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@ -7,41 +7,6 @@ Please always open a separate issue for each problem. In particular, do
not add your bugs to closed issues. They may looks similar to you but
often are completely different from the maintainer's point of view.
### When Reporting Bad Search Results...
Please make sure to add the following information:
* the URL of the query that produces the bad result
* the result you are getting
* the expected result, preferably a link to the OSM object you want to find,
otherwise an address that is as precise as possible
To get the link to the OSM object, you can try the following:
* go to https://openstreetmap.org
* zoom to the area of the map where you expect the result and
zoom in as much as possible
* click on the question mark on the right side of the map,
then with the queston cursor on the map where your object is located
* find the object of interest in the list that appears on the left side
* click on the object and report the URL back that the browser shows
### When Reporting Bugs...
Please add the following information to your issue:
* hardware configuration: RAM size, CPUs, kind and size of disks
* Operating system (also mention if you are running on a cloud service)
* Postgres and Postgis version
* list of settings you changed in your Postgres configuration
* Nominatim version (release version or,
if you run from the git repo, the output of `git rev-parse HEAD`)
* (if applicable) exact command line of the command that was causing the issue
Bug reports that do not include extensive information about your system,
about the problem and about what you have been trying to debug the problem
will be closed.
## Workflow for Pull Requests
We love to get pull requests from you. We operate the "Fork & Pull" model

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@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Add to your `settings/local.php`:
@define('CONST_Osm2pgsql_Flatnode_File', '/path/to/flatnode.file');
Replace the second part with a suitable path on your system and make sure
the directory exists. There should be at least 64GB of free space.
the directory exists. There should be at least 75GB of free space.
## Downloading additional data
@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ This data is available as a binary download:
cd $NOMINATIM_SOURCE_DIR/data
wget https://www.nominatim.org/data/wikimedia-importance.sql.gz
The file is about 400MB and adds around 4GB to Nominatim database.
The file is about 400MB and adds around 4GB to the Nominatim database.
!!! tip
If you forgot to download the wikipedia rankings, you can also add
@ -60,21 +60,21 @@ involve a GB or US postcode. This data can be optionally downloaded:
wget https://www.nominatim.org/data/gb_postcode_data.sql.gz
wget https://www.nominatim.org/data/us_postcode_data.sql.gz
## Choosing the Data to Import
## Choosing the data to import
In its default setup Nominatim is configured to import the full OSM data
set for the entire planet. Such a setup requires a powerful machine with
at least 64GB of RAM and around 800GB of SSD hard disks. Depending on your
at least 64GB of RAM and around 900GB of SSD hard disks. Depending on your
use case there are various ways to reduce the amount of data imported. This
section discusses these methods. They can also be combined.
### Using an extract
If you only need geocoding for a smaller region, then precomputed extracts
If you only need geocoding for a smaller region, then precomputed OSM extracts
are a good way to reduce the database size and import time.
[Geofabrik](https://download.geofabrik.de) offers extracts for most countries.
They even have daily updates which can be used with the update process described
below. There are also
[in the next section](../Update). There are also
[other providers for extracts](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Planet.osm#Downloading).
Please be aware that some extracts are not cut exactly along the country
@ -128,21 +128,23 @@ The style can be changed with the configuration `CONST_Import_Style`.
To give you an idea of the impact of using the different styles, the table
below gives rough estimates of the final database size after import of a
2018 planet and after using the `--drop` option. It also shows the time
needed for the import on a machine with 64GB RAM, 4 CPUS and SSDs. Note that
the given sizes are just an estimate meant for comparison of style requirements.
Your planet import is likely to be larger as the OSM data grows with time.
2020 planet and after using the `--drop` option. It also shows the time
needed for the import on a machine with 64GB RAM, 4 CPUS and NVME disks.
Note that the given sizes are just an estimate meant for comparison of
style requirements. Your planet import is likely to be larger as the
OSM data grows with time.
style | Import time | DB size | after drop
----------|--------------|------------|------------
admin | 5h | 190 GB | 20 GB
street | 42h | 400 GB | 180 GB
address | 59h | 500 GB | 260 GB
full | 80h | 575 GB | 300 GB
extratags | 80h | 585 GB | 310 GB
admin | 4h | 215 GB | 20 GB
street | 22h | 440 GB | 185 GB
address | 36h | 545 GB | 260 GB
full | 54h | 640 GB | 330 GB
extratags | 54h | 650 GB | 340 GB
You can also customize the styles further. For a description of the
style format see [the development section](../develop/Import.md).
You can also customize the styles further.
A [description of the style format](../develop/Import.md#configuring-the-import)
can be found in the development section.
## Initial import of the data
@ -150,15 +152,17 @@ style format see [the development section](../develop/Import.md).
