[mkgmap-dev] improving address search

Thu May 23 19:28:57 BST 2013

Hi Minko,

it would be possible. But I fear that this would be the start point for 
a bunch of rules which names match and which names do not match:

Main Street
MainStreet
Main Str.
Main St.
Main
main street
Mein Street
Str. Main
Main Road
...

WanMil

> Hi,
>
> I noticed that a small difference in the name label between the address node and the street name will result in a not found housenumber.
>
> For instance if the address has a tag addr:street="Main Street" and on OSM the highway itself is labeled with name=Mainstreet. Is it possible for mkgmap to ignore the spaces when matching the address to a nearby street?
>
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