Country Codes

[markgraham]

<p>Hi </p>
<p>Is it possible to have a difinitive list of the countries and country codes used in FS? Maybe just a list in the wiki page so that we can get the right 3 letter code on the rego forms. Or do you have a standard you use.</p>
<p>Thanks<br />
Mark
</p>

[Oyvind Ellefsen]

I guess it’s ISO codes, but Stein Tore must verify what he used.

More fun and confusion here;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_IOC,_FIFA,_and_ISO_3166_country_codes

Maybe we should use IOC codes since we are are sporting organization? Then again we are not in the Olympics.

The FAI general section rules does not mention what standards to use, neither does the CIVL Secion 7 as far as I can tell?

– Oyvind

[ste]

FAI use IOC codes (more or less).
This is list of “FAI” countries: http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/extranet/rankings_countries.asp
should always be uptodate.

The lines are organised as follows:

* 5 fields separated by ‘;’

* field 1: the country ID number in the FAI database

* field 2: country name as it should be used

* field 3: three-letter abbreviation

* field 4: type of FAI member category (if value is ‘1’ => active
member; if value is ’19’ => associate member; if value is ‘3’ =>
temporary member ; representatives from temporary members are ‘FAI
competitors’ which should appear in the individual rankings but not the
country rankings; no problem to put their country name alongside ‘FAI
competitor’ in the individual rankings)

* field 5: if value = ‘1’ then it is a suspended country.

FS started out of the box with no internet connection will use ISO codes.
Starting FS with the PC online will cause the list to be updated with the latest codes from
http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/extranet/rankings_countries.asp (which are IOC codes).
This is stored in user.config which is found under
“C:Documents and Settings<user>Local SettingsApplication DataErdal_ITFsComp.exe_Url_<something…>1.2.13.1”
(no point in attempting to change the Nations entry in this file as it will be updated any time you start FS and are online.

The World Ranking (WPRS) will accepts results with either codes.

Stein-Tore

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