First try the import with a small extract, for example from
[Geofabrik](https://download.geofabrik.de).
Download the data to import and load the data with the following command
from the build directory:
Download the data to import. Then issue the following command
from the **build directory** to start the import:
```sh
./utils/setup.php --osm-file <data file> --all 2>&1 | tee setup.log
```
***Note for full planet imports:*** Even on a perfectly configured machine
the import of a full planet takes at least 2 days. Once you see messages
### Notes on full planet imports
Even on a perfectly configured machine
the import of a full planet takes around 2 days. Once you see messages
with `Rank .. ETA` appear, the indexing process has started. This part takes
the most time. There are 30 ranks to process. Rank 26 and 30 are the most complex.
They take each about a third of the total import time. If you have not reached
@ -167,11 +171,12 @@ configuration as it may not be optimal for the import.
### Notes on memory usage
In the first step of the import Nominatim uses osm2pgsql to load the OSM data
into the PostgreSQL database. This step is very demanding in terms of RAM usage.
osm2pgsql and PostgreSQL are running in parallel at this point. PostgreSQL
blocks at least the part of RAM that has been configured with the
`shared_buffers` parameter during [PostgreSQL tuning](Installation#postgresql-tuning)
In the first step of the import Nominatim uses [osm2pgsql](https://osm2pgsql.org)
to load the OSM data into the PostgreSQL database. This step is very demanding
in terms of RAM usage. osm2pgsql and PostgreSQL are running in parallel at
this point. PostgreSQL blocks at least the part of RAM that has been configured
with the `shared_buffers` parameter during
[PostgreSQL tuning](Installation#postgresql-tuning)
and needs some memory on top of that. osm2pgsql needs at least 2GB of RAM for
its internal data structures, potentially more when it has to process very large
relations. In addition it needs to maintain a cache for node locations. The size
@ -182,10 +187,10 @@ completely and leave the memory for the flatnode file. Nominatim will do this
by default, so you do not need to configure anything in this case.
For imports without a flatnode file, set `--osm2pgsql-cache` approximately to
the size of the OSM pbf file (in MB) you are importing. Make sure you leave
enough RAM for PostgreSQL and osm2pgsql as mentioned above. If the system starts
swapping or you are getting out-of-memory errors, reduce the cache size or
even consider using a flatnode file.
the size of the OSM pbf file you are importing. The size needs to be given in
MB. Make sure you leave enough RAM for PostgreSQL and osm2pgsql as mentioned
above. If the system starts swapping or you are getting out-of-memory errors,
reduce the cache size or even consider using a flatnode file.
### Verify the import
@ -197,7 +202,7 @@ Run this script to verify all required tables and indices got created successful
### Setting up the website
Run the following command to set up the configuration file for the website
Run the following command to set up the configuration file for the API frontend
`settings/settings-frontend.php`. These settings are used in website/*.php files.
```sh

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@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ A minimum of 2GB of RAM is required or installation will fail. For a full
planet import 64GB of RAM or more are strongly recommended. Do not report
out of memory problems if you have less than 64GB RAM.
For a full planet install you will need at least 800GB of hard disk space
(take into account that the OSM database is growing fast). SSD disks
will help considerably to speed up import and queries.
For a full planet install you will need at least 900GB of hard disk space.
Take into account that the OSM database is growing fast.
Fast disks are essential. Using NVME disks is recommended.
Even on a well configured machine the import of a full planet takes
at least 2 days. Without SSDs 7-8 days are more realistic.
around 2 days. On traditional spinning disks, 7-8 days are more realistic.
## Tuning the PostgreSQL database

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@ -17,7 +17,12 @@ Clone the source from github:
git clone https://github.com/osm-search/nominatim-ui
Adapt the configuration `dist/config.js` to your needs. You need at least
Copy the example configuration into the right place:
cd nominatim-ui
cp dist/config.example.js dist/config.js
Now adapt the configuration to your needs. You need at least
to change the `Nominatim_API_Endpoint` to point to your Nominatim installation.
Then you can just test it locally by spinning up a webserver in the `dist`
@ -66,7 +71,7 @@ map $args $format {
~(^|&)format= other;
}
# Determine from the URI and the format parameter aboce if forwarding is needed.
# Determine from the URI and the format parameter above if forwarding is needed.
map $uri/$format $forward_to_ui {
default 1; # The default is to forward.
~^/ui 0; # If the URI point to the UI already, we are done.

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@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ There are many different ways to update your Nominatim database.
The following section describes how to keep it up-to-date with Pyosmium.
For a list of other methods see the output of `./utils/update.php --help`.
!!! warning
!!! important
If you have configured a flatnode file for the import, then you
need to keep this flatnode file around for updates as well.
need to keep this flatnode file around for updates.
