Searching for street in foreign language is not supported
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Description
Hi there.
We are useing OpenStreetMaps as our main data source. When we want to search some building or apartment, it's not possible to search it in English if the address written in Armenian. Like, when I'm searching "Աբովյան 16", it's showing me the relevant result. But when I'm typing the same address in English ("Abovyan 16"), it fails. That's because the "street" field in "address" block in OSM written in Armenian, but the street name itself ("Աբովյան փողոց", or in English - "Abovyan street") is properly translated.
Is the issue related to OSM? Or maybe it's bug of Pelias? If so, we are ready to send pull notification for fixing it if you can show us the source of issue, as we are going to push Pelias to production.
Thanks!
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Research direction
Start by tracing the Pelias API search path and comparing results for the Armenian and English queries described in the issue. Determine whether the failure originates in Pelias or the OpenStreetMap address data; done means the source is identified and the required fix is clearly scoped.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- api, search
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100