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http://blog.simplegeo.com/2011/04/20/open-places-data/

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• Facts Should Be Free: SimpleGeo Puts 20 Million Places in the Public Domain (ReadWriteWeb)
• SimpleGeo Makes Location Data Free, Complicates Smartphone Tracking Worries (Fast Company)