@prefix dcat: . @prefix dct: . @prefix foaf: . @prefix gsp: . @prefix locn: . @prefix xsd: . a dcat:Dataset ; dct:description "The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) actively seeks data from and partnerships with Government agencies at all levels and other interested organizations. The GNIS is the Federal standard for geographic nomenclature. The U.S. Geological Survey developed the GNIS for the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, a Federal inter-agency body chartered by public law to maintain uniform feature name usage throughout the Government and to promulgate standard names to the public. The GNIS is the official repository of domestic geographic names data; the official vehicle for geographic names use by all departments of the Federal Government; and the source for applying geographic names to Federal electronic and printed products of all types. See http://geonames.usgs.gov for additional information." ; dct:identifier "08f27f02-7cce-4474-aa79-4bf136fd78e2" ; dct:issued "2025-11-19T21:39:54.726502"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:modified "2025-11-19T21:39:54.726509"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:publisher ; dct:spatial [ a dct:Location ; locn:geometry "POLYGON ((-180.0000 42.5092, 180.0000 42.5092, 180.0000 76.7862, -180.0000 76.7862, -180.0000 42.5092))"^^gsp:wktLiteral ] ; dct:title "U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)" ; dcat:distribution , , , , , , , , , , , ; dcat:keyword "amerigeo", "amerigeoss", "antarctica", "borough", "census-area", "ckan", "commonwealth", "county", "current", "district", "economy", "environment", "feature-class", "feature-coordinates", "feature-county", "feature-description", "feature-designation", "feature-history", "feature-identification", "feature-name", "feature-state", "geo", "geographic-feature", "geographic-name", "geographical-feature", "geographical-name", "geoss", "historical", "imagerybasemapsearthcover", "inlandwaters", "location", "municipio", "national", "north-america", "official-feature-name", "outlying-area", "parish", "place-name", "populated-place", "society", "state", "structure", "territory", "topographic-map", "transportation", "united-states", "utilitiescommunication", "variant-name" . a dcat:Distribution ; dct:issued "2020-11-20T19:30:13.372629"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:modified "2025-11-19T21:39:54.696730"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:title "Web Resource" ; dcat:accessURL . a dcat:Distribution ; dct:issued "2020-11-20T19:30:13.372636"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:modified "2025-11-19T21:39:54.698055"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:title "Web Resource" ; dcat:accessURL . a dcat:Distribution ; dct:issued "2020-11-20T19:30:13.372624"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:modified "2025-11-19T21:39:54.695797"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:title "Web Resource" ; dcat:accessURL . a dcat:Distribution ; dct:issued "2020-11-20T19:30:13.372634"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:modified "2025-11-19T21:39:54.697573"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:title "Web Resource" ; dcat:accessURL . a dcat:Distribution ; dct:issued "2020-11-20T19:30:13.372631"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:modified "2025-11-19T21:39:54.697158"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:title "Web Resource" ; dcat:accessURL . a dcat:Distribution ; dct:description "Primary attributes are available from the names layers served through an ESRI ArcGIS web map service. The following are instructions for access by ESRI ArcMap. For other tools, please adjust accordingly. 1) Click Add Data, 2) expand drop-down to GIS Servers, 3) select Add WMS Server, 4) enter the following full URL, 5) click Get Layers, then click OK, (The service is added to the list of available servers), 6) select service if not already highlighted, 7) click Add, 8) select the service again in pop up box, 9) click Add. The layers should appear in the ArcMap table of contents. No data will appear until you zoom in far enough over continental the US. The layers display at varying resolutions. See these same layers in The National Map viewer under the Names category in the layer list. The names layers do not include all attributes. Customized files of large data sets also can be provided on request in most standard formats including shape files. The data is presented in format Arc SDE." ; dct:format "WMS" ; dct:issued "2020-11-20T19:30:13.372616"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:modified "2025-11-19T21:39:54.694364"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:title "Arc SDE." ; dcat:accessURL . a dcat:Distribution ; dct:description "Datasets of under 2000 records may be queried and displayed from the public web site and downloaded" ; dct:issued "2020-11-20T19:30:13.372612"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:modified "2025-11-19T21:39:54.693865"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:title "ASCII." ; dcat:accessURL . a dcat:Distribution ; dct:issued "2020-11-20T19:30:13.372626"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:modified "2025-11-19T21:39:54.696267"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:title "Web Resource" ; dcat:accessURL . a dcat:Distribution ; dct:description "Data extract files for States and territories are available for download via web browser. Topical extracts of the data base are also available: the U.S. Populated Places File lists information about all communities throughout the United States that are described in the database; the U.S. Concise File lists information about major physical and cultural features throughout the United States that are described in the database; the Historical Features File lists information about features which are no longer in existence and/or no longer serve their original purpose; the All Names File lists all names, both official and nonofficial (variant), for all features in the nation; and the Antarctica File contains entries throughout the continent of Antarctica as approved for use by the United States Government. The data is presented in format ASCII, UTF-8, or UTF-16." ; dct:issued "2020-11-20T19:30:13.372621"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:modified "2025-11-19T21:39:54.695324"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:title "ASCII." ; dcat:accessURL . a dcat:Distribution ; dct:issued "2020-11-20T19:30:13.372639"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:modified "2025-11-19T21:39:54.698505"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:title "Web Resource" ; dcat:accessURL . a dcat:Distribution ; dct:description "Primary attributes are available from the GNIS XML service. Instructions: Insert desired parameter value(s) in single quotes following the equals sign. Do not change or delete unused parameters. Parameter definitions: fname = feature name. (Exact match. Not case sensitive.) state = state name. (Exact match. Case sensitive.) cnty = county name. (Exact match. Not case sensitive.) cell = USGS standard topographic map name. (Exact match. Not case sensitive.) ftype = feature type (class). See the GNIS public query page (http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/). The pick list for feature class contains the values. Note that the value (populated place) in the pick list is abbreviated (ppl) in the data. See question 14, How can I acquire GNIS data?, of our FAQ (http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/faqs.htm) for more details and sample URLs. As currently implemented, it is for relatively small data set queries not for mass downloads. It does not include all attributes. Customized files of large data sets also can be provided on request in most standard formats. The data is presented in format XML." ; dct:issued "2020-11-20T19:30:13.372619"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:modified "2025-11-19T21:39:54.694877"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:title "XML." ; dcat:accessURL . a dcat:Distribution ; dct:description "All GNIS data may be queried, displayed, and/or printed from the public web site" ; dct:issued "2020-11-20T19:30:13.372605"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:modified "2025-11-19T21:39:54.693348"^^xsd:dateTime ; dct:title "HTML." ; dcat:accessURL . a foaf:Agent ; foaf:name "US Migrating" .