Reporter: don[at]drakeconsulting.com
[Submitted to the original trac issue database at 8.16pm, Friday, 16th March 2012]

I'm doing a reverse geocode and would like to see the village/city of a particular point.

For example:
http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?format=xml&lat=42.05033650&lon=-87.98355006&zoom=18&addressdetails=1

Returns:


Arlington Heights Fire Station, South Arlington Heights Road, Schnells Corner, Cook, Illinois, 60005, United States of America


<fire_station>Arlington Heights Fire Station</fire_station>
South Arlington Heights Road
Schnells Corner
Cook
Illinois
60005
United States of America
<country_code>us</country_code>

This point is in Arlington Heights, but the Village does not appear in the results. This "Schells Corner" is too large, but that's another problem.

If I nudge that point a little North, the Hamlet disappears and the correct Village appears:

http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?format=xml&lat=42.05633650&lon=-87.98355006&zoom=18&addressdetails=1

Is there a reason city/village does not appear in the results when hamlet does? Can I always see the city/village in the result?

Thanks.

-Don