The geocoder in our software suddenly stopped working and we have analyzed this to the following cause: To search for the Mainstreet 12, Amsterdam, Netherlands, (doesn't exist) we used the following call:
This format used to work but no longer returns results. I noticed that it does work with the full country name appended to the address
but we don't have the country name available in our software. So, now I plan to change our code to
Since that is in line with the wiki description. My main questions are. Did the API indeed change? How could I have known this upfront, so where should I register to be warned for such changes before they become effective? |
Please open a ticket in the nominatim trac: http://trac.openstreetmap.org/newticket?component=nominatim Thank you answered 23 Feb '12, 14:32 SimonPoole ♦ |