city gn:inCountry co:US ;
       gn:name ?name ;
       wgs:lat ?lat ;
       wgs:long ?long ;
       gn:featureCode geo:P.PPL ;
       geo:parentFeature ?parent .
    }

• PREFIX co: <http://www.geonames.org/countries/#>
  PREFIX geo: <http://www.geonames.org/ontology#>
  PREFIX wgs: <http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#>
  SELECT  ?city ?name ?lat ?long ?parent
  WHERE
    { 
       ?city gn:inCountry co:US .
       ?city gn:name ?name .
       ?city wgs:lat ?lat .
       ?city wgs:long ?long .
       ?city gn:featureCode geo:P.PPL .
       ?city geo:parentFeature ?parent .
    }

• PREFIX co: <http://www.geonames.org/countries/#>
  PREFIX geo: <http://www.geonames.org/ontology#>
  PREFIX wgs: <http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#>
  SELECT  ?city ?name ?parent2
  WHERE
    { 
       ?city gn:inCountry co:US .
       ?city gn:name ?name .
       ?city gn:featureCode geo:P.PPL .
       ?city geo:parentFeature ?parent .
       ?parent geo:parentFeature ?parent2 .
    }

• PREFIX co: <http://www.geonames.org/countries/#>
  PREFIX geo: <http://www.geonames.org/ontology#>
  PREFIX wgs: <http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#>
  SELECT  ?city ?name ?lat ?long ?parent2
  WHERE
    { 
       ?city gn:inCountry co:US .
       ?city gn:name ?name .
       ?city gn:featureCode geo:P.PPL .
       ?city geo:parentFeature ?parent .
       ?parent geo:parentFeature ?parent2 .
    }