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dumbo-octopus on Sept 14, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: Meet.hn – Meet the Hacker News community ...

Honestly postal code is better. There are many cities with the same name in the same state. Generally postal codes are logical boundaries.

stickfigure on Sept 14, 2024 [–]

Much harder to geolocate internationally. You really need a geocoding service that accepts flexible input text, narrows the result set, and lets the user pick one.

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