I'm not worried about counties the way this is going to be broken up
is continents/countries/states,territories,provinces(all are equal for
the purposes that I am using)/major cities and well populated or
traveled cities that I choose i don't need to be very intricate as far
as that goes, i also will have minimal data going in to each section,
like population and stupid little facts like that I just need
something simple, I'm not looking to get crazy into detail about
locations or anything like that...simplicity that can be used and
manipulated to pull up into web pages and can be used to sort and
search, if anyone has a database like this or knows where i can get
one i would be more than happy to discuss a price to make my life that
much easier....
"Van Messner" <messner1_at_NOSPAMbestweb.net> wrote in message news:<104erc7q6qr5o56_at_corp.supernews.com>...
> Once you settle on a database, you'll also need to do some database design
> reading. Geographical information has very interesting hierarchies and
> labels. For example, in the US we have counties in each state, but in
> Louisiana they're called parishes and in Alaska they're called boroughs (I
> think). Almost always a neighbornood is within a town which is within a
> county. Yet five counties lie inside New York City. And wait 'til you try
> to figure out hierarchies in France and Russia. Good luck.
>
>
> "Inquest750" <inquest750_at_excite.com> wrote in message
> news:4d8a3a28.0403032116.5b625b4a_at_posting.google.com...
> > ok here is my dilema, i need to create a database that is going to
> > have to interact with a webpage, the database is going to consist of
> > information about the world- countries, cities, provinces, population,
> > etc... the biggest problem that i have is i know nothing about
> > creating databases but i really need to get this done I am in the
> > process of starting my own website and can not afford to pay anyone to
> > do this so i will have to learn and do it all myself. can anyone out
> > there help me please, i know i'm asking a lot but i see all the help
> > that everyone provides for everyone else here and i know not where
> > else to turn, I am a computer savvy individual with over 4 years
> > experience troubleshooting and maintaining hardware, software, and
> > networks, so i should be able to pick on things rather quickly any and
> > all help is greatly appreciated, thank you everyone....
Received on Thu Mar 04 2004 - 22:41:25 CST
