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New Feroeg Logo taken from Stargate

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Two of three people I showed the Feroeg website told me that the logo was missing. The truth is that the logo was so ugly they haven't the courage to say that. So I have started to think for a 'new' logo for the Feroeg reverse geocoding service. The inspiration comes from an old sci-fi movie that was out in the 1994: Stargate. the story is based on the finding of an ancient, big ring: the stargate. This artifact was used by our ancestors for traveling to the stars, transporting people from earth to another world in a few seconds.   The image on the left as you see is the movie poster. The logo is based on a hieroglyphic present in the stargate. The logo is representing the 'Point of Origin': the earth. Where is the logo, then? Visit our site to see it! In the meanwhile, we have integrated the OpenAddress data set into the service. It is a big improvement in accuracy because it contains millions of street address numbers, but I have noticed a slow down in the servi...