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A commonly used English-language name approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) for use in addition to, or in lieu of, a BGN-approved local official name or names, e.g., Rome, Alps, Danube River.
D
Unverified
A name from a source whose official status can not be verified by the BGN.
DS
Unverified Non-Roman Script
The non-Roman script form of a name from a source whose official status can not be verified by the BGN.
N
Approved
The BGN-approved local official name for a geographic feature. Except for countries with more than one official language; there is normally only one such name for a feature wholly within a country.
NS
Non-Roman Script
The non-Roman script form of the BGN-approved local official name for a geographic feature. Except for countries with more than one official language; there is normally only one such name for a feature wholly within a country.
P
Provisional
A geographic name of an area for which the territorial status is not finally determined or not recognized by the United States.
V
Variant
A former name, name in local usage, or other spelling found on various sources.
VA
Anglicized Variant
An English-language name that is derived by modifying the local official name to render it more accessible or meaningful to an English-language user.
VS
Variant Non-Roman Script
The non-Roman script form of a former name, name in local usage, or other spelling found on various sources.
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Notice that in the
*_NT
column, the rows with valuesDS
,NS
,VS
are always the name source, the rest are generated.This task is to ensure the source is always on the left side, the destination is always on the right.
As described here:
http://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html/rest/lookuptables.html#Name%20Type%20Codes
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