Why does CoMaps seem to not understand addresses? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Debs@lemmy.zip to c/CoMaps@sopuli.xyz

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There is a frustrating issue with the CoMaps work flow. If I copy an address from Google maps into the CoMaps search bar, the application cannot find it.

For example, if I copy the address listed for the Portland Art Museum into CoMaps search:

1219 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97205

The search result varies. Sometimes it is:

Southwest 18th Avenue, 1219

Sometimes it is for the entire road:

Southwest Park Avenue

Is there a syntax issue here? You would think this would be a very easy find.

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[-] eatham@aussie.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago

That's only possible i n areas with open data

[-] black0ut@pawb.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

And even then, you gotta look at licenses and attribution. You can't just add data to OSM that you got from somewhere else with an incompatible license, because OSM data is open source and needs proper attribution.

[-] eatham@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, and there's also a process to follow to discuss imports beforehand so that any issues are caught https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines

this post was submitted on 07 Oct 2026

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