Location

This sub-textual structure represents specific location information, for example, the countries that a manager discusses having experience in, or the location of the companies that they have worked for. To facilitate comparisons, this structure standardizes all of the location details, with supplemental information populated as appropriate (for example, if a US state is listed, then the country is populated as USA), as well as latitude and longitude information based on the center of the region.

Although naturally there are cities that share the same name (e.g., London in the United Kingdom vs. London in Ontario, Canada), typically either one city has a much larger population than the other, or sufficient disambiguation information is already included (for example, while 'Washington' may be ambiguous, it is typically written as 'Washington DC' or 'Washington State').

Specification

Property	Type	Comments
COUNTRY	Standardized String	Country
STATE	Standardized String	US State / Canadian Province
CITY	Standardized String	City
LAT-LONG	List: Two Decimals	GPS coordinates (based on the center of the region)

Examples

{  
   "ORIGINAL":"United States of America",
   "COUNTRY":"USA", 
   "LAT-LONG":[37.09024,95.71289]                   
}

{  
   "ORIGINAL":"Michigan",       
   "COUNTRY":"USA",
   "STATE":"MI",     
   "LAT-LONG":[44.314844,-85.60236]                   
}

{  
   "ORIGINAL":"Ann Arbor, Michigan",       
   "COUNTRY":"USA",
   "STATE":"MI",  
   "CITY":"Ann Arbor",       
   "LAT-LONG":[44.31484,-85.60236]                   
}