[Geocoding] General Nominatim questions

[Charles Randall]

Hey all -
I've got a couple of random Nominatim questions for the group:

a. Nominatim accuracy: A number of times, when I put in a specific house
address for Nominatim, I get back a lat long, which doesnt vary with street
numbers.
- I assume this is because of the data files used.
- Do people do anything to make these more accurate?

b. Address details option in URL:
I'm curious, if I set the nominatim query string to have the option
"addressdetails=1", what exactly is coming back in the data I see returned?
I feel like the different sets of place id's returned is the lat long
address details of the other street options that are listed on the main
screen when you do a query.

c. Are there particular xml files for US address data that some people find
are more accurate than others?

Thanks!
Charles.
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