#### Installing the newest version of Pyosmium

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@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
# Place details
Lookup details about a single place by id. The default output is HTML for debugging search logic and results.
Show all details about a single place saved in the database.
**The details page (including JSON output) exists for debugging only and must not be downloaded automatically**, see [Nominatim Usage Policy](https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/nominatim/).
!!! warning
The details page exists for debugging only. You may not use it in scripts
or to automatically query details about a result.
See [Nominatim Usage Policy](https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/nominatim/).
## Parameters
The details API supports the following two request formats:
```
https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/details?osmtype=[N|W|R]&osmid=<value>&class=<value>
``` xml
https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/details?osmtype=[N|W|R]&osmid=<value>&class=<value>
```
`osmtype` and `osmid` are required parameter. The type is one of node (N), way (W)
`osmtype` and `osmid` are required parameters. The type is one of node (N), way (W)
or relation (R). The id must be a number. The `class` parameter is optional and
allows to distinguish between entries, when the corresponding OSM object has more
than one main tag. For example, when a place is tagged with `tourism=hotel` and
@ -23,36 +26,34 @@ to get exactly the one you want. If there are multiple places in the database
but the `class` parameter is left out, then one of the places will be chosen
at random and displayed.
```
https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/details?place_id=<value>
``` xml
https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/details?place_id=<value>
```
Placeids are assigned sequentially during Nominatim data import. The id for a place is different between Nominatim installation (servers) and changes when data gets reimported. Therefore it can't be used as permanent id and shouldn't be used in bug reports.
Place IDs are assigned sequentially during Nominatim data import. The ID
for a place is different between Nominatim installation (servers) and
changes when data gets reimported. Therefore it cannot be used as
a permanent id and shouldn't be used in bug reports.
Additional optional parameters are explained below.
### Output format
* `format=[html|json]`
See [Place Output Formats](Output.md) for details on each format. (Default: html)
* `json_callback=<string>`
Wrap JSON output in a callback function (JSONP) i.e. `<string>(<json>)`.
Only has an effect for JSON output formats.
* `pretty=[0|1]`
For JSON output will add indentation to make it more human-readable. (Default: 0)
Add indentation to make it more human-readable. (Default: 0)
### Output details
* `addressdetails=[0|1]`
Include a breakdown of the address into elements. (Default for JSON: 0, for HTML: 1)
Include a breakdown of the address into elements. (Default: 0)
* `keywords=[0|1]`
@ -60,11 +61,16 @@ Include a list of name keywords and address keywords (word ids). (Default: 0)
* `linkedplaces=[0|1]`
Include details of places higher in the address hierarchy. E.g. for a street this is usually the city, state, postal code, country. (Default: 1)
Include a details of places that are linked with this one. Places get linked
together when they are different forms of the same physical object. Nominatim
links two kinds of objects together: place nodes get linked with the
corresponding administrative boundaries. Waterway relations get linked together with their
members.
(Default: 1)
* `hierarchy=[0|1]`
Include details of places lower in the address hierarchy. E.g. for a city this usually a list of streets, suburbs, rivers. (Default for JSON: 0, for HTML: 1)
Include details of places lower in the address hierarchy. (Default: 0)
* `group_hierarchy=[0|1]`
@ -72,7 +78,7 @@ For JSON output will group the places by type. (Default: 0)
* `polygon_geojson=[0|1]`
Include geometry of result. (Default for JSON: 0, for HTML: 1)
Include geometry of result. (Default: 0)
### Language of results
@ -86,10 +92,6 @@ comma-separated list of language codes.
## Examples
##### HTML
[https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/details.php?osmtype=W&osmid=38210407](https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/details.php?osmtype=W&osmid=38210407)
##### JSON
[https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/details.php?osmtype=W&osmid=38210407&format=json](https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/details.php?osmtype=W&osmid=38210407&format=json)

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@ -56,6 +56,21 @@ specified in the "Accept-Language" HTTP header.
Either use a standard RFC2616 accept-language string or a simple
comma-separated list of language codes.
### Polygon output
* `polygon_geojson=1`
* `polygon_kml=1`
* `polygon_svg=1`
* `polygon_text=1`
Output geometry of results as a GeoJSON, KML, SVG or WKT. Only one of these
options can be used at a time. (Default: 0)
* `polygon_threshold=0.0`
Return a simplified version of the output geometry. The parameter is the
tolerance in degrees with which the geometry may differ from the original
geometry. Topology is preserved in the result. (Default: 0.0)
### Other

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@ -2,12 +2,10 @@
The [/reverse](Reverse.md), [/search](Search.md) and [/lookup](Lookup.md)
API calls produce very similar output which is explained in this section.
