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[Post New]02/03/2010 22:57:57
    Subject: Admin info erased for BELGIUM in majority of loctions
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cmarien



Joined: 08/12/2009 21:36:01
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Hi Marc,
We noticed a major set of changes in BE location in our last update, made by user nga, which renders BE data useless:
- admin 1 codes were systematically changed from ISO to the digits 13 or 14
- admin 2 was deleted altogether.
Here is an example:
http://www.geonames.org/2788122/reves.html
history: 0 2009 11 28 11:38:02 nga adm1:WAL>14,adm2:WHT>null,featureCode:ADMD>ADM4

This affects hundreds of cities in Belgium.
From what we can tell, the 13/14 division seems to reflect Flemish/French language.
Would there be any way to revert these changes? As a result of this wave of modifications we are not able to import the legitimate modifications we made (adding English Province names as aliases + a few other city aliases).
Thanks,
Chloé
[Post New]04/03/2010 08:05:15
    Subject: Re:Admin info erased for BELGIUM in majority of loctions
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marc



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thanks for letting me know. we will fix it in the next couple of days.

Best

Marc
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[Post New]07/03/2010 22:57:28
    Subject: Re:Admin info erased for BELGIUM in majority of loctions
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marc



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It has been fixed.

Marc
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[Post New]08/03/2010 21:39:58
    Subject: Re:Admin info erased for BELGIUM in majority of loctions
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cmarien



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Thank you very much Marc! We're very pleased to be able to use the data again.
 
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