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				<description><![CDATA[ I am trying to exclude items with a featureClass of S from my search. I tried using a query like this:

http://api.geonames.org/searchJSON?q=Africa&maxRows=3&style=FULL&featureClass=A&featureClass=H&featureClass=L&featureClass=P&featureClass=R&featureClass=T&featureClass=U&featureClass=V

However, with this particular search "Africa" brings up South Africa first and the continent itself does not show up in the results. If I add featureClass=S as a query parameter, then the same search returns the continent first. The continent record, though, has a featureClass of L, which I'm including.

Is what I'm attempting to do possible, or is there a different way of doing it?

Thanks,
Mike]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 28 Jun 2012 06:37:43]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ mike.cbi]]></author>
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				<title>Re:Exclude a featureClass</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Mike

The list of featureClasses results in an OR query and it seems that this affects the sort order. 
It will be easier to search with name=Africa. Then the search will only be executed over the place name. With the q parameter all attributes are searched and the number of results is much bigger.

Best Regards

Marc]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 28 Jun 2012 06:59:57]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ marc]]></author>
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