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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 pc86 »

rockostrich wrote: post #64
kbutler wrote: post #63

Single name search seems broken: We couldn't find any intersections for James We couldn't find any intersections for Molly Actually, looks like it's just broken in general. We couldn't find any intersections for james and molly But it worked a few minutes ago...

The endpoint is throwing 502s now. Looks like they decided to just handle all bad responses with "We couldn't find any intersections..."

That seems like the wrong way to do it.

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

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Post by numerum-bestiae »

rockostrich wrote: post #64
kbutler wrote: post #63

Single name search seems broken: We couldn't find any intersections for James We couldn't find any intersections for Molly Actually, looks like it's just broken in general. We couldn't find any intersections for james and molly But it worked a few minutes ago...

The endpoint is throwing 502s now. Looks like they decided to just handle all bad responses with "We couldn't find any intersections..."

True, anything else would've been better - even a 404. Kept me wandering

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

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Post by macintux »

winestock wrote: post #50
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.

Ann Arbor, Michigan (the location of the main University of Michigan campus) has a Church Street and a State Street, but they do not intersect. I read a joke that went: In Ann Arbor, separation of Church and State is about three blocks.

I stumbled across an amusing sequence of streets in Brooklyn, Indiana. When you leave Home Avenue, you can go one block west to Church Street, or one block east to Hooker Street.

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

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Post by marssaxman »

wiredfool wrote: post #32

Not entirely sure how the listing for Peachtree and Peachtree didn't find anything in Georgia.

Here in Seattle there is an intersection between Belmont Avenue and Belmont Place, two blocks away from the intersection of Bellevue Avenue, Bellevue Place, and Bellevue Court. You might think that such an improbable intersection would be located within the city of Bellevue itself - but no, that's across the lake, ten miles east.

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

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Post by cperciva »

rosser wrote: post #45
wiredfool wrote: post #32

Not entirely sure how the listing for Peachtree and Peachtree didn't find anything in Georgia.

Years ago, I was visiting friends in Atlanta, one of whom was a civil engineer for GDoT. He took me to the intersection of Rosser Rd and Rosser Pl.

Just outside Vancouver (Canada) you can find the intersection of Lougheed Highway and Lougheed Highway.
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