Search and autocomplete

Ranking favours exact codes, exact names, aliases, prefixes, then fuzzy matches. Ties keep a stable order.

GET /places/search?q=huahine&types=island,airport&limit=10
GET /places/autocomplete?q=hua&limit=5

Normalisation

• Unicode NFKD et accents tolérés
• Straight and typographic apostrophes matched
• Whitespace and case normalised for search only
• Canonical Polynesian names remain untouched for display