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 ====Geolocation====
-*'''country''': we use the ISO country names from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-3 to purify the portal indexed searching. (see data quality flags: https://github.com/iDigBio/idigbio-search-api/wiki/Data-Quality-Flags). For example for the US, the DwC field countryCode = USA and the country = United States of America.
+*'''country''': we use the ISO country names from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2 to purify the portal indexed searching. (see data quality flags: https://github.com/iDigBio/idigbio-search-api/wiki/Data-Quality-Flags).
-*'''countryCode''': include a 3 character countryCode from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-3. For details see:  http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#countryCode. Using a code for country aids in situations where the correct spelling and timeframe of collection location is not known, e.g., Thailand, Siam. The 3-char code is more inclusive than the 2-char code.
+*'''countryCode''': For details see:  http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#countryCode. Using a code for country aids in situations where the correct spelling and timeframe of collection location is not known, e.g., Thailand, Siam.
 *'''continent''': For details see: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#continent
 *'''decimalLatitude''' & '''decimalLatitude''': make sure lat and lon coordinates are in decimal, and not N, S, E, W. For details see:  http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#decimalLatitude.