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How do I get a place (city, province, country) information from Geonames having the place's name using JENA and SPARQL?

Could someone help me with a SPARQL query to Geonames database to find a place's information, i.e., population? I have just the place's name. I am using JENA.

Solution

  • Solved using the Geonames Java Library (see http://www.geonames.org/source-code/). Here is the solution that worked for me:

    //First, must be registered on Geonames. Then, place the user here...
WebService.setUserName("demo");

ToponymSearchCriteria searchCriteria = new ToponymSearchCriteria();
searchCriteria.setQ("My City Name");
searchCriteria.setStyle(Style.FULL);
ToponymSearchResult searchResult;
Long population;

try {
    searchResult = WebService.search(searchCriteria);
    for (Toponym toponym : searchResult.getToponyms()) {
    population = toponym.getPopulation();
    }

} catch (Exception e) {     
    e.printStackTrace();
}

return population;