[Geocoding] [OpenStreetMap] #4347: Reverse geocode provides wrong city

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Sun Apr 8 16:37:09 BST 2012


#4347: Reverse geocode provides wrong city
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 Reporter:  don@…                    |       Owner:  geocoding@…                
     Type:  defect                   |      Status:  new                        
 Priority:  minor                    |   Milestone:                             
Component:  nominatim                |     Version:                             
 Keywords:                           |  
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 http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?format=xml&lat=42.10221539&lon=-87.9626127&zoom=18&addressdetails=1

 The result:
 <reversegeocode timestamp="Sun, 08 Apr 12 16:15:29 +0100"
 attribution="Data Copyright OpenStreetMap Contributors, Some Rights
 Reserved. CC-BY-SA 2.0."
 querystring="format=xml&lat=42.10221539&lon=-87.9626127&zoom=18&addressdetails=1">
 <result place_id="35192468" osm_type="way" osm_id="24095821"
 lat="42.1027044736255" lon="-87.9632312445332">
 Thomas Ave, Des Plaines, Cook, Illinois, 60004, United States of America
 </result>
 <addressparts>
 <road>Thomas Ave</road>
 <city>Des Plaines</city>
 <county>Cook</county>
 <state>Illinois</state>
 <postcode>60004</postcode>
 <country>United States of America</country>
 <country_code>us</country_code>
 </addressparts>
 </reversegeocode>

 The zip code is correct, but the City (Des Plaines) is not.  This location
 is in Arlington Heights.

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