On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:36:03AM +0000, A.Haq Abbad wrote:
> Salam,
> Does anyboy know where I can get a file (csv, xml or plain), that
> contains all of the cities in the world (loyaltiy free),
> and their latitude, longitude and possibly (Not important) GMT offset
> and Day light savings.
> I need this for my prayer time app in Qt (for Nokia N900, Sybmian S60
> v5 series and possibly KDE).
> Early code of the app:
> [1]http://sourceforge.net/projects/munadi/
> Previously, I used Google's geo coding and IP to location webservice to
> auto detect location, but IPtolocation.com started charging for the
> service :D.
> Google's geocoding is still an option, but the user has to type the
> address and needs live internet connection, which is not always
> available. The good thing aboout it however, is that you can type the
> address in any language, including arabic, and you get the
> corrosponding lat and long.
> Wassalam.
Why do you need such a database for the N900 ?
The N900 has a GPS and you can always use liblocation to obtain your current
location.
I guess minbar has a datafile. No idea how accurate it is.
Cheers,
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