[Geocoding] [OpenStreetMap] #4922: Poor Bounding Boxes for Certain Cities/Countries

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#4922: Poor Bounding Boxes for Certain Cities/Countries
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  Reporter:  zyphlar    |      Owner:  geocoding@…
      Type:  defect     |     Status:  closed
  Priority:  minor      |  Milestone:
 Component:  nominatim  |    Version:
Resolution:  invalid    |   Keywords:  boundaries phoenix arizona
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Changes (by lonvia):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => invalid


Comment:

 As you guessed right, these are all rather data problems in OSM and not
 bugs with Nominatim itself, so this is not the right forum to discuss
 those. Try the local mailing list
 ([http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us talk-us] in this case)
 where there are experienced mappers that can help you understand what is
 wrong and how to fix it.

 For what it's worth, short comments for your examples:

 United States: that's quite normal, the bounding box includes Alaska and
 Hawaii.

 Phoenix, Arizona: the [http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/254038
 city boundary] is badly broken and that is all that Nominatim could
 salvage.

 Tempe, Arizona: the ranking is an actual guessing error by Nominatim (it
 considers the university more important)

 Mesa, Arizona: again a
 [http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/110815 badly damaged city
 boundary]

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