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16/08/2011 22:34:17
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ludaw
Joined: 20/08/2009 11:27:24
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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.
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21/08/2011 11:33:32
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marc
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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
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22/08/2011 06:31:10
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ludaw
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Ok, I understand. Thanks for your reply.
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