GeoNames Forum

Hi, I'm new to this so sorry if I'm going about it wrong, any help is very much appreciated.

I'm using the searchJSON API to populate a list of suggestions as the user types their town/city on our webpage. I'm using the name, adminName1 and countryName fields to create each item in the list.

I've noticed that Toronto has two alternate names for English: "Toronto" and "Toronto, Ontario". The name field is picking the latter, so I end up with "Toronto, Ontario, Ontario, Canada". It looks like this alternative name was added on 2012 05 17 11:53:07.

Is this data incorrect for Toronto's entry, in which case how do I get it corrected, or am I supposed to be using some other method to get the correct name?

Thanks for you help.

thanks for reporting this.

Marc