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				<description><![CDATA[ The API documentation for http://www.geonames.org/export/geonames-search.html says that its possible to search within a bounding box defined as east,west,north,south which is a float. However, I cannot understand how this might be used. Does east correspond to a lat,lng which marks the east point or is it something else ? Can someone please provide some hints on how to use the bounding box feature of the Geonames Search API ? ]]></description>
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				<author><![CDATA[ davidpotter]]></author>
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				<title>Re:Information about bounding box</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Hi davidpotter

A bounding box  is a spherical rectangle, defined by the westernmost and easternmost longitudes and the northernmost and southernmost latitudes, all four in decimal degrees. Spherical because the earth is a sphere (or better, an ellipsoid), the latitude circles are parallel whereas the longitude circles (the meridians) are not.

As a sample look at the bounding box of Switzerland, if the rectangle does not show up, hover the mouse-pointer over the red [One]. >>>
<a href='http://www.geonames.org/2658434/switzerland.html' target='_new' rel="nofollow">http://www.geonames.org/2658434/switzerland.html</a>

May be my earlier explanations will help you with the definition of your search algorithm >>> 
<a href='http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/4313.page#12586' target='_new' rel="nofollow">http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/4313.page#12586</a>
…I see, your inquiry is a copy/paste from this thread !

And this one, the last entry >>>
<a href='http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1553.page#10304' target='_new' rel="nofollow">http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/1553.page#10304</a>


Cheers,
Urs
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:31:53]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ saphir]]></author>
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