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unlocode-geonameid.txt doesn't consistently map back to geoname features  XML
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jason



Joined: 02/07/2015 12:26:26
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I am a premium data customer and am having trouble reconciling the unlocode back to features and cities. In some cases this file maps back to a small feature rather than something like a city. Some examples:
- UNLOCODE for Volgograd is RU VOG but this does not appear in the file but has a geonameid of 472757 and I would have expected it to be in the mapping file.
- UNLOCODE for Dakar is SN DKR. This maps to geonameid 2251339 which is only a are which is part of Dakar. Iwould have expected it to map to the Dakar geonameid 2253354.
There are other examples of the UNLOCODE mapping to only part of the city it relates to.

Is the unlocode-geonameid.txt still a work in progress or are there other ways to to map form the features of the geonameid in this file to the city the UNLOCODE represents?

Thanks.
 
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