[Photon] Address search problem

photon-ml at digithi.de photon-ml at digithi.de
Sat Sep 12 18:50:12 UTC 2020


Hello all,

I have some troubles with the address search on photon when house 
numbers are not stored in the OSM data.

One example, I am trying to find "Neuengörs, Mühlenstraße 1" in Germany. 
Lets first try it with the street without house number: 
https://photon.komoot.de/api/?q=Neueng%C3%B6rs,M%C3%BChlenstra%C3%9Fe

-> It gives the correct result in the first of entry of the returned data.

If I then add a (valid) house number: 
https://photon.komoot.de/api/?q=Neueng%C3%B6rs,M%C3%BChlenstra%C3%9Fe 1

-> the result becomes inaccurate.

I get 14 potential locations spreaded over germany, a lot of the 
returned results are obviously implausible (at least for humans), 
somewhere in the results (near the end of the list) the correct location 
is hidden.

What am I doing wrong ? How can I find the correct result in the 
returned data ?

Btw: Nominatim shows the correct location: 
https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/ui/search.html?q=Neuengörs,Mühlenstraße 
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Best regards
   Thimo




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