Template:GEOnet/doc

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{{GEOnet}} generates an external link to a specific geographic feature name from the GEOnet Names Server (GNS), published by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). This template uses the GEOnet Unique Feature Identifier (UFI).

NOTE: The external links generated by this template no longer work. Please use {{GEOnet2}} (which requires a Name_GUID instead of a UFI) or {{GEOnet3}}.

Usage[edit]

{{GEOnet|UFI|Name}}

TemplateData[edit]

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:GEOnet in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for GEOnet

This template generates an external link to a specific geographic feature name from the GEOnet Names Server (GNS), published by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
UFI1

GEOnet Unique Feature Identifier (UFI), which is the value assigned to Feature__Unique_Feature_ID in the http://gnswww.nga.mil/geonames/Gazetteer/Search/Results.jsp URL.

Default
Numberrequired
Name2

Name or other descriptive text. If not given it defaults to the Wikipedia article name

Default
{{PAGENAME}}
Stringoptional

Examples[edit]

{{GEOnet}} examples
Code Produces
{{GEOnet|-2705195}} GEOnet/doc at GEOnet Names Server
{{GEOnet|-2705195|Baku, Azerbaijan}} Baku, Azerbaijan at GEOnet Names Server

The examples shown above generate a link to:

See also[edit]

Similar templates:

List of pages linking to gnswww.nga.mil:

External links[edit]