Add localization for Country names

[HarryLyu]

Hello!

When I request country data from GeoLite2-Country.mmdb from, for instance, PHP, I receive localized name of a country

87.116.132.149
GeoIp2\Model\Country Object
(
    [raw:protected] => Array
        (
            [continent] => Array
                (
                    [code] => EU
                    [geoname_id] => 6255148
                    [names] => Array
                        (
                            [de] => Europa
                            [en] => Europe
                            [es] => Europa
                            [fr] => Europe
                            [ja] => ヨーロッパ
                            [pt-BR] => Europa
                            [ru] => Европа
                            [zh-CN] => 欧洲
                        )

                )

            [country] => Array
                (
                    [geoname_id] => 6290252
                    [iso_code] => RS
                    [names] => Array
                        (
                            [de] => Serbien
                            [en] => Serbia
                            [es] => Serbia
                            [fr] => Serbie
                            [ja] => セルビア
                            [pt-BR] => Sérvia
                            [ru] => Сербия
                            [zh-CN] => 塞尔维亚
                        )

                )

The country/continent names are localized into just few languages. Particularly, no translation into Serbian language.

I found information that you are using GeoNames as source data, and it does have translation into all languages - https://www.geonames.org/RS/other-names-for-serbia.html

Is it possible to add more translations for countries? At least into languages, native to this country.

Thanks!

[oschwald]

This repo is for the MMDB format specification and some example databases using that specification. Feature requests on the content of the databases would be better directed at support@maxmind.com.

That said, the general recommendation would be to use the geoname_id present in the database to look up additional localized names in the data GeoNames provides. We are limited in the number of names we provide both due to space and performance considerations.

[oschwald]

You can also add your own data to an MMDB using mmdbwriter or a third-party tool based on this. See our blog post on enriching MMDB files.