Please add "native" language to your databases. about maxmind-db HOT 5 CLOSED

It is very easy to tie geoname_id to data provided by GeoNames.org as I described here: https://github.com/bbkr/GeoIP2#translations

I think this task can be closed - there is no right way to do it in GeoIP database because there may be various interpretations of what "native" language is.

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Thanks for the idea! We have discussed something like this previously but have not pursued it as we have always run into a few issues. In many countries, more than one language is spoken and the local name may differ in those different languages. We did consider using the official government names, but it is common for those names to be long and awkward and not what people actually use, e.g., "Commonwealth of Massachusetts" for "Massachusetts" in the United States. Also, we use GeoNames for our name data and, although they do have some flags around these things, we have not found that data to be consistent or very high quality.

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I agree, native names in multiple native languages will be a challenge to present in consistent manner. Maybe something like:

{
    'city' => {
        'names' => {
            'en' => 'Gdansk',
            'de' => 'Danzig',    # this is present if language is mentioned in metadata as translation
            'pl' => 'Gdańsk'    # this is additionally present if language is mentioned in result as official
        }
    },
    'official_languages' => [ 'pl' ] # would be a nice addition on its own
}

Or maybe just:

{
    'names' => { ...},
    'official_names' => {
        'pl' => 'Województwo pomorskie'
    }
}

So far I resolved this issue by using http://www.maxmind.com/GeoIPLocationCSV-localized.zip by geoname_id and correlated with list of official languages for each country. Yes, "official" names are weird, but querying it is far more easier than guessing english translation.

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Hi.

I've found that http://www.maxmind.com/GeoIPLocationCSV-localized.zip is missing. What is the new location of this file? Do you still support it?

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That file is no longer supported. It had not been updated in many years and was for use with the Legacy databases before GeoIP2 was released.

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