[Geocoding] [OpenStreetMap] #4449: If name of place includes comma, searching for it fails

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Sat Sep 30 12:30:50 UTC 2017


#4449: If name of place includes comma, searching for it fails
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  Reporter:  fluteflute  |      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:

 I agree that this is a missing feature that would be nice to have but it
 is very unlikely that it is ever going to happen. The comma as separator
 of address parts is a very fundamental assumption in Nominatim's design. I
 don't know of any way to change that which would not result in a very
 hefty performance penalty. And that is simply not worth paying for the
 rare cases where the comma is part of a name.

 So, I'm sorry to say that I have to close this as a 'won't fix' but
 anything else would be unrealistic.

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