kaicarver
10/06/05 03:06 PM
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Hi,
I just had a dupe because searching for Kerguelen returns nothing:
http://googleglobetrotting.com/search.php?q=kerguelen&t=both
because the entry title is spelled (incorrectly I think) Kerguelen, and because search doesn't appear to apply to other fields in an entry (where the standard spelling is used).
Google site search works better:
http://www.google.com/search?q=kerguelen+site:googleglobetrotting.com
Maybe an option to search Google should be added to the standard search results, so that extra info giving alternative names or spellings could also be searched.
k a i
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AlbinoFlea
10/06/05 04:24 PM
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I'll concede the point that the spelling is likely more correct without the accent on the e. I took the spelling directly from the Times Atlas of the World : Comprehensive Edition, accent and all, but even limiting my Google search to French language pages I've only turned up about 5% that use the accent.
I realize search algorithms are particularly thorny, but the ability to strip diacritics from letters from both search terms and from map titles when searching would probably be helpful.
AlbinoFlea
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nic
10/11/05 05:26 PM
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Yes, being able to strip accents is a good idea. I will see if I can implement this easily or not.
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