Bug #21104 for Geography-Countries-LatLong: Matlab LatLong hash

Mon Aug 21 08:21:26 2006 morten.bjornsvik [...] experian-scorex.no - Ticket created

Subject:	Matlab LatLong hash
Date:	Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:21:06 +0200
To:	<bug-Geography-Countries-LatLong [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	Morten Bjørnsvik <morten.bjornsvik [...] experian-scorex.no>

Hi Thanks for a great module. I've been testing this module for some time and finding it to work great for long distances, But instead of the Matlab latlong extraction, I find the CIA-factbook LatLongs to be more accurate: (compare Norway) https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/fields/2011.html Could you store the hash-table on the ISO or ITU country code, like Geography::Countries. Most of the countries not listed are listed with other names: Myanmar = Burma Upper Volta = Burkina Faso etc... Thanks -- morten.bjornsvik - at - experian-scorex.no Experian-Scorex AS, PB 121, 0102 Oslo, Norway

Mon Aug 21 10:44:13 2006 west.finchley [...] leegoddard.net - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #21104] Matlab LatLong hash
Date:	Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:43:46 +0100
To:	bug-Geography-Countries-LatLong [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Lee Goddard <lee [...] leegoddard.net>

Thanks! I'll update it when I get a chance. If you don't see a version in a week, please remind! Morten Bjørnsvik via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> Mon Aug 21 08:21:26 2006: Request 21104 was acted upon. > Transaction: Ticket created by morten.bjornsvik@experian-scorex.no > Queue: Geography-Countries-LatLong > Subject: Matlab LatLong hash > Broken in: (no value) > Severity: (no value) > Owner: Nobody > Requestors: morten.bjornsvik@experian-scorex.no > Status: new > Ticket <URL: http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=21104 > > > > Hi > > Thanks for a great module. > > I've been testing this module for some time and finding it to work great for long distances, > > But instead of the Matlab latlong extraction, I find the CIA-factbook LatLongs > to be more accurate: (compare Norway) > https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/fields/2011.html > > Could you store the hash-table on the ISO or ITU country code, like Geography::Countries. > > Most of the countries not listed are listed with other names: > Myanmar = Burma > Upper Volta = Burkina Faso > etc... > > Thanks > > -- > morten.bjornsvik - at - experian-scorex.no > Experian-Scorex AS, PB 121, 0102 Oslo, Norway > > > > >

-- Lee Goddard, BA (Hons), MSc www: LeeGoddard.net tel: 0208 369 6832 ltd: Server-side Systems ten: Ten years programming the net

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Tue Aug 22 02:59:54 2006 morten.bjornsvik [...] experian-scorex.no - Correspondence added

Subject:	RE: [rt.cpan.org #21104] Matlab LatLong hash
Date:	Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:59:26 +0200
To:	<bug-Geography-Countries-LatLong [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	Morten Bjørnsvik <morten.bjornsvik [...] experian-scorex.no>

Hi Enclosed is a simple script that extracts the CIA list via wget. I just replaced the current list, Some of the names are different, but they are mostly small odd ones. (One of the reasons why it is so hard to maintain a list with full names vs iso or itu names). Thanks -- Morten.bjornsvik@experian-scorex.no

Download get-cia-geo-list.pl.gz
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Tue Aug 22 03:58:49 2006 west.finchley [...] leegoddard.net - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #21104] Matlab LatLong hash
Date:	Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:58:24 +0100
To:	bug-Geography-Countries-LatLong [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Lee Goddard <lee [...] leegoddard.net>

Thank you! Very kind! I'll patch ASAP. I thought one could get the LatLong by ISO code for the country? An oversight to be corrected. Now, two- or three-letter codes ... ;-) Lee Morten Bjørnsvik via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> Queue: Geography-Countries-LatLong > Ticket <URL: http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=21104 > > > Hi > > Enclosed is a simple script that extracts the CIA list via wget. > > I just replaced the current list, Some of the names are different, but they are > mostly small odd ones. (One of the reasons why it is so hard to maintain a > list with full names vs iso or itu names). > > Thanks > -- > Morten.bjornsvik@experian-scorex.no > > >

-- Lee Goddard, BA (Hons), MSc www: LeeGoddard.net tel: 0208 369 6832 ltd: Server-side Systems ten: Ten years programming the net

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Wed Dec 19 04:38:24 2007 LGODDARD [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

On Tue Aug 22 02:59:54 2006, morten.bjornsvik@experian-scorex.no wrote: Show quoted text

> Hi > > Enclosed is a simple script that extracts the CIA list via wget. > > I just replaced the current list, Some of the names are different,

but Show quoted text

> they are > mostly small odd ones. (One of the reasons why it is so hard to > maintain a > list with full names vs iso or itu names). > > Thanks > -- > Morten.bjornsvik@experian-scorex.no >

Hi Morten, Do you know if these changes were added to your satisfaction? Lee -- lgoddard at cpan org http://www.LeeGoddard.net

Wed Dec 19 04:45:07 2007 morten.bjornsvik [...] experian-scorex.no - Correspondence added

Subject:	RE: [rt.cpan.org #21104] Matlab LatLong hash
Date:	Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:44:45 +0100
To:	<bug-Geography-Countries-LatLong [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	Morten Bjørnsvik <morten.bjornsvik [...] experian-scorex.no>

| |Hi Morten, | |Do you know if these changes were added to your satisfaction? | |Lee Hi Lee, They were perfect, Thanks Happy Xmas -- MortenB

Wed Dec 19 06:48:12 2007 LGODDARD [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Please see new data in $VERSION 1.0. Did consider adding an ISO-code interface, but there are countries without 2- and 3-digit codes, and without numbers, so left that as an exercise to the reader: all country names are interoperable.

Wed Dec 19 06:48:54 2007 LGODDARD [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'