[Geocoding] [OpenStreetMap] #3733: Substring of name not found - only full version or space separated version

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#3733: Substring of name not found - only full version or space separated version
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  Reporter:  ToB          |      Owner:  geocoding@…
      Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  minor        |  Milestone:
 Component:  nominatim    |    Version:
Resolution:               |   Keywords:
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Comment (by saintam1):

 Here's an example that seems identical in nature to the above French
 examples by jgc, but does not work:

 There's [http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/260618020 a street in Sofia
 named after Georgi Sava Rakovski]. If you search for it using its full
 name
 ([http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php?q=ул.+Георги+Сава+Раковски%2C+София%2C+България
 ул. Георги Сава Раковски, София, България]) it works fine, but if you use
 his last name only
 ([http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php?q=ул.+Раковски%2C+София%2C+България
 ул. Раковски, София, България]), it doesn't (right now it finds some
 street in another city, as well as a post office, but not the street we
 want).

 This seems very similar to me to the above example with "rue Kennedy" /
 "rue John Fitzgerald Kennedy" (which works now).

 FWIW abbreviation does work with other nearby streets: you can find
 [http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/247583608 ул. Петър Парчевич ("Petar
 Parchevich Street")] by searching for
 [http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php?q=ул.+Парчевич%2C+София%2C+България
 ул. Парчевич, София, България ("Parchevich Street")] and you can find
 [http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/230377105 ул. Уилям Гладстон ("William
 Gladstone Street")] by searching for
 [http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php?q=ул.+Гладстон%2C+София ул.
 Гладстон, София ("Gladstone Street")]. So it's not like all Cyrillic names
 are broken.

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