On 1 August 2012 14:48, Serge Wroclawski wrote:
> Thanks for jumping on this discussion.
> Does the population tag have any significance to Nominatim?
We import it as an extra tag but it has no current effect on
importance / ranking.
Using wikipedia turns out to simplify the ordering problem a l
Brian,
Thanks for jumping on this discussion.
Does the population tag have any significance to Nominatim?
- Serge
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>> Is it sensible to have a polygon for the boundary and also a node that
>> locates precisely the cultural/logical center? Does Nominatim ignore
>> the node when there is a same-named boundary? Or is there some way to
>> have a relation for a town that has both a polygon and a center?
>
> http:
> The solution to this is to replace nodes with polygons, period.
>
> Is it sensible to have a polygon for the boundary and also a node that
> locates precisely the cultural/logical center? Does Nominatim ignore
> the node when there is a same-named boundary? Or is there some way to
> have a rel
Serge Wroclawski writes:
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Metcalf, Calvin (DOT)
> wrote:
>> So I'm somewhat confused about how nominatim actually works. A good example
>> is the building I work in (10 park plaza Boston ma) the version of nominitum
>> on the website gets the correct location
it worked.
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From: Serge Wroclawski [mailto:emac...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 3:17 PM
To: Greg Troxel
Cc: Metcalf, Calvin; talk-us@openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Talk-us] administrative boundaries and Nominatim
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Greg Troxel
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Greg Troxel wrote:
>
> "Metcalf, Calvin (DOT)" writes:
>
>> So basically if we see nodes like that, get rid of them?
>
> No, I think it's:
>
> If there's a node for the place, it's progress to replace it with a
> polygon.
Correct.
The answer is "If you see b
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Subject: Re: [Talk-us] administrative boundaries and Nominatim
"Metcalf, Calvin (DOT)" writes:
> So basically if we see nodes like that, get rid of them?
No, I think it's:
If there's a node for the place, it's progress to replace it
"Metcalf, Calvin (DOT)" writes:
> So basically if we see nodes like that, get rid of them?
No, I think it's:
If there's a node for the place, it's progress to replace it with a
polygon.
Not
Just delete place nodes
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So basically if we see nodes like that, get rid of them?
-Original Message-
From: Serge Wroclawski [mailto:emac...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 12:06 PM
To: Metcalf, Calvin
Cc: talk-us@openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Talk-us] administrative boundaries and Nominatim
On Mon, Jul
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Metcalf, Calvin (DOT)
wrote:
> So I'm somewhat confused about how nominatim actually works. A good example
> is the building I work in (10 park plaza Boston ma) the version of nominitum
> on the website gets the correct location on the first try (note mapquest ha
10, Park Plaza, Central Square, Bay Village, Middlesex, Massachusetts,
02116, United States of America.
http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/details.php?place_id=21777524
The "Central Square", "Bay Village" and "Middlesex" are what are
confusing me as they look to be points and I'm not sur
So I'm somewhat confused about how nominatim actually works. A good example is
the building I work in (10 park plaza Boston ma) the version of nominitum on
the website gets the correct location on the first try (note mapquest has it as
the 3rd result) but they have it as being
10, Park Plaza, Ce
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