On Friday, 13 November 2009, at 22:06:02 (+0200),
Viktor Kojouharov wrote:

> strange that only you complained about the method yahoo uses to
> identify locations. imho, I doubt everyone knows or should know
> these airport codes. I certainly don't know any of these codes, and
> so far I haven't needed to know them.

I'm not sure why you think that's "strange" or what point you're
trying to make here.

As for not knowing your airport code, the vast majority of people do
know them, even if you don't.  And I'll guarantee you that
significantly more people know their airport code than know their
obscure Yahoo! weather code.

Google for airport code or ICAO code if you want to find yours.

> which also brings another question. how do you provide a weather
> forecast for a location that has no airport?

That's exactly why Yahoo! uses a different system -- because it
provides greater granularity.  But it does so at the expense of
accessibility.

Michael

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