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The USGS Geographic names information system allows you to type in the name of place, and will return detailed info on the lat/lon, elevation, etc.for anyplace in the U.S.:
http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html


For non-US geographic names try:
http://www.nima.mil/gns/html/index.html
http://fat-albert.alexandria.ucsb.edu:8827/~zheng/alex-imp/gazserver/


The web site of the US Census Bureau, has a name server for US geographic names:
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer


A great collection of world city maps, country maps, and timezone maps exists at:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/world_maps.html

The Global Gazetteer has geographical and post code data for purchase:
http://www.knowledge.co.uk/geodata/

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