Hello,
I have noticed that many of my Nominatim search results for
features in Fredericton, NB, Canada include “Washington”. For example,
searching for “Fredericton, NB” at openstreetmap.org gives me the results “City
Fredericton, Washington, New Brunswick, Canada, North
America<http://www.openstreetmap.org/?minlon=-66.6537530518&minlat=45.9546453857&maxlon=-66.6337454224&maxlat=45.9746492004>”.
The problem with these results is that “Washington” is not a county of New
Brunswick. I am not aware of any administrative areas in NB named “Washington”.
The Node for the City of Fredericton is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
-<http://www.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/node/204462923/5> <osm version="0.6"
generator="OpenStreetMap server">
-<http://www.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/node/204462923/5> <node id="204462923"
lat="45.9646491" lon="-66.6437529" changeset="7529491" user="berniejoconnors"
uid="27287" visible="true" timestamp="2011-03-12T04:14:39Z" version="5">
<tag k="name" v="Fredericton" />
<tag k="is_in:continent" v="North America" />
<tag k="name:ar" v="فريدريكتون" />
<tag k="is_in:country" v="Canada" />
<tag k="name:en" v="Fredericton" />
<tag k="is_in" v="New Brunswick;Canada" />
<tag k="place" v="city" />
<tag k="is_in:state" v="New Brunswick" />
</node>
</osm>
Can somebody help me determine why communities in south-western New Brunswick
are identified as being in “Washington County”? I suspect it is related to
Washington County, Maine which is adjacent to the Maine-New Brunswick
International boundary: Way: Washington County (24309532). I don’t feel I
have enough experience to start messing with US county boundaries and
International boundaries.
Bernie.
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Bernie Connors
New Maryland, NB
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