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Re: Enter a pair of names to see if any intersections in the US match those names

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Post by commandar »

SaintGhurka wrote: post #10

It seems to have trouble with street names that don't start with the search string. So it didn't find the corner of Antonio and Banderas, maybe because it's "Avenida de las Banderas". Nearby Antonio and Oso Parkway was no problem, though. https://www.crossing.us/intersections/antonio/oso Then again, it doesn't have a problem with the San in "San Antonio Avenue" https://www.crossing.us/intersections/antonio/flores

I don't think it's just location in the string. It couldn't find this one either.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Nancy+Reagan+Dr,+Alpharett...

Re: Enter a pair of names to see if any intersections in the US match those names

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Post by snerbles »

madcaptenor wrote: post #4
sharemywin wrote: post #2

There's always one of us in every group... https://www.crossing.us/intersections/ball/nut

I'm not even going to ask what a nut hatch is.

It's a small passerine bird.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuthatch

Re: Enter a pair of names to see if any intersections in the US match those names

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Post by pklausler »

madcaptenor wrote: post #15

I can't tell if there's an intersection of Church and State. All the top results at https://www.crossing.us/intersections/church/state (for me) have Church Street/Road intersecting with State Highway X or similar.

I know that Church and State intersect in Chippewa Falls, WI.

Re: Enter a pair of names to see if any intersections in the US match those names

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Post by mywittyname »

snerbles wrote: post #23
madcaptenor wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not even going to ask what a nut hatch is.

It's a small passerine bird. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuthatch

When I was in sixth grade, our science teacher had us go bird watching every school day and document the birds we'd saw.

Eleven-year-old me immediately became obsessed with red-breasted nuthatches. To this day, when I see one, I'll yell out to my wife, "Look! A red-breasted nuthatch!"

Re: Enter a pair of names to see if any intersections in the US match those names

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

dictum wrote: post #26
seanmcdirmid wrote: post #17

https://www.crossing.us/intersections/democrat/republican Who would have thought that only one would exist in...Memphis.

It's easy if you try... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Democrats

Meh, southern democrats exist because some southern voters still associate Lincoln with today's republican party.

Re: Enter a pair of names to see if any intersections in the US match those names

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Post by ctab »

madcaptenor wrote: post #7

A politically relevant one: https://www.crossing.us/intersections/donald/moscow (It's actually the intersection of "Don" and "Moscow". But judging from the other street names here, "Don" was probably intended to be the river in Russia.)

The story of why a tiny town in Kansas has Russian-themed street names is pretty fascinating (to me anyway):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munjor,_Kansas

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