[Geocoding] Problem with geocoding some addresses

[Marko Iskander]

We were just wondering if you have guidelines to geocode addresses. We currently have addresses around the world that we would like to geocode. Is there a specific pattern, or part of the address that will return the most accurate data? We have tried the full address but most of the time it did not return any data. I also noticed that the geocoder does not like Canadian zip codes; I have tried passing it just a zip code and it did not return any data however passing it just the address and city returned valid data. 

Any insight would help, 
Marko 


From: "Brian Quinion" <openstreetmap at brian.quinion.co.uk> 
To: "Marko Iskander" <miskander at mimsoftware.com> 
Cc: geocoding at openstreetmap.org, "Emily Warren" <ewarren at mimsoftware.com> 
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 11:15:55 AM 
Subject: Re: [Geocoding] Problem with geocoding some addresses 

Hi, 

> I was trying to use the geocoding service to geocode the following address, 
> but I am getting a very weird error. It seems to be dumping some kind of 
> session to the page. Any ideas why this might be happening? 

> URL Used: 
> http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?q=525+S+Cowley+Spokane+99202 

You found a bug in the search query generation and ended up with a 
very large error message. 

I've now fixed this bug. 

Many thanks, 
-- 
Brian 
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