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divil5000



Joined: 29/10/2011 14:29:20
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I've just started investigating this excellent data source and it seems that in my home country (UK) there are some significant population data errors. Take Alford, for example, lat 51.08833 lon -2.56417. This is a tiny village with a population around 50, but your data claims its population is 3321. Can anyone explain this or perhaps do something to address the mistake?

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marc



Joined: 08/12/2005 07:39:47
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It is probably a confusion between different places calles Alford.
You can easily help fix errors:
http://www.geonames.org/manual.html

Best Regards

Marc

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divil5000



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The problem appears to be widespread throughout the UK. I would suggest fixing it in bulk. Worldgazetteer has population data in it, which appear to be significantly more accurate.
marc



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Do you want to take care of the mapping?

Marc

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