geonames
Interface to the "Geonames" Spatial Query Web Service
Description
The web service at <https://www.geonames.org/> provides a number of spatial data queries, including administrative area hierarchies, city locations and some country postal code queries. A (free) username is required and rate limits exist.
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| Flavor | Status |
|---|---|
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang | NOTE |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc | NOTE |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang | OK |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc | OK |
| r-devel-windows-x86_64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-macos-arm64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-macos-x86_64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-windows-x86_64 | OK |
| r-patched-linux-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-linux-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-macos-arm64 | OK |
| r-release-macos-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-windows-x86_64 | OK |
Check details (2 non-OK)
CRAN incoming feasibility
Maintainer: ‘Barry Rowlingson <b.rowlingson@gmail.com>’
No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
Please add one, modifying
Authors@R: person(given = "Barry",
family = "Rowlingson",
role = c("aut", "cre"),
email = "b.rowlingson@gmail.com")
as necessary.
CRAN incoming feasibility
Maintainer: ‘Barry Rowlingson <b.rowlingson@gmail.com>’
No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
Please add one, modifying
Authors@R: person(given = "Barry",
family = "Rowlingson",
role = c("aut", "cre"),
email = "b.rowlingson@gmail.com")
as necessary.
Check History
NOTE 11 OK · 2 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE May 10, 2026
CRAN incoming feasibility
Maintainer: ‘Barry Rowlingson <b.rowlingson@gmail.com>’
No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
Please add one, modifying
Authors@R: person(given = "Barry",
family = "Rowlingson",
role = c("aut", "cre"),
email = "b.rowlingson@gmail.com")
as necessary.
CRAN incoming feasibility
Maintainer: ‘Barry Rowlingson <b.rowlingson@gmail.com>’
No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
Please add one, modifying
Authors@R: person(given = "Barry",
family = "Rowlingson",
role = c("aut", "cre"),
email = "b.rowlingson@gmail.com")
as necessary.
WARNING 11 OK · 1 NOTE · 1 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE May 9, 2026
CRAN incoming feasibility
Maintainer: ‘Barry Rowlingson <b.rowlingson@gmail.com>’
No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
Please add one, modifying
Authors@R: person(given = "Barry",
family = "Rowlingson",
role = c("aut", "cre"),
email = "b.rowlingson@gmail.com")
as necessary.
CRAN incoming feasibility
Maintainer: ‘Barry Rowlingson <b.rowlingson@gmail.com>’
No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
Please add one, modifying
Authors@R: person(given = "Barry",
family = "Rowlingson",
role = c("aut", "cre"),
email = "b.rowlingson@gmail.com")
as necessary.
NOTE 12 OK · 2 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026
CRAN incoming feasibility
Maintainer: ‘Barry Rowlingson <b.rowlingson@gmail.com>’
No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
Please add one, modifying
Authors@R: person(given = "Barry",
family = "Rowlingson",
role = c("aut", "cre"),
email = "b.rowlingson@gmail.com")
as necessary.
CRAN incoming feasibility
Maintainer: ‘Barry Rowlingson <b.rowlingson@gmail.com>’
No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
Please add one, modifying
Authors@R: person(given = "Barry",
family = "Rowlingson",
role = c("aut", "cre"),
email = "b.rowlingson@gmail.com")
as necessary.