Find Nearest... doesn't work.

[chris_debian]

Kieran,

I am using the latest binary release (Beta1). I have been testing the _Find Nearest..._ function. 50 yards from my house is a Police Station, and it is marked on the OSM map tile. When OSN is running (with GPS on), it correctly reports my position, and I can see the Police Station on the same map tile as my current position. When I use the Find Nearest function, it does not report finding a Police Station. This is the same with ATM's. I tried it with hospitals, and this partially worked. My two nearest hospitals weren't reported, but that wil by a OSM tag issue.

As OSN just uses the OSM data, I'm guessing this bug is probably due to the data integrity, but it doesn't explain why I can see a Police Station on my screen, but OSN can't find it.

Any ideas?

Cheers,

Chris.

[Kieran Fleming (kieran-fleming)]

I think it's due to OSM namefinder being out of date. The site says it was updated on 9 Jan 2009, so can you please check if these places were added after that? If that's the problem Tom's said that he will get an update out soon.

[chris_debian (cjhandrew)]

Kieran,

The places I couldn't find were added (by me) after this date. I'll bring this to Tom's attention and see if he can give us an update. I'd like to keep this open for a bit, until I get a bit more info.

Thanks for the prompt reply.

Cheers,

Chris.

[chris_debian (cjhandrew)]

Made contact with David Earl regarding re-indexing intervals. Awaiting reply.

[chris_debian (cjhandrew)]

Received the folowing helpful email from David:

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Yes, we had a problem with the updates interfering with the searches in a pathological way.

The good news is I am currently trying to do a reload now.

The bad news is that it will take a few weeks to complete. Once it is there, it will be updated daily again, but the initial load is very time consuming.

Sorry for the interruption in service.

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This is really encouraging. I am closing this bug report, as the resolution is beyond our control and it seems that David is doing the best he can.

Chris.