I am using netbook + navit + openstreetmaps for GPS-navigation, and I realized that in USA it is sometimes important to put the name of the state together with the town name. For example, I live in Columbia (Missouri), but I could not find my Columbia among tens of others Columbias which exist in other states. Now I've renamed my Columbia into "Columbia MO", so it works better. I propose that also the others would do the same, especially for small towns.
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joakimforsтарафынан 2 December 2011 cәғәт 03:09көндө ҡаралған
Don't do that. It show up in the search just fine. On osm.org you have to press "More results" to get "Town Columbia, Boone County, Missouri, United States of America" which links here: osm.org/?minlon=-92.433837890625&minlat=38.8635368347168&maxlon=-92.2276153564453&maxlat=39.0294036865234
If Navit doesn't show enough detailed information then that is where the fix should go.
Oleg Shalaevтарафынан 2 December 2011 cәғәт 03:39көндө ҡаралған
Ok, then I'll rename it back now. Note, however, that I actually renamed "Columbia" to "Columbia MO" more than a week ago, and the openstreetmap search still works fine for "Town Columbia, Boone County, Missouri, United States of America".
joakimforsтарафынан 2 December 2011 cәғәт 04:21көндө ҡаралған
Yeah, looks like Nominatim is pretty broken still. Last update: 2011/08/19. :D
ceyockeyтарафынан 2 December 2011 cәғәт 14:22көндө ҡаралған
Yes, Nominatim has not been updated for months, unfortunately.