GeoNames Forum

Hello,

After reading the documentation I found that there are some error codes for various situations. For example there is an error 15 if there is no result found.

I want to use XML service for my application but after testing the service I see that there is no error code provided as the documentation talks about.

For example in the case below the address is found and it provides the correct nodes:
http://ws.geonames.org/findNearestAddress?lat=37.451&lng=-122.18

but
on the case below

http://ws.geonames.org/findNearestAddress?lat=34.451&lng=-122.18

the address is not found but I see no error code. Instead I see something like :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
<geonames />

I'm I doing something wrong?

You are not doing anything wrong.

For the findNearestAddress it is not considered an exception to not find an address. I would even estimate that it is normal for this service to not find an address, the US is not so densely populated that each coordinate is close to an address.

Best

Marc