Merge location names

[janvlug]

Sometimes, you get multiple hits for the same place. Here is an example:

When I type krakeelpolderweg in https://transitous.org/ I get multiple suggestions in the drop down list.

These three are very similar:

Two stops:

• Krakeelpolderweg
• Delft, Krakeelpolderweg
  One place:
• Krakeelpolderweg Delft, Nederland

It would be great if at least the stops would be merged to:

Krakeelpolderweg Delft, Nederland

Similar as now for the place:

But with a stop icon.

Maybe the place and the stop should also be merged.

[janvlug]

Note that I initially created this issue: https://gitlab.com/schmiddi-on-mobile/railway/-/issues/115

[jbruechert]

We could probably do that in the frontend based on wether the coordinates are close.

If you are looking for a different API response, please open an issue in the MOTIS repository.

[Altonss]

A similar issue to merging similar and close places, is to have more details about places (province, state, country). This is especially needed when several places have the same name. Try routing to Porto (in Portugal), and you will see the pain of trying to find the correct one xD

[jbruechert]

This is pretty much done in MOTIS 2