Geographic Name

The Place Name database is maintained by Survey and Mapping Office of LandsD. The original source of the Database is based on “A Gazetteer of Place Names” with the first edition published in 1960, containing placename features mapped at 1:25,000. The Database stores and maintains names of settlement (e.g. area, town, village), hydrographic features (e.g. river, channel), and topographic features (e.g. relief).