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Is the search box case sensitive

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When using the Nominatim search box I seem to get better results if I use capital first letters for place names. Is this true?

asked 18 Jul '12, 11:49

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edited 18 Jul '12, 12:02

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An example or two would help here, I think...

(18 Jul '12, 12:54) SomeoneElse ♦

I have tried to replicate it but can't. Maybe I was attributing the no show to lack of capitals and it was some other problem.

(18 Jul '12, 13:59) andy mackey

One Answer:

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The search box is case-insensitive. If you find an example where case matters, you have found a bug in Nominatim. Russian script is already known to have problems. If you find examples in other scripts, you can help by creating a bug report for them in trac.

answered 18 Jul '12, 16:06

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