I&#x27;ve used this for a place database and really liked it. They provide data dumps of the database (as well as diffs between previous dumps) so we don&#x27;t need to rely on their web APIs, and still have the data in case geonames ever shuts down. They also offer a paid service, which should guarantee some sort of protection against a random shutdown.<p>AFAIK they don&#x27;t have path&#x2F;street data, just a massive location dataset, so you can&#x27;t use it for directions by itself.