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Make the readme apply to the 2024-2 data set
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I reported these issues and these are fixed now :) Unfortunately, it isn't hard to come up with other major problems.
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cristan committed Jan 16, 2025
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Expand Up @@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ The coordinates in [the original UN/LOCODE list](https://github.com/datasets/un-

**1. Only 80% of locations have coordinates**

This doesn't just include tiny villages, but major transport hubs like Shanhai Port (CNSHG), Port of Shenzhen (CNSZP), Hong Kong (HKHKG) and Los Angeles (USLAX).
This doesn't just include tiny villages, but world's most important cities like London (GBLON), Madrid (ESMAD), Luxembourg (LULUX) and Milano (ITMIL).

**2. Many coordinates are just wrong**

Problems like typos (AUMID), pointing to the wrong country (CKPZK) and just flat out being wrong (EGSCN)
Quite a few coordinates have typos (ATWIS), but many are just flat out wrong (EGSCN)

This project aims to solve most of these cases by combining the data with data from OpenStreetMap's [Nominatim](https://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/api/Overview/) and [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/).

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