[Geocoding] [OpenStreetMap] #4938: Low importance given to place=town Lowestoft

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#4938: Low importance given to place=town Lowestoft
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 Reporter:  Pink Duck  |      Owner:  geocoding@…
     Type:  defect     |     Status:  new
 Priority:  minor      |  Milestone:
Component:  nominatim  |    Version:
 Keywords:             |
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 For the search "Stanford Street, Lowestoft" the result was:

 "Stanford Street, Kirkley, Waveney District, Suffolk, East of England,
 England, NR32 2NZ, United Kingdom"

 The expected result is:
 "Stanford Street, Lowestoft, Waveney District, Suffolk, East of England,
 England, NR32 2NZ, United Kingdom"

 http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/details.php?place_id=54467221

 The address features above show that Lowestoft was excluded for having too
 low an importance, even though the place=town node is just 700 m away. The
 Waveney district relation won out with 17× the importance.

 What causes Lowestoft to be ranked so low? Does something need to change
 with OSM tagging to resolve this?

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/4938>
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