Hi Dirk could you tell me which webservice use? Did you use the "findnearby"?
In this case I get the real city only for FULL optional style parameter: http://api.geonames.org/findNearby?lat=39.235100&lng=16.038900&style=FULL&username=demo <geonames> <geoname> <toponymName>Scaro-Reggio-Scornavacca-Vardano</toponymName> <name>Scaro-Reggio-Scornavacca-Vardano</name> <lat>39.22837</lat> <lng>16.06131</lng> <geonameId>8950217</geonameId> <countryCode>IT</countryCode> <countryName>Italy</countryName> <fcl>P</fcl> <fcode>PPL</fcode> <fclName>city, village,...</fclName> <fcodeName>populated place</fcodeName> <population>556</population> <asciiName/> <alternateNames>Scaro-Reggio-Scornavacca-Vardano</alternateNames> <elevation>0</elevation> <continentCode>EU</continentCode> <adminCode1 ISO3166-2="78">03</adminCode1> <adminName1>Calabria</adminName1> <adminCode2>CS</adminCode2> <adminName2>Provincia di Cosenza</adminName2> <adminCode3>078055</adminCode3> <adminName3>Fiumefreddo Bruzio</adminName3> <timezone dstOffset="2.0" gmtOffset="1.0">Europe/Rome</timezone> <distance>2.07423</distance> </geoname> </geonames> The main nearby city is "adminname3" If you use the extendedFindNearby web service then you get only the ocean... _______________________________________________ subsurface mailing list [email protected] http://lists.subsurface-divelog.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/subsurface
