[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#669360: Bug#669360: Bug#669360: Bug#669360: Berlin, Germany is not in The Gambia nor in South Africa

[lionel at lefolgoc.net (Lionel Le Folgoc)]

On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 10:05:08AM +0200, W. Martin Borgert wrote:
> On 2012-04-21 08:47, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> > On ven., 2012-04-20 at 23:26 +0200, W. Martin Borgert wrote:
> > > "Berlin/Schonefeld" (correct would be "Berlin/Sch?nefeld"),
> > > Berlin-Tempelhof, Berlin-West (not so relevant since 1989),
> > > "Schoneiche/Berlin" (correct would be "Sch?neiche/Berlin"),
> > > Birkenwerder bei Berlin, Bernau bei Berlin, and Marienfelde are
> > > all in or near Berlin, Germany.
> >
> > http://www.weather.com/search/enhancedlocalsearch?where=berlin&loctypes=1003,1001,1000,1,9,5,11,13,19,20&from=hdr_localsearch
> 
> This search result looks good. If only the plugin would display
> a similar result...
> 

Indeed, but the plugin uses the api, which returns weird results, e.g.:
  * http://xoap.weather.com/search/search?where=Berlin (your issue)
  * http://xoap.weather.com/search/search?where=Moscow (Moscow in Serbia? mmh).

Not sure why...

> > > When I enter "Berlin", there is a list of eight
> > > Berlins with two letters behind, which I interprete as ISO
> > > country codes: "Berlin, GA" in Gabon, "Berlin, MA" in Morocco,
> > > "Berlin, MD" in the republic of Moldova etc. However, it seems,
> > > that those Berlins do not exist at all.
> >
> > What do you mean by ?those Berlins do not exist at all??
> 
> To my best knowledge Gabon, Morocco, and Moldova do not feature
> even a lost village called Berlin.
> 

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Best regards,
Lionel