Hi, I just discovered this one a few hours ago. A co-worker printed a google map and ask me where is Atrium in Makati. Since it is a paper map, I cannot do search :). Naturally I opened openstreetmap and type in "Atrium Makati" in the "Search" box. I got this result:
Commercial Atrium, Urdaneta, Salcedo, Makati, 1225, Metro Manila, Philippines It gives me village, city, postal_code, region and country! Cool! I did further searching: "Panciteria Marikina" gives me: Riza's Panciteria, 114, M. H. del Pilar, Dona Juana Subdivision, Calumpang, Marikina, 1610, Metro Manila, Philippines Close enough, but no exact because the data for this node is: * name: Riza's Panciteria * addr:housenumber: 114 * addr:street: M. H. del Pilar * addr:city: Marikina * amenity: fast_food * cuisine: filipino I suspect namefinder is using a mixture of technique to geocode features probably using is_in tag and addressing info. Please try and test around your area. I think the best way is to use the addressing info when it is available. We're getting there! -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph