GeoNames Forum

Hello,

I am trying to perform an exact match based on the city, state (region) and country so that I will get only one result back. (Greenwich,Connecticut,US)
However, I finding difficulties in setting the region or the state in my search query. I am using the name_equals for the city name and country to pass the country code.

Can some one please help me to pass the state(region) correctly to get the result?

Thanks

you need to pass the adminCode(x) parameters:

http://www.geonames.org/export/geonames-search.html

Hi Marc,

Thanks a lot for your response. Yes the adminCode param worked. However, I find it very easy with US states since the admincode for state are same as the states short names. However, internationally, I am finding issue since the admin code looks more like an internal id number like 07 etc.

Is there any best practice I can pass the admin code as the state short name or the full state name rather than passing in a code like 07?

Thanks
Vinny