So whose definition of a City do we use? If I wish to do a search for an address on the map what does GeoNames<http://www.geonames.org/>and OpenStreetMap Nominatim <http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/> use?
Thanks John On 24 March 2010 21:23, Richard Weait <rich...@weait.com> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 9:13 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > To the east of Ottawa exists the district of Orleans. All roads are > > actually within the city of Ottawa. Orleans has never existed as a > > municipal entity, only for Canada Post, essentially it is a collection of > > postcodes. The correct Postal address for streets and roads is Orleans. > > > > Should the city be entered as Orleans as per Canada Post's address or as > > Ottawa? > > Sounds like the city is Ottawa and the neighborhood is Orleans. >
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