Actually, in principle, I like the Mr. Eggert's concept of removing the political aspect of the distribution. There is no doubt that by associating country codes to cities, it invites political discussion since countries are political entities. And such discussions seem to make some people very uncomfortable when discussions point out incompatibilities with international political standards. But I can understand as well that most software may be using those country codes. So therefore, I would think that where possible its just simpler to follow recognize international standards (such as the UN) when improving the database. And by the way, my interest is only in making the database accessible to the most number of peopleS, no matter their political affiliation. On 2013-05-20 20:10, Paul_Koning@dell.com wrote:
Then the trolls can do battle