# delight-im/FreeGeoDB

Free database of geographic place names and corresponding geospatial data

Repository: https://github.com/delight-im/FreeGeoDB
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/freegeodb
Language: PHP
License: CC-BY-4.0
License Family: other
Last push: 2018-10-19T15:52:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4166, "days_push": 2875, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1574, forks 129 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:05.779684+00:00)

## What it is
A free, openly licensed database of geographic place names and geospatial data covering airports, cities, countries, lakes, ports, railroads, regions, roads, and time zones. Data is distributed in CSV, JSON, and MySQL formats with coordinates stored in WKT format.

## Use cases
- find a free database of cities and countries with coordinates
- get geospatial data for airports and ports
- populate a MySQL database with geographic place names
- download country and region boundaries as CSV or JSON
- look up time zone data for places
- add location autocomplete data to an app

## When to choose
- you need free, openly licensed (CC-BY-4.0) geographic reference data
- you want simple flat-file formats like CSV or JSON rather than an API
- you need a broad set of place types including airports, roads, and lakes

## When to avoid
- you need frequently updated or real-time geospatial data (last release was 2018)
- you need an API or geocoding service rather than a static dataset
- you need very high-precision or comprehensive global coverage comparable to commercial providers

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: maintenance
- function: database, geospatial, data-science
- domain: databases
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: open-data, geocoding, wkt, csv, json, mysql, place-names, time-zones, maps, geospatial

## Member repositories
- delight-im/FreeGeoDB (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:05.779684+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:57:38.979667+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/delight-im/FreeGeoDB (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:05.779684+00:00, sha e55181f06552)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.