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

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Sun Aug 11 18:13:34 UTC 2013


#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:
Resolution:             |   Keywords:
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Comment (by Pink Duck):

 The difficulty is that there's no publicly available definition for the
 extent of Lowestoft or its suburbs. What could be said though is that the
 average town has a radius of more than 700 metres, and thus the street in
 question could be presumed to belong to it.

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