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Timeline for How to Geocode a City

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Feb 8, 2011 at 22:38 vote accept Jason Whitehorn
Feb 8, 2011 at 18:49 comment added scw @Sean yeah, typo from rewriting; thanks for the heads-up
Feb 8, 2011 at 17:52 comment added Sean Don't you mean small and medium scales? (world map = small scale, city map = large scale)
Feb 8, 2011 at 3:44 comment added scw Because a city is not a point phenomena, label placement is a common use of a single geocoded location at large and medium scales, and at small scales precision is less important.
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Feb 7, 2011 at 23:37 comment added underdark Is it really done by calculating centroids - in reality? ... You're right about labeling, but that wasn't the question.
Feb 7, 2011 at 23:21 history answered scw CC BY-SA 2.5