Nominatim/README.md

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Nominatim
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Nominatim (from the Latin, 'by name') is a tool to search OpenStreetMap data
by name and address (geocoding) and to generate synthetic addresses of
OSM points (reverse geocoding). An instance with up-to-date data can be found
at https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org. Nominatim is also used as one of the
sources for the Search box on the OpenStreetMap home page.

Documentation
=============

The documentation of the latest development version is in the
`docs/` subdirectory. A HTML version can be found at
https://nominatim.org/release-docs/develop/ .

Installation
============

The latest stable release can be downloaded from https://nominatim.org.
There you can also find [installation instructions for the release](https://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/admin/Installation), as well as an extensive [Troubleshooting/FAQ section](https://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/admin/Faq/).

[Detailed installation instructions for current master](https://nominatim.org/release-docs/develop/admin/Installation)
can be found at nominatim.org as well.

A quick summary of the necessary steps:

1. Compile Nominatim:

        mkdir build
        cd build
        cmake ..
        make
        sudo make install

2. Create a project directory, get OSM data and import:

        mkdir nominatim-project
        cd nominatim-project
        nominatim import --osm-file <your planet file>

3. Point your webserver to the nominatim-project/website directory.


License
=======

The source code is available under a GPLv2 license.


Contributing
============

Contributions, bugreport and pull requests are welcome.
For details see [contribution guide](CONTRIBUTING.md).


Questions and help
==================

For questions, community help and discussions you can use the
[Github discussions forum](https://github.com/osm-search/Nominatim/discussions)
or join the
[geocoding mailing list](https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/geocoding).