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shimon001
shimon001

Reputation: 743

OSM Nominatim search strange behaviour

I have ran into some troubles using Open Street Map Nominatim search API. I am trying to search and geocode addresses, but for some queries, the results are quite strange.

For example, when I use query: 

http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?format=json&countrycodes=cz&limit=10&accept-language=cz&addressdetails=1&q=Jihlava

I get expected results - city Jihlava.

But when I use queries like (only part of name): 

http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?format=json&countrycodes=cz&limit=10&accept-language=cz&addressdetails=1&q=Jihl

or 

http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?format=json&countrycodes=cz&limit=10&accept-language=cz&addressdetails=1&q=Jihla

or 

http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?format=json&countrycodes=cz&limit=10&accept-language=cz&addressdetails=1&q=Jihlav

I get empty result list.

Is there anything wrong with my query?

Thanks.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1149

Answers (1)

scai
scai

Reputation: 21509

That's expected behavior, for now. Nominatim has no auto-correction feature yet. Thus only partly matching queries aren't always handled correctly.

If you need auto-correction then please see if one of the other search engines for OSM fits your needs.

Upvotes: 3

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