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Imprecise coordinates of Schäfersee, wikipedia.de delivers precise ones  XML
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[Post New]31/08/2009 12:19:35
    Subject: Imprecise coordinates of Schäfersee, wikipedia.de delivers precise ones
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hansgf



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Hi
I registert an annoying imprecision in the coordinates of Schäfersee delivered by GeoNames

GeoNames says imprecise
Schäfersee 52.5666667 13.3666667 Germany, Berlin lake N 52° 34' 0'' E 13° 22' 0''
this is a few hundred meters off the spot

wikipedia.de says precise
Schäfersee Koordinaten: 52° 33′ 52″ N, 13° 21′ 40″ O

GeoNames has the secondes are rounded to full minutes, why

Hans-Georg


[Post New]01/09/2009 22:10:55
    Subject: Re:Imprecise coordinates of Schäfersee, wikipedia.de delivers precise ones
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marc



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It is very simple to move coordinates at the right place;
http://www.geonames.org/manual.html

I have corrected Schäfersee, it was rounded because it was rounded in the original data source.

Marc
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[Post New]01/09/2009 23:49:53
    Subject: Re:Imprecise coordinates of Schäfersee, wikipedia.de delivers precise ones
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hansgf



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Thank you for that link. I'm quite new to GeoNames, I just stumbled upon it via OpenStreet map. Next time of course I will correct errors myself.

Hans-Georg
 
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