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. 2019 Jul 25;6:134. doi: 10.1038/s41597-019-0142-2

Table 1.

List of all digital place-name gazetteers and software used to geo-position health facilities.

Name Link/reference
Geonames http://www.geonames.org/
Google Earth Google, Mountain View, California, USA
Google Maps https://www.google.com/maps
Microsoft Encarta Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, USA
OpenStreetMap https://www.openstreetmap.org/
Fallingrain Global Gazetteer http://www.fallingrain.com/world/index.html
NGA country gazetteers http://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html/namefiles.html
Geoview country portal http://geoview.info/
IslamicFinder http://www.islamicfinder.org/prayerDetail.php
UNOCHA HDX https://data.humdata.org/dataset?sort=metadata_modified+desc
Alexandria Digital Library http://www.alexandria.ucsb.edu
ILRI Geoportal http://data.ilri.org/geoportal/catalog/main/home.page
ArcGIS online http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?useExisting=1
African Data Sampler http://gcmd.nasa.gov/records/GCMD_ADS_WRI.html
MapCarta http://mapcarta.com/
Maplandia http://www.maplandia.com/
Global geodatabase-cities http://www.geodatasource.com/
VMAP0 http://earth-info.nga.mil/publications/vmap0.html
Bing Maps https://www.bing.com/maps/
Here Maps https://wego.here.com/
Old maps online http://www.oldmapsonline.org/
Mapcruzin http://www.mapcruzin.com/free-africa-arcgis-maps-shapefiles.htm
CIESIN http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/grump-v1-settlement-points
FreeGIS data https://freegisdata.rtwilson.com/
ILRI Geoportal http://data.ilri.org/geoportal/catalog/main/home.page
GeoDataSource: World Major Cities Database https://www.geodatasource.com/
GetaMap http://fr.getamap.org/AF-afrique.html
Geoba.se http://www.geoba.se/index.php
iTouchMap https://itouchmap.com/latlong.html
Citipedia.info https://www.citipedia.info/continent/general/Africa
GeoPostCodes http://www.geopostcodes.com/data
Geody https://www.geody.com/?world=terra