[Geocoding] [OpenStreetMap] #5000: failing to retrieve country polygon for germany

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#5000: failing to retrieve country polygon for germany
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  Reporter:  jonas.hogstrom@…  |      Owner:  geocoding@…
      Type:  defect            |     Status:  closed
  Priority:  minor             |  Milestone:
 Component:  nominatim         |    Version:
Resolution:  wontfix           |   Keywords:
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Changes (by lonvia):

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


Comment:

 The polygon parameter has trouble handling large areas and never really
 worked with multipolygons at all. Use one of the newer
 [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim#Parameters polygon_*
 parameters] instead.

 Fixed the 500 by disabling multipolygons completely.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/5000#comment:1>
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