# Country-code normalization patch ## Problem found in `response 202606171240 session D c home.json` The response mixed three country identifier systems: - tachograph numeric nation codes, for example `1`, `12`, `13`; - tachograph alphabetic nation codes, for example `A`, `CZ`, `D`; - ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes returned by Nominatim, for example `AT`, `CZ`, `DE`. The projection contained 94 numeric `country` values, 33 numeric `countryFrom` values, and 33 numeric `countryTo` values. The flat and nested trip segments also contained numeric country identifiers. This was not only a presentation problem. A tachograph value such as `13` and a Nominatim value such as `DE` were considered different. The supplied response contained 15 false reverse-geocoded country changes of the form `13 -> DE` or `12 -> CZ`, creating unnecessary country segments. ## Canonical representation All runtime country fields are now exposed and compared as ISO 3166-1 alpha-2. Examples: | Tachograph numeric | Tachograph alphabetic | Canonical ISO alpha-2 | |---:|---|---| | `1` | `A` | `AT` | | `12` | `CZ` | `CZ` | | `13` | `D` | `DE` | Numeric and alphabetic tachograph values are resolved through the existing `TachographNationRegistry` and then converted to ISO alpha-2. Nominatim results are validated and normalized as ISO values. ## Processing changes Normalization is applied before country comparison and at the main presentation boundaries: - normalized EventHub support evidence; - source-neutral runtime support events; - tachograph file-session support-event adapters; - legacy tachograph Esper result conversion; - `projection.supportGeoEvents`; - flat country-trip segments; - country segments nested under HOME-to-HOME trips; - Nominatim country-code parsing. The original source payload remains available in raw event attributes where the numeric tachograph values are needed for diagnostics. ## Expected result An explicit border crossing `1 -> 13` is represented as `AT -> DE`. A subsequent Nominatim result `DE` no longer creates a false `13 -> DE` transition. The trip continues in the same canonical `DE` country state until a genuine country change.