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PBoulerie



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Re : [memo / reminder] featureclass 'P' populated place vs featureclass 'A' admin divisions


Marc has explained several times in his answers * that there are 2 distinct feature classes in the structure of the database :
- 'P' / populated place
- 'A' / Administrative divisions


* for instance :
in the FAQs
http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/2013.page
http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1930.page
or here :
Forum "Administrative Divisions"
topic : "feature classes explanation"
http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1944.page
or
General
What is the best dataset to use for my web service ?
http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1647.page
 
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