[Geocoding] [OpenStreetMap] #4247: Nominatim problem: Location in Calderdale is returning suburb in Bradford, a neighbouring metropolitan county

OpenStreetMap trac at openstreetmap.org
Sun Feb 26 13:25:36 GMT 2012


#4247: Nominatim problem: Location in Calderdale is returning suburb in Bradford,
a neighbouring metropolitan county
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 Reporter:  scillystuff  |       Owner:  geocoding@…                
     Type:  defect       |      Status:  new                        
 Priority:  minor        |   Milestone:                             
Component:  nominatim    |     Version:                             
 Keywords:  suburb       |  
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 http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?format=xml&lat=53.722468&&lon=-1.781888&zoom=18&addressdetails=1

 gives

 <reversegeocode timestamp="Sun, 26 Feb 12 13:01:43 +0000"
 attribution="Data Copyright OpenStreetMap Contributors, Some Rights
 Reserved. CC-BY-SA 2.0."
 querystring="format=xml&lat=53.722468&&lon=-1.781888&zoom=18&addressdetails=1">
 −
 <result place_id="51995012" osm_type="way" osm_id="46876064"
 lat="53.7182409210839" lon="-1.78463327256477">
 Smith House Lane, Low Moor, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the
 Humber, England, United Kingdom
 </result>
 −
 <addressparts>
 <road>Smith House Lane</road>
 <suburb>Low Moor</suburb>
 <city>Calderdale</city>
 <county>West Yorkshire</county>
 <state_district>Yorkshire and the Humber</state_district>
 <state>England</state>
 <country>United Kingdom</country>
 <country_code>gb</country_code>
 </addressparts>
 </reversegeocode>

 Suburb should be Lightcliffe, or council ward of Hipperholme and
 Lightcliffe. Node for Lightcliffe is present and is nearer to (but not
 covering) location than node for Low Moor, so I don't know why wrong
 suburb is returning.

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