[Geocoding] [OpenStreetMap] #4723: boundarybox property returning fixed size, small boundaries for places

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#4723: boundarybox property returning fixed size, small boundaries for places
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  Reporter:  craigloftus  |      Owner:  geocoding@…
      Type:  defect       |     Status:  closed
  Priority:  major        |  Milestone:
 Component:  nominatim    |    Version:
Resolution:  fixed        |   Keywords:
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Comment (by craigloftus):

 I had thought it might be a data issue, however, I checked several other
 places for comparison and got the same result. London is fixed for me now,
 but the other examples I found are still 'broken', so I guess there is
 something wrong with their data?

 Another example of a different boundarybox result is for Kidlington:

 http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?format=json&q=Kidlington&countrycodes=gb&limit=1

 and

 http://open.mapquestapi.com/nominatim/v1/search?format=json&q=Kidlington&countrycodes=gb&limit=1

 Which return

 ["51.8234596252441","51.8234634399414","-1.28853178024292","-1.28853166103363"]

 and

 ["51.8134596252","51.8334634399","-1.29853178024","-1.27853166103"]

 The place node for Kidlington is
 [http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/5494559 5494559], which was last
 updated in July.

 I don't see any properties on it that should obviously confuse Nominatim?
 Perhaps the partial postcode?

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