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* The last one is directly '''GeoNames' information'''. GeoNames is a geographical database covering all countries and containing over eight million placenames. In the demo you can discover (around you) some information provides by GeoNames like cities, village, lake, parks, hotels which you can find around you. | * The last one is directly '''GeoNames' information'''. GeoNames is a geographical database covering all countries and containing over eight million placenames. In the demo you can discover (around you) some information provides by GeoNames like cities, village, lake, parks, hotels which you can find around you. | ||
All the map and layer mechanism is powered by OpenLayers, a free Javascript library constructs to put a dynamic map in any web page. | All the map and layer mechanism is powered by '''OpenLayers''', a free Javascript library constructs to put a dynamic map in any web page. | ||
That's a kind of ''data mashup'' from free tools and free data, realised by [http://3liz.org/blog/rldhont René-Luc] from [http://3liz.com 3Liz]. | That's a kind of ''data mashup'' from free tools and free data, realised by [http://3liz.org/blog/rldhont René-Luc] from [http://3liz.com 3Liz]. | ||