GeoNames Home | Postal Codes | Download / Webservice | About 

GeoNames Forum
  [Search] Search   [Recent Topics] Recent Topics   [Groups] Back to home page 
[Register] Register / 
[Login] Login 
Clipperton Island  XML
Forum Index -> Discussion of GeoNames Toponyms
Author Message
ludaw



Joined: 20/08/2009 11:27:24
Messages: 105
Offline

Hello,

Clipperton Island, in the Pacific Ocean, is indicated as an ADMD of France.
It is actually neither a DOM (Departement d'Outre Mer, like Guadeloupe or Reunion), nor a TOM (Territoire d'Outre Mer like St Martin or St Pierre et Miquelon). It is just a "possession" of France, administrated by the French minister of Overseas. Note: nobody's living there.

I would recommend to add a country code for this atoll (FIPS: IP or ISO alpha-2 : CP), make it a dependant political entity, and place it in the Northern American continent.
marc



Joined: 08/12/2005 07:39:47
Messages: 4412
Offline

The problem is that CP is not an official ISO country code. It is reserved, but not in use. I think it would make live unnecessary complicated for everybody using the data if we start using a country code that is not commonly used for an rather unimportant (uninhabited) island.

Marc

[WWW]
ludaw



Joined: 20/08/2009 11:27:24
Messages: 105
Offline

Ok, I understand. Thanks for your reply.
 
Forum Index -> Discussion of GeoNames Toponyms
Go to:   
Powered by JForum 2.1.5 © JForum Team