GeoNames Forum

I like the extendedFindNearby very much - it gives users an orientation down to the details they know. But sometimes the level of cities is lacking.

Example:

Geneva:
http://ws.geonames.org/extendedFindNearby?lat=46.2022156980098&lng=6.14569187164307

and a few streets to the east:
http://ws.geonames.org/extendedFindNearby?lat=46.20383445303909&lng=6.1544036865234375

in the latter the ADM1 (Canton de Genève) is followed by a PPLX (Eaux-Vives)

Is it possible to have Geneva in between in the xml?

Hi Noiv

Glad to have you back after a long time.

There are a couple of levels between ADM1 and pplx in Geneva and they are missing for different reasons. ADM2 is missing because we did not yet have the time to update the admin2codes for Switzerland. ADM3 is missing because we are not allowed to use the information from the swiss government, as the data license does not permit it.
The PPL is missing because we have not yet had the resources to update our service to include the information pplx>ppl in the extendedFindNearby service.

Marc

Hi Marc,

I've searched around in different countries and now it looks like the city level is always missing. Of course, I've not checked the whole planet, so I would be happy, if you could proove me wrong.

Is there a possibility for a systematic error? If I remember right the cities level was included some time ago.