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How is score calculated and what is it's range?  XML
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geodisy



Joined: 27/02/2019 00:12:09
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Could someone please explain score to me?

I'm hoping to use the score value to filter results, but I don't understand how the value is calculated or what a "good" score would be. Some searches seem to give a score between 1 and 100, but with other searches I'm seeing scores of over 300. Also I am seeing things like that with fcode ADM1 that "Columbia" has a higher score for "British Columbia" than "British Columbia" does, but "British" is lower. Also all three (British Columbia, British, and Columbia) have scores betweet 127 and 148.
 
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