[OSM-talk] Name finder and home page search working again

[Gervase Markham]

David Earl wrote:
> Suggestions
> for addressing this welcome - incrementally returning results is one
> possibility I guess. You can qualify it "..., UK" (provided the is_in is
> present - which is almost never is for US places), but that's non-obvious.

I strongly suspect Google Maps either only searches within the 
currently-visible area, or prioritises results from there, or starts 
there and works out. This may not help with search speed (depending on 
how much location data you have, I don't know) but it will probably help 
with relevance and ordering.

Gerv