On 2015-12-14 01:02, Tom Hughes wrote:
On 13/12/15 22:52, John Goodman wrote:
For example, if my map is showing an area of the United States where I
happen to know a mapped Starbucks exists, and I search for "Starbucks"
in the search panel, the entire panel is filled with Starbucks in
Japan.
Do the same on a "competitor's" map, and you get what you expect: the
Starbucks that are closest to the current map view are listed first.
That shouldn't happen as we we pass the current view to Nominatim and
it is supposed to prioritise results in that area.
Then that logic is seriously flawed (if not broken).
I noticed this yesterday, and I did this again just now. I opened OSM
and I get the map at [1]. I look for Thorn (which for me is a town in
the Netherlands [2] )
The first results (now and yesterday) are (in that order)
- City Toruń, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
- Administrative Boundary Toruń, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
- County Boundary Toruń, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
- Suburb Boundary Thorn, Maasgouw, Province of Limburg, Netherlands, The
Netherlands
The first three are basically the same and have a name:de=Thorn.
Why are they shown first when a) they are nowhere near my location and
b) only a translation (in a language that can nog be deduced from my
settings) of the name is Thorn?
[1] <http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/53.2064/6.8183>
[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn,_Netherlands>
That nominatim returns results far, far away from where the map is is
something I have noticed often. I just assumed the logic to search in
the vicinity was not implemented. If you say it is, it is broken.
I did some testing, Thorn is located at
<http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/51.1616/5.8207>. When I move to
<http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/51.2547/5.8207> and search for
Thorn, "Suburb Boundary Thorn, Maasgouw, Province of Limburg,
Netherlands, The Netherlands" is returned as first result. When I move
to <http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/51.2548/5.8207> and search for
Thorn, "City Toruń, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland" is returned
as first result.
So going a mere 10,5 km from where (IMHO) the first match is located,
you get strange results.
Regards,
Maarten
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