From 7d6242df3809f8dfe05a6015294db1296c9b6a3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lutangar Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 15:22:05 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 16 +++++++--------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3e6ff5f..9d59ac8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,15 +1,13 @@ # :cityscape: Cities of the World [![Creative Commons License](https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/80x15.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) -These cities comes from [GeoNames Gazetteer](http://www.geonames.org). - -> See https://www.geonames.org/datasources/ for the list of data sources. - -Here is the description of the original dataset: +These **cities** are coming from the [GeoNames Gazetteer](http://www.geonames.org). > _all cities with a population > 1000 or seats of adm div (ca 150.000) [...]_ _Thus, this file is updated **monthly** and new cities are added as world population rises._ +> See https://www.geonames.org/datasources/ for the list of data sources used by **GeoNames**. + ## Install ``` @@ -66,11 +64,11 @@ This Json version is an array of object of the following shape: Names and depth of these divisions (and subdivisions) may vary greatly between countries, thus the use of these less expressive property names : -- `admin1Code` -- `admin2code` +- `admin1` code +- `admin2` code - _etc._ -For example `admin1Code` for a **US** city,j would stand for the **state** : +For example `admin1` code for a **US** city, would stand for the **state** : ```jsonc [ @@ -79,7 +77,7 @@ For example `admin1Code` for a **US** city,j would stand for the **state** : "lat": "42.35843", "lng": "-71.05977", "country": "US", - "admin1": "MA", + "admin1": "MA", // Massachusetts "admin2": "025" } ]