GeoNames Forum

Can somebody explain what is <score> tag? How the value is derived?
Is this available in data dumps?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
- <geonames style="FULL">
<totalResultsCount>11</totalResultsCount>
- <geoname>
<name>Cooma</name>
<lat>-36.2333333</lat>
<lng>149.1333333</lng>
<geonameId>2170577</geonameId>
<countryCode>AU</countryCode>
<countryName>Australia</countryName>
<fcl>P</fcl>
<fcode>PPL</fcode>
<fclName>city, village,...</fclName>
<fcodeName>populated place</fcodeName>
<population>6520</population>
<alternateNames>Comma</alternateNames>
<elevation />
<continentCode>OC</continentCode>
<adminCode1>02</adminCode1>
<adminName1>New South Wales</adminName1>
<adminCode2 />
<adminName2 />
<timezone dstOffset="10.0" gmtOffset="11.0">Australia/Sydney</timezone>
<score>1.0</score>
</geoname>
- <geoname>
<name>Cooma Creek</name>
<lat>-21.5166667</lat>
<lng>143.1333333</lng>
<geonameId>2170574</geonameId>
<countryCode>AU</countryCode>
<countryName>Australia</countryName>
<fcl>H</fcl>
<fcode>STM</fcode>
<fclName>stream, lake, ...</fclName>
<fcodeName>stream</fcodeName>
<population />
<alternateNames />
<elevation />
<continentCode>OC</continentCode>
<adminCode1>04</adminCode1>
<adminName1>Queensland</adminName1>
<adminCode2 />
<adminName2 />
<timezone dstOffset="10.0" gmtOffset="10.0">Australia/Brisbane</timezone>
<score>0.8333333730697632</score>
</geoname>

The score is a value that specifies how much the search term is matched by the place and therefore only available for the search. It can be used to determine whether the result is above a threshold.

Marc

Is there possible to use min score filtering instead of maxRows=..

i.e. show only item with score >=0,5

Thanks

this is currently not supported. You have to filter it on your end.

Marc