[Geocoding] Reverse geocoding boats in ocean

[Florian Lohoff]

Hi Mark,

On Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 12:28:23PM +0300, Mark Davies wrote:
> Hi Sarah and team
> 
> I was wondering what options there are for reverse geocoding in the ocean
> The results I see are often not relevant, so either its how i'm querying
> the data, or nominatim is not suitable for this
> 
> If it's the latter, can anyone recommend other services I can look at for
> this dataset

I dont have a solution for "Which ocean/sea am i at?" but there is something
called "United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations" aka UN/LOCODE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN/LOCODE
https://unece.org/trade/cefact/unlocode-code-list-country-and-territory

which has unique codes for all? ports and their geocoordinates.

It should be pretty easy to do a "Which is the nearest port" based on
that list.

Flo
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Florian Lohoff                                                     f at zz.de
  Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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