Continent>Country>State/Province/Region>Sub-Region World Taxonomy
Hello
My apologies if I have placed my query in the wrong place.
Please can someone help or point me in the right direction?
Essentially, I am looking for a multi-level taxonomy which has a structure thus:
Continent>Country>State/Province/Region>Sub-Region World Taxonomy
Eg:
Europe>United Kingdom>England>Oxfordshire
North America>United States of America>California>Orange County
Even if the taxonomy is not an exact fit, it would be great to have something that I could base my taxonomy on. The taxonomy will be so our customers can indicate their global region(s) of supply.
I've tried Google, and there seems to be no suitable taxonomy out there, which I find a bit surprising. Surely, someone, somewhere, eg the US Government, the CIA must have a taxonomy that can be used?
Any help would be gratefully received.
Kind regards,
David
david.gatenby@achilles.com
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See http://drupal.org/node/39732 and the http://drupal.org/project/taxonomy_xml module.
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Thank you!
Thank you. The taxonomy was good, but I need something slightly more comprehensive.
Can anyone else give me any useful pointers?
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With the xml module, you should be able to use any service. Maybe http://www.geonames.org/export would me close to what you want.
Another option, if you can find a csv, is http://drupal.org/project/taxonomy_csv
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The sample 'states' vocab
The sample 'states' vocab distributed with taxonomy_xml is just that - a sample. I'm not in the business of providing actual data - I don't want the responsibility.
I never found a royalty-free structured list of locales in an appropriate, redistributable format. I did a lot of looking.
You can, if you are keen, try importing from the Medical Subject Headings database (they provide an XML dump that import_xml should be able to read, and is the most extensive open one I've looked at) but that view of the world is regional, not exactly the same as logistical or political.
... one day however I may get my distributed taxonomy server project off the ground... then we will see.
.dan.