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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Bemierkung vum joakimfors de(n) 2. Dezember 2011 um 03:09 Auer
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.
Bemierkung vum Oleg Shalaev de(n) 2. Dezember 2011 um 03:39 Auer
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".
Bemierkung vum joakimfors de(n) 2. Dezember 2011 um 04:21 Auer
Yeah, looks like Nominatim is pretty broken still. Last update: 2011/08/19. :D
Bemierkung vum ceyockey de(n) 2. Dezember 2011 um 14:22 Auer
Yes, Nominatim has not been updated for months, unfortunately.