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Why when I search for some streets in Bangor, Gwynedd do I find them and for others I don't, but they all apeear on the OSM map.

examples

ffordd deiniol bangor -> gets found ffordd sackville bangor -> does not

both appear on this map

http://osm.org/go/eudHBHkk3-

thanks

asked 09 Aug '11, 17:28

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That's because Nominatim, OpenStreetMaps search engine, has its own database and currently yet another updating problem. As you can see on the history page the name for Ffordd Sackville has been added recently and thus cannot be found by Nominatim until the updating problem will be solved. But Twain just told me that he is working on a fix.

answered 09 Aug '11, 17:50

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edited 09 Aug '11, 18:38

Source code available on GitHub .