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Thanks! What about for updates? How do you regularly update your data? LOL. It downloaded in about a minute. Nice server! Again, thank you so much!

by wenbert 17y ago

jacquesm 17y ago
This is a hybrid of a public dataset and a lot of manual polishing to get rid of duplicates (no doubt there are a still quite a few of those, especially in Asia). I don't actively maintain the dataset, but if you want I can create a small website around it so people can update it. The reason I built this was a project called 'autotagger', the idea behind it is to identify people, places and subjects in texts automatically. It's one of my pet projects but I don't have enough funds to continue to work on it full time without a way to monetize it, so it's been sitting there rusting for the last year or so. I think I have most of the datastructures and algorithms worked out, it needs a massive rewrite to get it production ready and fast enough. The fields most subject to change are the population and the names, cities/towns don't get created too often but merging smaller towns does happen. They rarely move around, so I figure the longitude/latitude should be good for a while ;)
- wenbert 17y ago
  Hehe. I am from Asia (Philippines), but in Norway right now for a short training. Things are a little bit unpredictable right now (schedule, etc.) for me but I find your project very interesting. It would be good if I can find something else to do since I have a few hours at night after the training. Would be good if you can give me some more info about it.
  - jacquesm 17y ago
    Autotagger is one of the more interesting things I've worked on in the last couple of years, it takes a pretty weird approach to the problem but it worked surprisingly well. When I have some time I'll do a write-up on it and post it. The basic idea behind it is 'google backwards', if you can figure out how it works from those two words drop me a line ;)
    - wenbert 17y ago
      I have no idea what you mean by "google backwards". Anyway, thanks! I keep an eye on this project.

Thanks! What about for updates? How do you regularly update your data? LOL. It downloaded in about a minute. Nice server! Again, thank you so much!

by wenbert 17y ago

Thanks! What about for updates? How do you regularly update your data? LOL. It downloaded in about a minute. Nice server! Again, thank you so much!

jacquesm 17y ago

This is a hybrid of a public dataset and a lot of manual polishing to get rid of duplicates (no doubt there are a still quite a few of those, especially in Asia). I don't actively maintain the dataset, but if you want I can create a small website around it so people can update it. The reason I built this was a project called 'autotagger', the idea behind it is to identify people, places and subjects in texts automatically. It's one of my pet projects but I don't have enough funds to continue to work on it full time without a way to monetize it, so it's been sitting there rusting for the last year or so. I think I have most of the datastructures and algorithms worked out, it needs a massive rewrite to get it production ready and fast enough. The fields most subject to change are the population and the names, cities/towns don't get created too often but merging smaller towns does happen. They rarely move around, so I figure the longitude/latitude should be good for a while ;)

wenbert 17y ago
Hehe. I am from Asia (Philippines), but in Norway right now for a short training. Things are a little bit unpredictable right now (schedule, etc.) for me but I find your project very interesting. It would be good if I can find something else to do since I have a few hours at night after the training. Would be good if you can give me some more info about it.
- jacquesm 17y ago
  Autotagger is one of the more interesting things I've worked on in the last couple of years, it takes a pretty weird approach to the problem but it worked surprisingly well. When I have some time I'll do a write-up on it and post it. The basic idea behind it is 'google backwards', if you can figure out how it works from those two words drop me a line ;)
  - wenbert 17y ago
    I have no idea what you mean by "google backwards". Anyway, thanks! I keep an eye on this project.