[Geocoding] [OpenStreetMap] #4961: Nominatiom: Tolerance in Streetnames (Doktor/Dr)

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#4961: Nominatiom: Tolerance in Streetnames (Doktor/Dr)
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  Reporter:  wwwFrank     |      Owner:  geocoding@…
      Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  minor        |  Milestone:
 Component:  nominatim    |    Version:
Resolution:               |   Keywords:  Street Tolerance
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Comment (by lonvia):

 On a general note: changes to tokenstringreplacements.inc break running
 instances that keep up with the latest github version. There are a few of
 those around. So before changing it, some plan to update existing DBs
 would be always needed. As for reimports (you mean on osm.org I presume),
 it is not impossible but it is rather difficult to free up the resources
 to do that while keeping the service running. Migration is always the
 preferred option.

 For the specific case of Dr/Doktor, there is an additional problem with
 the Russian abbreviation here. 'Доктор' (doktor) gets abbreviated to 'Д-р'
 (d-r) which indeed then gets further reduced to 'd r'. So there might be
 an additional normalisation necessary from 'd-r' to 'dr'.

 There might be clashes with other languages as well. I've created a
 [https://gist.github.com/lonvia/8158065 list of tokens containing 'd r']
 from the current planet, if you are interested to check that out. Side
 note: The list is not very long. It might be a feasible migration strategy
 to simply reindex all places concerned to force the search index to be
 updated with the new normalizations.

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