X-Git-Url: https://git.openstreetmap.org./nominatim.git/blobdiff_plain/ba3145627837efb6741eef14f9bf2ef6f1e12944..b9b6b075cc3cc12daa5ba48742e010b3e5e9550e:/docs/develop/Ranking.md diff --git a/docs/develop/Ranking.md b/docs/develop/Ranking.md index 06f25500..5b1ca191 100644 --- a/docs/develop/Ranking.md +++ b/docs/develop/Ranking.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ different purposes, which are explained in this chapter. ## Search rank The search rank describes the extent and importance of a place. It is used -when ranking search result. Simply put, if there are two results for a +when ranking search results. Simply put, if there are two results for a search query which are otherwise equal, then the result with the _lower_ search rank will be appear higher in the result list. @@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ into the database. There are a few hard-coded rules for the assignment: * highway nodes * landuse that is not an area -Other than that, the ranks can be freely assigned via the JSON file -defined with `CONST_Address_Level_Config` according to their type and -the country they are in. +Other than that, the ranks can be freely assigned via the JSON file according +to their type and the country they are in. The name of the config file to be +used can be changed with the setting `NOMINATIM_ADDRESS_LEVEL_CONFIG`. The address level configuration must consist of an array of configuration entries, each containing a tag definition and an optional country array: