CDPs make for nice cartographic labeling in areas where there are no other official towns. e.g. http://a.tiles.mapbox.com/v3/villeda.map-atyd5cky.html#11/39.3356/-76.5905
On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 4:48 AM, Minh Nguyen <m...@nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us> wrote: > On 2014-06-11 09:09, Clifford Snow wrote: > >> I can not search for an address in part of unincorporated King County, >> WA when using the postal city. >> >> Fails - 7732 234th Place Northeast, Redmond, WA >> >> The search works when omitting the postal city. The search returns the >> CDP, Union Hill-Novelty Hill at the correct location. >> >> Passes - 7732 234th Place Northeast, WA >> >> The building is tagged as follows: >> addr:city=Redmond >> addr:housenumber=7732 >> addr:street=234th Place Northeast >> addr:postcode=98053 >> name=7732 >> >> Is this a problem with nominatim or the CDP boundary? >> > > I'm resigned to the idea that Nominatim only gives reverse absolute paths, > not addresses. I've mapped many residential and retail developments with > named landuses, so Nominatim now gives results like: > > 3, Highridge Circle, Stoneybrook, Loveland, Hamilton, Ohio, 45140, United > States > <http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/details.php?place_id=42703202> > > (where Stoneybrook is a named landuse=residential) > > The tagging is correct, but Nominatim is a tad too aggressive in this > case. Its behavior probably makes sense for rural, poorly mapped areas, but > not for built-up, well-mapped ones. > > -- > m...@nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > -- Elliott Plack http://about.me/elliottp
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