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throw0101c on May 24, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Choosing a Name for Your Computer (1990)

> IATA codes are your friend and you will love them because someone else already decided what they should be and wrote them down.

UN/LOCODE may be more appropriate:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN/LOCODE

* https://unece.org/trade/cefact/unlocode-code-list-country-an...

Has both country code and location with-in that.

jszymborski on May 25, 2023 [–]

I second LOCODES, they're great

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