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Also, I had the same problem when a friend of mine got married in Jamaica. It would have been nice to have used the name of the resort, not the resort town in Jamaica.

What about if we manually type in entries that aren't in the database? If you want to track the metadata for Dopplr's statistical purposes (e.g., "state of travel 2008"), then you could add a Google Earth function right on Dopplr allowing me to put a thumbtack on the map where the resort should be placed if it were to exist in your DB.

~Chris

@Matt Bidulph: I have a rock climbing / mountaineering trip to Bugaboo Provincial Park (British Columbia) planned for late August. Even with the Geonames additions, the park -- an official park maintained by the BC govt -- isn't showing up on Dopplr.

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/expl...

I had trouble figuring out how to add it into the Geonames database (assuming that I can). Either way, it's annoying if I have to go in and add another destination in Geonames every time I want to add a trip (mountain ranges, for instance). When people read "Radium Hot Springs, BC" they don't get it; when they read "Bugaboo Range" or "Bugaboo Provincial Park" they would probably get it.

I realize that this is not an easy problem for Dopplr to address, but wanted to let you know that it's very important to me. (although maybe not so much to ppl who aren't amateur mountaineers/adventurers)

Chris

For everyone who visited this topic over the last few months, I just wanted to note that as of June 12th 2008 we've been importing the full geonames.org dataset into our database, and taking their nightly feed of updates. There's more detail in our blog post at:

http://blog.dopplr.com/2008/06/12/24-...

If there are places you want listed in Dopplr that still aren't available, please let us know.

Thanks for sticking with us while we reached this milestone.

Same problem for me with Austria. Most of the places I go to are small, but still there are friends living there.
Make me able to visit them, pretty please!

I don't know why Mattb says "this solves the problem"... – Luhmann, on May 17, 2008 00:51

Just checking in every three months or so. Still not fixed...

Please do that soon, or every time I use it I feel pain inside.