GNS database contains over five (5) million features
GNS database contains over eight (8) million feature names
GNS feature names data is stored and encoded in Unicode UTF-8 (All search and output functions present and generate the feature names data using the same UTF-8 encoding)
The data served by GNS is in a geographic coordinate system based on the WGS84 datum and ellipsoid
GNS feature coordinates are approximate and are intended for finding purposes
GNS database is updated weekly
GNS does not contain any coverage data for the United States of America or its Dependent areas nor does it cover Antarctica. To obtain U.S. or Antarctica coverage data, please access the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) database of names.