[Geocoding] [OpenStreetMap] #4557: Missing relation data in Nominatim

[Sarah Hoffmann]

On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 09:03:10AM +0200, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 09/10/2012 06:48 AM, OpenStreetMap wrote:
> >  If it
> >  doesn't, I will need a better tool to check for bad polygons because OSM
> >  Inspector website has failed to pick out any of these defects, hence the
> >  visual check.
> 
> OSMI should pick up multipolygon relations whose outer rings double
> back onto themselves. However, depending on the exact situation it
> is possible that things are a little counter-intuitive because:
> 
> * if a way doubles back onto intself (e.g. nodes A-B-C-D-C) then it
> will show up on the general "geometry" layer;
> 
> * if all ways are ok but only when combined into a multipolygon you
> have it doubling back (e.g. way 1 = A-B-C-D, way 2 = C-D), then it
> will show on the "multipolygon" layer.

OSMI is an awesome tool for finding errors in a region but it is
slightly less useful, when you already know the ID of the relation
that is broken and want to find the exact spot where the error is.
Any chance to add a search function for errors in OSMI?

Sarah