API documentation: clarification countrycode assignment happens using admin_level=2 tags

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marc tobias
2020-04-21 17:42:12 +02:00
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@@ -92,8 +92,12 @@ comma-separated list of language codes.
* `countrycodes=<countrycode>[,<countrycode>][,<countrycode>]...`
Limit search results to one or more countries. `<countrycode>` must be the
ISO 3166-1alpha2 code, e.g. `gb` for the United Kingdom, `de` for Germany.
[ISO 3166-1alpha2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2) code,
e.g. `gb` for the United Kingdom, `de` for Germany.
Each place in Nominatim is assigned to one country code based
on `admin_level=2` tags, in rare cases to none (for example in
international waters outside any country).
* `exclude_place_ids=<place_id,[place_id],[place_id]`