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[Post New]13/05/2009 16:51:26
    Subject: Best way to implement name search in Geoname database
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victorin



Joined: 13/05/2009 10:42:13
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Hi, I'd like to know the best way to efficiently search for names in Geoname's databases, just like it's done in geoname search API functions

I've noticed that if you search for an alternate name it finds the right place properly, so my question is what indexes/joins are needed?

And another question is how geoname's api sort/choose among results because if I do a simple fulltext query in my imported Geoname table it returns more than 10 rows, on the other hand geoname's api only return 4 places for the same query.

Thank you!!
[Post New]13/05/2009 21:10:18
    Subject: Re:Best way to implement name search in Geoname database
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marc



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The GeoNames search is not database driven. It is a dedicated fulltext search index.

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Marc
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[Post New]14/05/2009 14:02:34
    Subject: Re:Best way to implement name search in Geoname database
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Richard Tobin



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marc wrote:
The GeoNames search is not database driven. It is a dedicated fulltext search index. 


Is the code available so we can run local copies?
[Post New]15/05/2009 07:44:07
    Subject: Re:Best way to implement name search in Geoname database
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marc



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The code is not available. I simply don't have the time to also provide support for this.

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Marc
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