GeoNames Forum

I've been trying to 'correct' the actual location of a few points, but have been encountering a rather non-descript 'error while saving:' message.

I've registered, logged in, selected the point in question (the Matterhorn ride at Disneyland in Anaheim, California), clicked the 'move' link, been invited to move it, moved it to the correct location, then hit 'save' in the tooltip, it attempts to save the new location, then after less than a second I get the 'error while saving' message, with no further explanation.

I'm getting a lot of benefit from the service (indirectly when geotagging pictures) and I'd love to contribute back. But I'm stumbling at the first hurdle.

BTW, how does one add new points?

Paul

Hi Paul

I don't know what could habe caused the error. Would you mind tring again and if the error occurs again give me the GeoNameId of the location you want to move?

Creating new locations is very simple. It is described in the user manual :
http://www.geonames.org/manual.html#create

Cheers

Marc

I tried again, same behavior.

Disneyland - GeoNameId : 5343229 (trying to move it to the center of the park)

Matterhorn - GeoNameId : 5371109 (trying to move it to the ride, it's off to one side)

I have been able to create several new points, and subsequently move them.

Paul

Hi Paul

This is weird. I was able to move them without any problems. Hope they are right now.

Cheers

Marc

Nope, still no joy. So far it's only been those two points - I can neither move nor edit them. But you've moved them to where I was trying to put them, so it's moot.

I've been able to create, move and edit new points, and move other existing points nearby (I've fine-tuned the locations of a few surrounding hotels). Just not these two. As you say - weird...

Paul

Paul

Both of them are missing a feature class and feature code. We will have to add them once we add the new code you are proposing.
It could be that this is causing a problem, since your account has less permission rights than mine.

Cheers

Marc

Could be... I'm not used to being 'under-privileged'

-- Paul