GeoNames Forum

Hello,

The following coordinates: 42.521858; -83.185561 show up as Berkley, MI in your database. This is my neighborhood and I can guarantee you I live in Royal Oak, MI (ZIPCode: 48073).

I did not find a specific place to report this error so I come here. Can you please fix this (or tell me where to report it)?

Thanks,

Tieum

Hi Tieum

Are we speaking about this entry in our database :
http://www.geonames.org/4985744/berkley.html ?

Google has it more or less at the same place, and there is also a wikipedia entry about Berkley, MI :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkley%2C_Michigan

Marc

I' talking about http://ws.geonames.org/findNearbyPlaceName?lat=42.521858&lng=-83.185561

<geoname>
<name>Berkley</name>
<lat>42.5030909</lat>
<lng>-83.1835389</lng>
<geonameId>4985744</geonameId>
<countryCode>US</countryCode>
<countryName>United States</countryName>
<fcl>P</fcl>
<fcode>PPL</fcode>
<distance>2.0933</distance>
</geoname>

We don't have neighbourhood boundary data for this area and all we can do is to return the closest city center. According to the data from US Geological Survey this is 'Berkley'.

Marc