openstreetmap_search_places

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Convert a place name or address to geographic coordinates and structured place data via Nominatim/OpenStreetMap. Accepts either a free-form query string (e.g., "Space Needle Seattle") or structured address fields (street, city, state, etc.) — the two modes are mutually exclusive. Returns results ordered by Nominatim relevance (importance score). Use countrycodes to restrict results to specific countries. For exhaustive POI lists in an area, use openstreetmap_query_nearby or openstreetmap_query_bbox instead — Nominatim search returns best matches, not all matching objects. Results are matched on name and address relevance, never on an OSM attribute tag: extratags decorates whichever object matched and cannot select one, so a named feature may resolve to a different OSM object than the one carrying the tags you want. To filter or enumerate by tag (surface, sac_scale, ele, access, amenity), use openstreetmap_query_nearby, openstreetmap_query_bbox, or openstreetmap_query_raw.