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				<title>How are coordinates for countries in allcountries table determined</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Hello,

I am trying to figure out what location the coordinates of countries in the allcountries table are.

As far as I can tell they don't seem to be centroids of the country shape.
They also are not the location of the capital city, nor of the largest city.

So I really wonder how are the determined?

Who can help me out?]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 4 Nov 2010 11:26:49]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ Asimov6]]></author>
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				<title>Re:How are coordinates for countries in allcountries table determined</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ there are no hard and fast rules.

Marc]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 7 Nov 2010 16:02:08]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ marc]]></author>
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				<title>Re:How are coordinates for countries in allcountries table determined</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ If it is not to much to ask, could you give me some indication as how these coordinates are obtained. I am mainly interested in the coordinaties of countries and water bodies like lakes.]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 8 Nov 2010 21:27:52]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ Asimov6]]></author>
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