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Board on Geographic Names: Standardizing Federal Place Names

Board on Geographic Names: Standardizing Federal Place Names Consistency in mapping is essential for navigation, governance, and historical record-keeping. In the United States, this cons...

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Geographic Names Information System (GNIS): The Definitive US Gazetteer

Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a comprehensive gazetteer—a geographical dictionary or directory—containing name and location ...

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