updates on the address field on 7/8/2026

src/components/nearle_components/AddressAutocomplete.js

@@ -143,22 +143,45 @@ const buildParams = (query, bias) => {
   return params;
 };
 
+const searchOnce = async (query, bias) => {
+  const params = buildParams(query, bias);
+  params.set('limit', '1');
+  const res = await fetchWithTimeout(`${NOMINATIM_SEARCH_URL}?${params.toString()}`, { headers: { Accept: 'application/json' } });
+  if (!res.ok) return null;
+  const results = await res.json();
+  return results?.length ? results[0] : null;
+};
+
 // Standalone forward-geocode helper — replaces `Geocode.fromAddress(address)`
 // for call sites that resolve a plain text address without a predictions
 // dropdown (e.g. re-geocoding on submit). Returns a `toPlace`-shaped object,
 // or null if nothing matched.
+//
+// Unlike Google's geocoder, Nominatim only matches when every term in the
+// query belongs to the same indexed record — it has no "closest approximate
+// match" behaviour. A door number + unlisted micro-locality/street name (very
+// common for Indian addresses, e.g. "60, Keezha Raman Puthoor, ...") makes
+// the whole query match nothing, even though the city/postcode later in the
+// string resolves fine on its own. So on a miss, retry with the leading
+// (most specific, least likely to be indexed) comma-separated segments
+// dropped one at a time until something matches — worst case this lands on
+// just "<city> <postcode>", an approximate pin instead of no pin at all.
 export async function geocodeAddress(address, { bias } = {}) {
   if (!address) return null;
   const plusCodeResult = await plusCodeToResult(address, bias);
   if (plusCodeResult) return toPlace(plusCodeResult);
+  const segments = address
+    .split(',')
+    .map((s) => s.trim())
+    .filter(Boolean);
+  const queries = segments.length > 1 ? segments.map((_, i) => segments.slice(i).join(', ')) : [address];
   try {
-    const params = buildParams(address, bias);
-    params.set('limit', '1');
-    const res = await fetchWithTimeout(`${NOMINATIM_SEARCH_URL}?${params.toString()}`, { headers: { Accept: 'application/json' } });
-    if (!res.ok) return null;
-    const results = await res.json();
-    if (!results?.length) return null;
-    return toPlace(results[0]);
+    for (const query of queries) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
+      const result = await searchOnce(query, bias);
+      if (result) return toPlace(result);
+    }
+    return null;
   } catch (err) {
     console.error('geocodeAddress error:', err);
     return null;