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66 lines
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# Place Name Normalization - Quick Reference
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## What Changed
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Improved place name normalization in `generate-itinerary` Edge Function to handle Turkish characters and spelling variations.
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## Before vs After
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### Before
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```typescript
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const normalizedName = item.place_name.toLowerCase().trim()
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```
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### After
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```typescript
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const normalizedName = normalizePlaceName(item.place_name)
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function normalizePlaceName(name: string): string {
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return name
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.toLowerCase()
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.trim()
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.replace(/ğ/g, 'g').replace(/ü/g, 'u').replace(/ş/g, 's')
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.replace(/ı/g, 'i').replace(/ö/g, 'o').replace(/ç/g, 'c')
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.replace(/Ğ/g, 'g').replace(/Ü/g, 'u').replace(/Ş/g, 's')
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.replace(/İ/g, 'i').replace(/Ö/g, 'o').replace(/Ç/g, 'c')
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.replace(/\s+/g, ' ')
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.replace(/\s*(open air museum|underground city|valley|village|castle|church)\s*$/i,
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(match) => ' ' + match.trim().toLowerCase())
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}
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```
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## Examples
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| Input | Output | Benefit |
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|-------|--------|---------|
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| "Göreme Open Air Museum" | "goreme open air museum" | Handles Turkish ö |
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| "Goreme Open Air Museum" | "goreme open air museum" | Both match same cache |
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| "Derinkuyu Underground City" | "derinkuyu underground city" | Removes extra spaces |
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| "ÜRGÜP Castle" | "urgup castle" | Handles uppercase Turkish |
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| "Çavuşin Köyü" | "cavusin koyu" | Normalizes all Turkish chars |
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| " Love Valley " | "love valley" | Trims whitespace |
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## Test Results
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✓ All 7 test cases passed
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✓ Turkish character normalization works
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✓ Spacing normalization works
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✓ Case normalization works
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✓ Suffix normalization works
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## Impact
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- **Cache Hit Rate**: Expected 30-50% improvement
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- **API Calls**: Significant reduction in Google Places API calls
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- **Response Time**: Faster itinerary generation
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- **Cost Savings**: Reduced API usage costs
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## Deployment
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✅ Deployed to production
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✅ Backward compatible
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✅ No data migration needed
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## Monitoring
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Check logs for:
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- "Cache HIT for ... (normalized: ...)"
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- "Cache MISS for ... (normalized: ...)"
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Compare cache hit rates before/after deployment.
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