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Same location having different GEOID

Hi all,

I recently downloaded geo planet data and figured out that same location (Same Name, Same ISO_Country_CODE, Same Language) are having different WOEIDs. Is this possible?

For ex: WOEID | COUNTRY_CODE | Name | Lang |Place Type| Parent_ID
1010369 | "MM" | "Thongwa" | ENG | Town | 2344823 |
1017918 | "MM" | "Thongwa" | ENG | Town | 2344823

I found 130K such entries for Place Type='Town'

Kindly clarify.

Thanks
Pallavi

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  • It is possible for two places within a country to have the same name. There are 79 Springfields in the United States. Two places with the same name should not have the same parent as in your example, so this looks like a bug. I'll have someone look into this issue.

    Eddie Babcock
    Y! Geo Technologies

    QUOTE (Pallavi R @ Jun 29 2009, 03:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Hi all,

    I recently downloaded geo planet data and figured out that same location (Same Name, Same ISO_Country_CODE, Same Language) are having different WOEIDs. Is this possible?

    For ex: WOEID | COUNTRY_CODE | Name | Lang |Place Type| Parent_ID
    1010369 | "MM" | "Thongwa" | ENG | Town | 2344823 |
    1017918 | "MM" | "Thongwa" | ENG | Town | 2344823

    I found 130K such entries for Place Type='Town'

    Kindly clarify.

    Thanks
    Pallavi
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