GeoNames Forum

Hi Isa

The adminCode files are generated from the main database and contain the information from the toponym with the respective feature code (ADM1, ADM2,etc) you can easily create the information yourself for ADM3 and ADM4.
The admin1Codes has some more rows, these are obsolete administrative divisions that no longer exist but some users may want to know what the code stands for. There are also wrong codes for some records. This thread is discussing orphan admin codes :
http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/649.page

Marc

There is no web service for feature code statistics. Do you think this could be useful and would you like to use it?

Marc

There is also a simple tagging system implemented. This allow multidimensional categorization.

Marc

Ich glaube nicht dass es das bereits gibt. Möchtest Du es implementieren?

Marc

You are right, this was missing.

Marc

Paco has translated the Metar Weather conditions into Spanish. The Metar web services now support Spanish (es) as language parameter. Example :
http://ws.geonames.org/weatherIcaoJSON?ICAO=LEMD&lang=es
the same condition in English :
http://ws.geonames.org/weatherIcaoJSON?ICAO=LEMD

clouds.null = n/a
clouds.SKC = Cielo despejado
clouds.CLR = Cielo despejado
clouds.FEW = Nubes escasas
clouds.SCT = Nubes dispersas
clouds.BKN = Nubosidad abundante
clouds.OVC = Cielo cubierto
clouds.VV = Visibilidad vertical

condition.null=n/a
condition.DZ=LLovizna
condition.RA=Lluvia
condition.SN=Nieve
condition.SG=Nieve en copos
condition.IC=Hielo
condition.PL=Gránulos de hielo
condition.GR=Granizo
condition.GS=Pedrisca/Granizo
condition.UP=Precipitación desconocida
condition.BR=Neblina
condition.FG=Niebla
condition.FU=Humo
condition.VA=Ceniza volcánica
condition.SA=Arena
condition.HZ=Calima o bruma
condition.PY=Spray
condition.DU=Polvo difuso
condition.SQ=Vendaval
condition.SS=Tormenta de arena
condition.DS=Vendaval de polvo
condition.PO=Polvo o arena girando
condition.FC=Tromba
condition.+FC=Tornado

condition.-=Leve
condition.+=Fuerte
condition.VC=Cercanías

condition.MI=Baja
condition.BC=Bancos
condition.SH=Chubasco
condition.PR=Parcialmente
condition.TS=Tormenta
condition.BL=Soplando
condition.DR=Deriva
condition.FZ=Congelado

Michael has translated the Metar Weather conditions into German. The Metar web services now support German (de) as language parameter. Example :
http://ws.geonames.org/weatherIcaoJSON?ICAO=LSZH&lang=de
the same condition in English :
http://ws.geonames.org/weatherIcaoJSON?ICAO=LSZH

clouds.null = n/a
clouds.SKC = klarer Himmel
clouds.CLR = klarer Himmel
clouds.FEW = leicht bewölkt
clouds.SCT = teilweise bewölkt
clouds.BKN = aufreißende Wolkendecke
clouds.OVC = bewölkt
clouds.VV = klarer Himmel
condition.null = n/a
condition.DZ = Nieselregen
condition.RA = Regen
condition.SN = Schnee
condition.SG = Grieselregen
condition.IC = Eiskristalle
condition.PL = Reifgraupel
condition.GR = Hagel
condition.GS = Schneeregen
condition.UP = unbekannter Niederschlag
condition.BR = leichter Nebel
condition.FG = Nebel
condition.FU = Qualm
condition.VA = Vulkanasche
condition.SA = Sand
condition.HZ = trüb
condition.PY = Sprühregen
condition.DU = versträute Staubstürme
condition.SQ = Windböen
condition.SS = Sandsturm
condition.DS = Staubsturm
condition.PO = Staub/Sandwirbel
condition.FC = Wolkenschlauch
condition.+FC = Tornado
condition.- = Minus
condition.+ = Plus
condition.VC = in der Umgebung:
condition.MI = flach
condition.BC = flicken
condition.SH = Regengüsse
condition.PR = teilweise
condition.TS = Gewitter
condition.BL = stürmisch
condition.DR = rutschig
condition.FZ = Frost

Hakan

It think it is not a problem for most users and splitting it would make the dumps directory look more complicated. We already have a lot of users who don't understand that the allCountries file is the same thing as the individual country files. Adding two hundred more files would make it even more difficult to understand for many users.

Marc

Tim

You can download the main GeoNames dump and group the data by the timezone field to get countries and cities. The postal code dump does not yet contain timezone information.

Marc

Hi Isa

Yes, nearly all information is in the dump files, with the exception of the neighbours for administrative divisions. The PPLX children of the PPL are also not yet in the dump directory. Those have been reversed geocoded and the information so far is in the dump, but reverse geocoding is not perfect and we will have to find a way to make it editable which PPL a PPLX belongs to.
The ppl-pplx file is here for the time being :
http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/415.page#2055

Marc

I am afraid GeoNames doesn't have any weather forecast service.

Thanks. I was not aware of this. Should be fixed with the next dump.

Marc

Yes, GeoNames places names are available in a huge number of languages. You find the translations in the file alternatename.zip.

I think most points should be fixed by now. Please feel free to help us fix the remaining ones.

Marc

they are null because we don't know what type of feature it is.

Geo

If it is only for a postal code drop down list then I would implement a simple postal code suggest or auto complete with the posibility for the user to overwrite it in case the postal code does not exist in the database.

Marc

you can sort the results by population and feature code and return the most relevant toponym. Though this does not mean that you are always returning the place your user was looking for. I guess it would be better to think about how to interact with your user.

Marc

fixed.
thanks.

Marc

I have not yet heard of any ISO country code assigned to Kosovo. We could use a 'user defined' code like 'XK' as a temporary solution and change to the correct code later.

Marc

thanks, I will remove it.

Marc