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When searching for states, or countries, the results do not come back as our users expect.

http://www.geonames.org/servlet/geonames?q=california%2C+united+states&srv=1&country=

Is there anything that can be done about this? I understand one might probably argue "don't use it that way, that's not how it was intended", but users do....

Thanks,
Ryle
marc



Joined: 08/12/2005 07:39:47
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Hi Ryle

The name of the state of California was 'California, State of'. We have now removed the part ', State of' from all names of US states. Your query now returns the state of California at the top position.

Do you think we should also change the following :

19982 | , Township of
3791 | , Town of

The number is the the number of records.

Marc

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