--- /home/reinier/Desktop/temp/managingnews-1.2/profiles/managingnews/modules/contrib/geotaxonomy/geotaxonomy.module	2010-10-29 23:31:27.000000000 +0300
+++ geotaxonomy.module	2010-12-01 15:46:28.000000000 +0300
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ function geotaxonomy_taxonomy($op = NULL
  */
 function geotaxonomy_write_record($term){
   $empty_record = TRUE;
-  $fields = array('lat', 'lon', 'bound_top', 'bound_right', 'bound_bottom', 'bound_left', 'geometry');
+  $fields = array('lat', 'lon', 'bound_top', 'bound_right', 'bound_bottom', 'bound_left', 'geometry', 'external_id', 'parent_external_id');
   foreach ($fields as $field) {
     if (empty($term[$field])) {
       unset($term[$field]);