地名信息系统

地理名称信息系统（，缩写：GNIS），是一个美国地理名称信息数据库，包含美国全境以及其领地内的地理实体及文化标志信息的名称与方位信息。GNIS系统由美国地质调查局与美国地名委员会联合开发，促进标识名称的标准化。

相关资料
 U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, National Mapping Division, Digital Gazeteer: Users Manual, (Reston, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey, 1994).
 Least Heat Moon, William, Blue Highways: A Journey Into America, (Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1982). ISBN 0-316-35329-9
 Jouris, David, All Over The Map, (Berkeley, California: Ten Speed Press, 1994.) ISBN 0-89815-649-1
 Report: "Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions," Federal Information Processing Standards, FIPS 10-4. Standard was withdrawn in September 2008, See Federal Register Notice: Vol. 73, No. 170, page 51276 (September 2, 2008)
 Report: "Principles, Policies, and Procedures: Domestic Geographic Names," U.S. Board on Geographic Names, 1997.
 U.S. Postal Service Publication 28, November 2000.

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Category:美国地理
Category:公有領域資料庫
Category:美國地質調查局
Category:美國政府資料庫
Category:地理資料庫