Serge Wroclawski <[email protected]> writes: > On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Metcalf, Calvin (DOT) > <[email protected]> wrote: >> So I'm somewhat confused about how nominatim actually works. A good example >> is the building I work in (10 park plaza Boston ma) the version of nominitum >> on the website gets the correct location on the first try (note mapquest has >> it as the 3rd result) but they have it as being > > Often what happens is that you have one of two problems, in this order: > > 1. Nodes > > 2. Incorrectly prominent areas > > Nodes are a major problem. In the case of a node area, Nominatim will > attempt to guess at how large/prominent the area is. If it's a city, > for example, it will be very lose about how far out it thinks the city > borders are. Neighborhoods, same thing, and so you get these odd > classifications. > > The solution to this is to replace nodes with polygons, period.
Is it sensible to have a polygon for the boundary and also a node that locates precisely the cultural/logical center? Does Nominatim ignore the node when there is a same-named boundary? Or is there some way to have a relation for a town that has both a polygon and a center?
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