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[Post New]16/03/2009 21:00:51
    Subject: Some Geonames are not at the right spot
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Bengt



Joined: 16/03/2009 20:34:09
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Hi,

I'm new to this but i very well know where places are around home and i have previously been working as a professional map maker.

Some of the GeoNames are off by several thousand meters. Before i start to put them in the right places i want to verify that there is nothing else wrong. Is there any other ways to add GeoNames except for the web GUI which could give misalignment? More than a few seems to be off with approximate the same distance and direction. Is it common that people misalign the locations?

I use Geosetter to geotag my photos. Geosetter use geonames.org for for the location data and i have noticed before that it sometimes gives very strange location data for the GPS coordinates.

Bengt
[Post New]16/03/2009 22:43:20
    Subject: Re:Some Geonames are not at the right spot
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marc



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Bengt

The pattern you observe if from a dataset from the US army with rounded coordinates.

Best

Marc
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[Post New]17/03/2009 15:49:02
    Subject: Re:Some Geonames are not at the right spot
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Bengt



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So i assume then that it is "safe" to adjust my "local" GeoNames to more correct coordinates.

Thanks
Bengt
 
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