Locales: Geographic Coordinates

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The freeware Kalendis computer program for Windows allows setup of user-defined locales.
The following servers may help Kalendis users collect locale coordinates:

Logo or Company	Title and Description	internet URL (http://...)
	Canadian Geographic Names Natural Resources Canada	geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search/index_e.php
Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.	Falling Rain Global Gazetteer	www.fallingrain.com/world/
	Geographic Encyclopedia for the USA	www.placesnamed.com/
	Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (for World)	www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn
	Google Maps provides quick and easy mapping as well as satellite and hybrid views for many areas of the world, but gives no coordinates.	maps.google.com/ If you know the coordinates then use: maps.google.com/maps?ll=lat,long&spn=0.1,0.1&t=k
		.. replacing lat,long with the known coordinates, in degrees with decimal fractions (positive latitude = north of equator, positive longitude = east of prime meridian)
	Places in India (skip the Astrology stuff, to bottom half of page)	www.indiapress.org/horoscope/
	National Geospatial Intelligence Agency: Geographic Names Server (GNS) for the World	http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/
	United States Geological Survey GNIS for USA	geonames.usgs.gov/
	U.S. Census Bureau U.S. Gazetteer for USA	www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
	U.S. Census Bureau TIGER Map Service for USA	http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tigermap.html
	WorldGazetteer.com	www.world-gazetteer.com/
	ZipInfo.com find coordinates using USA zip code	zipinfo.com/search/zipcode.htm Be sure to click on the "time zone" and "latitude and longitude" checkboxes