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[Post New]22/06/2012 22:23:26
    Subject: Wrong city names
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travelalberta



Joined: 22/06/2012 19:37:33
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Hello,
We have identified a few Canadian (and other) cities that recently "broke", as well as wrong provinces associated with the cities. The list below has the info:



City Region Country Alteration Date
Banff, Calgary Alberta | Alberta | Canada | 2012-05-14 00:00
Banff, Calgary, Edmonton | Alberta | Canada | 2012-05-14 00:00
Calgary, AB | Alberta | Canada | 2012-05-14 00:00
Calgary, Alberta | Alberta | Canada | 2012-06-22 16:59
Coquitlam, British Columbia | British Columbia | Canada | 2012-05-14 00:00
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | Alberta | Canada | 2012-05-14 00:00
Edomoton, Alberta, Canada | British Columbia | Canada | 2012-05-14 00:00 wrong region/province
Grande Prairie, ab | Alberta | Canada | 2012-05-14 00:00
Kelso, Scotland, UK | Scotland | United Kingdom | 2012-05-14 00:00
Mississauga, Ontario | Ontario | Canada | 2012-06-21 15:55
Ottawa, Ontario | Ontario | Canada | 2012-05-14 00:00
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Ontario | Canada | 2012-05-14 00:00
Parksville, British Columbia | British Columbia | Canada | 2012-05-14 00:00
Penticton, BC | British Columbia | Canada | 2012-05-15 08:45
Pilot Mound Manitoba, Canada | Manitoba | Canada | 2012-05-14 00:00
Rocky Mountain House, Alberta | Alberta | Canada | 2012-05-14 00:00
Sherwood Park, ab, canada | Alberta | Canada | 2012-05-14 00:00
Vancouver, BC | British Columbia | Canada | 2012-05-14 00:00
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | British Columbia | Canada | 2012-05-15 10:56
Victoria, BC | British Columbia | Canada | 2012-05-14 00:00

Some of these seem to be fixed (Edmonton, Victoria), but some are still broken (Calgary).

Thank you,
Sean[b]
[Post New]01/07/2012 11:49:44
    Subject: Re:Wrong city names
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marc



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

Somebody has unfortunately added the province name to a handful of cities. I think we have identified and fixed them by now.
Your list, however is difficult to read for me. Most entries on the list (those with timestamp 2012-05-14 00:00 ) seem to be unrelated to any of these changes.

Marc
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[Post New]16/11/2014 22:32:33
    Subject: Re:Wrong city names
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dave_roe



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Alberta is shown as having only one child.
Wood Buffalo
http://api.geonames.org/children?geonameId=5883102&username=demo

This is way off. There are at least two....


Dave
 
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