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ozzii



Joined: 14/04/2015 11:21:26
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I've noticed in the GB.txt dump there seem to be a lot of duplicates, the only difference is that these rows have different feature codes and feature class but all admin codes are identical?

Below is a sample but I have over 7000 rows that are like this.

Code:
 
     geonameid |    name      |  f_class  | f_code | country | admin1  |  admin2 | admin3  | admin4
     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      2657876  |  Abbey Dore  |     P     |  PPLA3 |     GB  |   ENG   |     F7  | 00GA001 |
      7291410  |  Abbey Dore  |     A     |  ADM3  |     GB  |   ENG   |     F7  | 00GA001 |
      7296023  |   Bolton     |     A     |  ADM4  |     GB  |   ENG   |     C9  |   16UF  | 16UF008
      11592596 |   Bolton     |     P     |  PPL   |     GB  |   ENG   |     C9  |   16UF  | 16UF008


The problem is how can you build any meaningful autocomplete service if you search for a place and when you return the full concatenated place name with all admin levels the end user is having to select between two identical names?
marc



Joined: 08/12/2005 07:39:47
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these are not duplicates.

the ones with fc=P are populated places whereas the fc=A are the corresponding admin divisions. There can also be a lot of other features within the same admin division.

Best Regards

Marc

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