The check looks for two similar city names and reports BOTH of them with a special LIMIT assigned to each of the cities.
If number of the city segments exceeds the LIMIT, the Validator DOES NOT report the city segments.
The check recognizes the following cases:
- City name is too short - the city name is 1 or 2 letter long, please check if it is correct.
There is no limit for this case. - Expand the abbreviation - there are two similar cities around and one of them has an abbreviation.
Example: "Poreba Wlk." vs "Poreba Wielka"
Limits: 1000 and 10 - Complete short name - the city name is 1 or 2 letter long and it is a beginning of another city name.
Example: "Kr" vs "Kraków"
Limits: 1000 and 0 - Complete city name - one city name starts with another city name.
Example: "Cheseaux" vs "Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne"
Limits: 1000 and 10 - Correct letter case - the city names have different letter cases.
Example: "kraków" vs "Kraków"
Limits: 1000 and 10 - Check word order - the city names have different word order.
Example: "Wielka Poręba" vs "Poręba Wielka"
Limits: 1000 and 1000 - Check abbreviations - the city names have different abbreviations.
Example: "Poręba Wlk." vs "Poręba Wiel."
Limits: 1000 and 1000 - Add/remove county name - one of the cities has a county name in brackets or after a comma.
Example: "Forel" vs "Forel (Lavaux)" OR "Forel" vs "Forel, Lavaux"
Limits: 1000 and 10 - Check county name - city names are identical, but have different county names in brackets or after a comma.
Example: "City (county1)" vs "City (county2)" OR "City, county1" vs "City, county2"
Limits: 1000 and 1000 - Add/remove a word - one city name has an extra word in comparison with another.
Example: "Amsterdam" vs "Amsterdam Zuidoost"
Limits: 10 and 10 - Add county code - one city name has an extra 2-letter word in comparison with another.
Example: "Renens" vs "Renens VD"
Limits: 1000 and 10 - Identical names, but different city IDs - city names are identical, but have different internal city IDs.
Example: "Syracuse (ID: 14696)" vs "Syracuse (ID: 53882)"
Limits: 50 and 50 - Add/remove a space - one city name has a space, while another does not.
Example: "De Witt" vs "Dewitt"
Limits: 10 and 1000 - Check the number - city names contain different numbers.
Example: "Строитель снт (Волжский)" vs "Строитель 2 снт (Среднеахтубинский р-н)"
Limits: 1 and 1
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Real World Example #1:
Report source: Lausanne (CH)
(permalinks are removed for the sake of brevity)
Bussigny - consider this city name: Bussigny-près-Lausanne [complete city name]
Chemin de Bellevue, Bussigny 146025417...
Carrouge (VD) - consider this city name: Carrouge VD [add county code]
Chemin de la Louchyre, Carrouge (VD) 149237200...
Cheseaux - consider this city name: Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne [complete city name]
No Street, Cheseaux 205419380
Colombier (VD) - consider this city name: Colombier VD [add county code]
No Street, Colombier (VD) 233568439...
Ecublens - consider this city name: Ecublens VD [add county code]
Chemin de la Forêt, Ecublens 144397102...
Forel - consider this city name: Forel (Lavaux) [add county name]
Route de Vevey, Forel 148818565...
Mézières (VD) - consider this city name: Mézières VD [add county code]
Chemin des Grottes, Mézières (VD) 149032735...
Vernand - consider this city name: Vernand-Dessous [complete city name]
Chemin du Stand, Vernand 151495416...
Real World Example #2:
Report source: Syracuse (US)
(permalinks are removed for the sake of brevity)
De - consider this city name: De Witt [complete short name]
No Street, De 72390902
De Witt - consider this city name: De Witt [same names 37530/56539]
Erie canal path, De Witt 75720153...
Dewitt - consider this city name: De Witt [add space]
Buffington Rd, Dewitt 34826253...
Greater Manlius Area - consider this city name: Greater Manlius Area [same names 38045/48105]
Medical Center Dr, Greater Manlius Area 69902463...
S - consider this city name: Syracuse [complete short name]
Overflow Lot, S 73135147
Syracuse - consider this city name: Syracuse [same names 14696/53882]
Audubon Pkwy, Syracuse 71544420...
Real World Example #3:
Report source: Київ (UA)
(permalinks are removed for the sake of brevity)
Білогородка - consider this city name: Білогородка (Києво-Святошинський) [add county name]
No Street, Білогородка 141798742...
Вишневе - consider this city name: Вишневе (Києво-Святошинський) [add county name]
Київська вулиця, Вишневе 141672076...
Петрівське - consider this city name: Петрівське (Вишневе) [add county name]
No Street, Петрівське 207331188...
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See also: Fixing "smudged" cities (wiki)
