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General -> NGA updates -> Go to message
the database is periodically updated with nga. For a couple of countries the admin divisions have been changed and other sources are used because users were not happy with the way it was.


Marc
Postal Codes -> New York -> Go to message
will be fixed with the next dump.

Marc
General -> difference between search results in webservice and fulltext -> Go to message
The abbreviation codes for Canadian provinces have been added to the database only recently and this update to the search index was not yet deployed on all servers.

Marc
Postal Codes -> postal code correction -> Go to message
Thanks.

It will be added with the next dump.

Marc
General -> cities1000 cities with 0 population -> Go to message
They are capitals of states or provinces and it is to be assumed they have larger population. And even if they should have slightly less than 1000, they still belong to the list as being of some relevance.

Marc
General -> cities1000 cities with 0 population -> Go to message
it is not a bug, just missing data. Feel free to help add it: http://www.geonames.org/manual.html

Marc
General -> How to get districts of a city? -> Go to message
you could use the hierarchy service: http://www.geonames.org/export/place-hierarchy.html#hierarchy

Marc
General -> Can I trust geonameid field? -> Go to message
the geonameId does not change.


Marc
General -> Geonames tree, parent/child relationship, problem with Athens/Greece -> Go to message
I have added the missing adm1 codes for Greece, deriving them from the admin2 code. Do not use the algorithm David is suggesting if you don't want to have a lot of errors.

Marc
General -> Metropolitan Areas -> Go to message
RGNE is the correct code. PPLS stands for a group of buildings, smaller than a neighbourhood.


Marc
General -> some places with strange characters in their names -> Go to message
Do you also know which correct character they should stand for? I have correct the first toponyms in Xavis list with geonameid < 6400000. For the later I would have to figure out the correct character. It is possible they have been corrected in the nga data source, but I did not yet have a look.

Marc
Administrative Divisions -> ISO-3166-2 Administrative Division Code -> Go to message
not in the next weeks. We simply don't have enough resources. Do you want to help?

Marc
General -> Incorrect data Chesapeake Bay (id 4351177) -> Go to message
Thanks. I have fixed it.

By the way. Anybody can help fix errors:
http://www.geonames.org/manual.html

Best

Marc
General -> Getting hotels, restaurants, churches... how? -> Go to message
The feature class is in the titles here:
http://www.geonames.org/export/codes.html
The feature codes are grouped by their feature class.

Best

Marc
Discussion of GeoNames Toponyms -> Rio de Janeiro became State of Rio de Janeiro -> Go to message
Alan

The state did not yet have a Portuguese name. I have added it:
http://www.geonames.org/3451189/estado-do-rio-de-janeiro.html

It will become active with the next update.

Best

Marc
Discussion of GeoNames Toponyms -> Recategorizing Buildings as Museums -> Go to message
done.
Discussion of GeoNames Toponyms -> OpenFlights airport data -> Go to message
The 'openflights' database is using a restrictive share-alike license. This means we are not allowed to use the data.
I really don't understand why people call their projects 'open' when they want to use a very restrictive license and don't allow other people to use the data.

Marc
General -> Some suggestions for feature codes -> Go to message
Hi Fred

Thanks. A generic 'Mill' featurecode is certainly sufficient. We could add the other info as tag. For other feature codes we nearly no entries at all I think we should also just delete the entries if there is no more generic code that could be used. It is not very useful to have only one or two entries of something (Ex: language school).

As for the new featurecodes you mentioned. Which ones should we add? For fuel stations or supermarkets it could be possible to use other large sources. Do the large petrol companies have international listings of stations? We have to be careful with wikipedia, because it is only called 'the free Encyclopedia'. In reality it is not free, the license is rather restrictive. It depends which data is used and how it is used to decide whether it is allowed. It is a pity that they did not choose a free license, it would have been a far more useful project with an open and free license.

Marc
Postal Codes -> Postal codes for Guatemala -> Go to message
Postal codes for Guatemala been added today to the GeoNames postal code data set.

source: http://www.elcorreo.com.gt/new/Codigos%20Postales/Codigos-postales.html

Thanks to Stewart Berry.

Regards

Marc
General -> UK railroad stations expanded and updated -> Go to message
Thanks a lot for your hard work.

Marc
 
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