[OSM-talk] Improved name searches

David Earl david at frankieandshadow.com
Wed Nov 22 17:27:09 GMT 2006


In my message about searching, I said:
> If I only use form (*) above, might it be further possible to use the
> hierarchy so that if I search for
>   "Elizabeth Way, Cambridgeshire"
> and a node has "place=Cambridge; is_in=Cambridgeshire" or
> "place=Cambridge;
> is_in=Cambridgeshire,England,UK" then it will find my Elizabeth Way
> (possibly among a few others). Ditto "Elizabeth Way, UK" etc.

but of course I meant "place_name" (or "name"), not "place", for any record
with a "place" tag.

David





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