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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon komoot

Abbreviations not expanded (e.g. UK -> United Kingdom)

Open systemed opened this issue 9 years ago • 6 comments

Compare http://photon.komoot.de/api/?q=windermere+avenue,+UK :

  1. Windermere Avenue, Mount Arlington, New Jersey, United States of America
  2. Windermere Avenue, Greenwood Lake, New York, United States of America
  3. Windermere Avenue, Windermere, Connecticut, United States of America
  4. (etc)

with http://photon.komoot.de/api/?q=windermere+avenue,+United+Kingdom :

  1. Windermere Avenue, Barnsley, United Kingdom
  2. Windermere Avenue, Connah's Quay, United Kingdom
  3. Windermere Avenue, London, United Kingdom
  4. (etc)

systemed avatar Jun 16 '15 17:06 systemed

See also #166

karussell avatar Jun 16 '15 20:06 karussell

I think this is a wider issue with abbreviations generally. The same is true with US states, so "Monticello, NY" isn't recognised but "Monticello, New York" is.

systemed avatar Jun 22 '15 06:06 systemed

A similar issue is with "Spring Valley, MN" resolving correctly to Spring Valley Minnesota when using just 'M' but MN resolves to Nevada

karussell avatar Jun 17 '16 08:06 karussell

Any update on this? It's normal for users in the United States to search with abbreviated states (MN, VT) and currently this isn't working at all. :cry:

alexandervlpl avatar Jun 10 '19 16:06 alexandervlpl

Anyone have any workarounds?

neil-119 avatar Sep 22 '20 20:09 neil-119

For a workaround I expand client-side - so if someone ends their query with " VT" I change that to " Vermont" before sending to Photon. It does make it hard to search for this cinema though: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/5453440824

systemed avatar Oct 10 '20 18:10 systemed