[Geocoding] [OpenStreetMap] #4538: Query like "75 Gegužių g., Šiauliai" does not find address

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#4538: Query like "75 Gegužių g., Šiauliai" does not find address
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  Reporter:  geriBatai  |       Owner:  geocoding@…                
      Type:  defect     |      Status:  closed                     
  Priority:  minor      |   Milestone:                             
 Component:  nominatim  |     Version:                             
Resolution:  invalid    |    Keywords:                             
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Changes (by lonvia):

  * status:  reopened => closed
  * resolution:  => invalid


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:2 geriBatai]:

 > I'm not sure about this. I use "g." because most of the time addresses
 are not found without it. As example - "13, Virsilu" finds only street
 object, yet "13, virsilu g." finds the house number. Data problem also?

 Yes, in this case Nominatim is tripped by the fact that there is a street
 named 'Virsilu' as well. If you rename
 http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/80515568 to 'Viršilų g.' it will
 work fine.

 Technical explanation: Nominatim looks for the street first and then for
 house numbers on the street. In this case, it is happy to find an exact
 match to your query 'Virsilu' and stops right there. It then cannot find
 the house number because it is attached to the other way named 'Viršilų
 g.'.

 Anyhow, this has nothing to do with you using abbreviations or not. If you
 name that street 'Viršilų g.', it is rather difficult to find out that
 this is supposed to mean 'Viršilų gatvė' (at least that is what Google
 tells me) because you first have to figure out which language that name is
 in etc. It is much easier, when the name is not abbreviated in OSM. Then
 all we need is a list of common abbreviations for each language. Of
 course, you still need to let us know what all these abbreviations mean in
 Lithuanian.

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