[OSM-talk] Nominatim weakness

[Tom Hughes]

On 13/12/15 22:52, John Goodman wrote:

> For example, if my map is showing an area of the United States where I
> happen to know a mapped Starbucks exists, and I search for "Starbucks"
> in the search panel, the entire panel is filled with Starbucks in Japan.
> Do the same on a "competitor's" map, and you get what you expect: the
> Starbucks that are closest to the current map view are listed first.

That shouldn't happen as we we pass the current view to Nominatim and it 
is supposed to prioritise results in that area.

Tom

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