[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 > Maybe we should also think about adding another entry, the
 > continent.  If we want to use a "search by continent" feature in
 > the airport dialog, then of course, it is possible to find the
 > continents by country.  But history showed that this is not a
 > reliable value.  For example 15 years ago, you could say that the
 > UDSSR is more in Asia instead of Europe, but when you would check
 > for the moscow airport your programm would assume asia because of
 > UDSSR=>Asia, but that's wrong because, moscow is still in Europe.

For the very few countries that straddle continents, like the Russian
Republic or Turkey (any others?), the region/state code will
(hopefully) be adequate to make the distinction.  If there are 10 or
20 airports that are still ambiguous because of states/regions that
also straddle continents, we could put them into a special-case table
if necessary.


All the best,


David

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