Open Radar

 
10-Jul-2013 01:37 PM Christian Eager:
Summary:

Geocoding an address in Washington, D.C. results in a place mark whose locality property includes the administrative area ("Washington D.C.").


Steps to Reproduce:

    [[[CLGeocoder alloc] init] geocodeAddressString:@"1050 Connecticut Ave, NW Washington, D.C. 20036" completionHandler:^(NSArray* placemarks, NSError* error) {
		for (CLPlacemark *placemark in placemarks) {
			NSLog(@"%@", placemark.locality);
		}
	}];

Expected Results:

The result of NSLog() is "Washington".

Actual Results:

The result of NSLog is "Washington D.C."

Regression:

None

Notes:

This behavior makes using the structured data (i.e., not placemark.addressDictionary[@"FormattedAddressLines"]) difficult without confusing and redundant information. For example, NSLog(@"%@, %@", placemark.locality, placemark.administrativeArea) results in "Washington D.C., District of Columbia" for DC place marks, but "New York, New York" for NYC place marks.


Update (2013-08-06):

Duplicate of rdar://problem/12664231