here api - Location ID of cities changing in results from Geocoding Autocomplete API

Question

I have noticed that Location IDs coming from the Geocoding Autocomplete API have been changing recently. I rely on location id to identify cities uniquely, so such changes cause us a lot of problems.

For instance city Lodz, Poland has currently location id NT_wTVzyarLKGygLvsTPZ4VYD while it used to be NT_ROlJ6fdWSgsrVm8xPoZ1qD.

As I understand (based on Mismatch of location id between Geocoding Autocomplete and Geocoding), location ID value is based on the attributes identifying the value. In my scenario, I am searching for cities, so there was no change in the hierarchy of data, base names, etc. It is still the same city, in the same country and geographical area.

Shall I expect more changes of location ids for cities? Was the change intentional and what caused it?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65830526/location-id-of-cities-changing-in-results-from-geocoding-autocomplete-api

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