Put state ID in small town names
Käyttäjä Oleg Shalaev kirjotti tämän 2. Decembera 2011 kielellä EnglishI 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.
Discussion
Kommentti käyttäjältä joakimfors 2. December 2011 klo 03.09
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.
Kommentti käyttäjältä Oleg Shalaev 2. December 2011 klo 03.39
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".
Kommentti käyttäjältä joakimfors 2. December 2011 klo 04.21
Yeah, looks like Nominatim is pretty broken still. Last update: 2011/08/19. :D
Kommentti käyttäjältä ceyockey 2. December 2011 klo 14.22
Yes, Nominatim has not been updated for months, unfortunately.