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General -> Missing timezones and country codes -> Go to message
We are using java and the latest timezones are not yet supported by java:
http://java.sun.com/javase/timezones/tzdata_versions.html

this is not really a problem because on our side we are also not yet supporting the new timezones.

I would prefer not to change the file as it would break the geonames users import scripts. Most programming environments natively support the olson timezone, we don't have to reproduce it in our files.

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Marc
General -> Wallis and Futuna Capital - Mata-Utu ??? -> Go to message
Sometime ago we have changed the feature code for the 'country' from ADM1 (belongs to France) to PCLD. It would have been consequent to also change the capital from ppla to pplc. I have changed it now.

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Marc
General -> Aland Islands (AX) Capital - Mariehamn ??? -> Go to message
It is true that AX has a code, the code is included in the country info file http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/countryInfo.txt

I don't really want to change the country code of the toponyms, because it is part of Finland and I don't understand why it has it's own code.
For Guernsey and others we have assigned both codes, we could also do this for Åland.
I would prefer to make a consistent list of all dependent entities before changing anything. Otherwise it will not be consistent over all countries.

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Marc
General -> moving a point and it disappears from the map -> Go to message
Hi Daniel

If you are not close enough then it may seem that points disappear. Only 50 points are displayed and if your point is not among the randomly selected points then you don't see it. You just have to zoom in more then you will see it again.

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Marc
Forum in Deutsch -> Kombination aus findNearbyPlaceName und findNearbyPostalCodes API möglich? -> Go to message
Hallo

Eine Kombination dieser beiden Dienste gibt es noch nicht.

Gruss

Marc
Administrative Divisions -> Spain -> Go to message
The hasc codes are only used on the statoids website and are not an official and commonly used coding system like fips or iso. In situations where do not have a code at all we use the geonameId.

Marc
Administrative Divisions -> In case of adm1/adm2 conflict -> Go to message
It is not a general rule. It just means that one of the two is wrong, but it is not clear which one. It usually happens from using polygon information in border regions and it is not clear which level of polgyon is more detailed and therefore correct.

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Marc
Forum in Deutsch -> Städtenamen auf Deutsch? -> Go to message
Du musst dazu die Zusatztabelle 'alternatenames.txt' verwenden.


Marc
General -> Wikipedia <-> geonameid mapping -> Go to message
Loic

It is possible that wikitravel does this, GeoNames doesn't have any wikitravel data.

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Marc
General -> weatherJSON reporting dupplicate entries -> Go to message
Thanks for reporting the bug. It will be fixed.

Marc
Administrative Divisions -> Spain -> Go to message
The problem here is that Ceuta does not have a first division code, so we can put the adm2 code into the adm1 column. When we change the first code from the fips codes to the iso codes we could use the iso code for Ceuta, but I don't want to change just one country, we should coordinate it and move as many countries as possible. It would solve the adm1 issue in this case, but there will be other situations where iso does not have assigned a code.

Marc
FAQ - frequently asked questions -> Getting admin2 code and name using JSON Autocomplete postalcodeLookup -> Go to message
The adm2 info was missing from the json response. It is now available, together with adm3.

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Marc
General -> Timezone Issues -> Go to message
These are valid timezones and I don't see why they should be removed.


Marc
General -> Northern Mariana Islands Capital - Saipan ??? -> Go to message
Hi Robert

Adding a PPLC entry would mean there is a city when there is none. I think for these special cases it is easier to handle them separately as you already did. It would be too confusing to use the 'normal' way of dealing with them.

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Marc
General -> cities1000 cities with 0 population -> Go to message
No, this thread speaks about places that have 'NO population data' in the geonames database. If the population information is missing then it does not necessarily mean that the population is lower than 1000.

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Marc

PS: I have deleted your other thread, it is not required to post two identical questions in different threads.
General -> can i pass variable with a callback to a json query? -> Go to message
there is an example here: http://www.geonames.org/export/ajax-postalcode-autocomplete.html
General -> Western Sahara - Largest City - Laâyoune ??? -> Go to message
Hi Robert

El Aaiún already is in GeoNames:
http://www.geonames.org/2462881/ejbei-uad-el-aabd.html

As it is a disputed area I don't think we can call it a capital.

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Marc
General -> Northern Mariana Islands Capital - Saipan ??? -> Go to message
Hi Robert

Saipan seems to be name of the Island or admin division: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saipan

So we cannot change it to 'city', what actually is the meaning of PPLC.

If you care about the information that sometimes it is referred to as capital we would need another way of modeling this.

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Marc
General -> Palestine Capital - Jerusalem ??? -> Go to message
Hi Robert

I fear this is a politically open issue we cannot resolve and we should leave it as PPL.
If we change it to PPLC for which country should this be? Palestine or Israel? Both parties consider it to be their capital.

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Marc
General -> Nauru Capital - Yaren ??? -> Go to message
Hi Robert

According to wikipedia, Nauru does not have a capital: "Yaren (and sometimes Aiwo) is usually listed as the capital of Nauru though this is incorrect; the republic does not have cities or an official capital."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaren_District
 
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