There is one section for each format which is selectable via the `format`
parameter.
There is one section for each format. The format correspond to what was
selected via the `format` parameter.
## Formats
### JSON
## JSON
The JSON format returns an array of places (for search and lookup) or
a single place (for reverse) of the following format:
@ -41,13 +39,13 @@ a single place (for reverse) of the following format:
"wikipedia": "en:London",
"population": "8416535"
}
},
}
```
The possible fields are:
* `place_id` - reference to the Nominatim internal database ID ([see notes](#place_id-is-not-a-persistent-id))
* `osm_type`, `osm_id` - reference to the OSM object
* `osm_type`, `osm_id` - reference to the OSM object ([see notes](#osm-reference))
* `boundingbox` - area of corner coordinates ([see notes](#boundingbox))
* `lat`, `lon` - latitude and longitude of the centroid of the object
* `display_name` - full comma-separated address
@ -62,22 +60,22 @@ The possible fields are:
* `geojson`, `svg`, `geotext`, `geokml` - full geometry
(only with the appropriate `polygon_*` parameter)
### JSONv2
## JSONv2
This is the same as the JSON format with two changes:
* `class` renamed to `category`
* additional field `place_rank` with the search rank of the object
### GeoJSON
## GeoJSON
This format follows the [RFC7946](https://geojson.org). Every feature includes
a bounding box (`bbox`).
The feature list has the following fields:
The properties object has the following fields:
* `place_id` - reference to the Nominatim internal database ID ([see notes](#place_id-is-not-a-persistent-id))
* `osm_type`, `osm_id` - reference to the OSM object
* `osm_type`, `osm_id` - reference to the OSM object ([see notes](#osm-reference))
* `category`, `type` - key and value of the main OSM tag
* `display_name` - full comma-separated address
* `place_rank` - class search rank
@ -92,13 +90,13 @@ The feature list has the following fields:
Use `polygon_geojson` to output the full geometry of the object instead
of the centroid.
### GeocodeJSON
## GeocodeJSON
The GeocodeJSON format follows the
[GeocodeJSON spec 0.1.0](https://github.com/geocoders/geocodejson-spec).
The following feature attributes are implemented:
* `osm_type`, `osm_id` - reference to the OSM object (unofficial extension)
* `osm_type`, `osm_id` - reference to the OSM object (unofficial extension, [see notes](#osm-reference))
* `type` - value of the main tag of the object (e.g. residential, restaurant, ...)
* `label` - full comma-separated address
* `name` - localised name of the place
@ -110,18 +108,18 @@ The following feature attributes are implemented:
Use `polygon_geojson` to output the full geometry of the object instead
of the centroid.
### XML
## XML
The XML response returns one or more place objects in slightly different
formats depending on the API call.
#### Reverse
### Reverse
```
<reversegeocode timestamp="Sat, 11 Aug 18 11:53:21 +0000"
attribution="Data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0. https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright"
querystring="lat=48.400381&lon=11.745876&zoom=5&format=xml">
<result place_id="179509537" osm_type="relation" osm_id="2145268" ref="BY"
<result place_id="179509537" osm_type="relation" osm_id="2145268" ref="BY" place_rank="15" address_rank="15"
lat="48.9467562" lon="11.4038717"
boundingbox="47.2701114,50.5647142,8.9763497,13.8396373">
Bavaria, Germany
@ -148,7 +146,7 @@ attribution to OSM and the original querystring.
The place information can be found in the `result` element. The attributes of that element contain:
* `place_id` - reference to the Nominatim internal database ID ([see notes](#place_id-is-not-a-persistent-id))
* `osm_type`, `osm_id` - reference to the OSM object
* `osm_type`, `osm_id` - reference to the OSM object ([see notes](#osm-reference))
* `ref` - content of `ref` tag if it exists
* `lat`, `lon` - latitude and longitude of the centroid of the object
* `boundingbox` - comma-separated list of corner coordinates ([see notes](#boundingbox))
@ -159,14 +157,14 @@ The full address of the result can be found in the content of the
Additional information requested with `addressdetails=1`, `extratags=1` and
`namedetails=1` can be found in extra elements.
#### Search and Lookup
### Search and Lookup
```
<searchresults timestamp="Sat, 11 Aug 18 11:55:35 +0000"
attribution="Data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0. https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright"
querystring="london" polygon="false" exclude_place_ids="100149"
more_url="https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php?q=london&addressdetails=1&extratags=1&exclude_place_ids=100149&format=xml&accept-language=en-US%2Cen%3Bq%3D0.7%2Cde%3Bq%3D0.3">
<place place_id="100149" osm_type="node" osm_id="107775" place_rank="15"
<place place_id="100149" osm_type="node" osm_id="107775" place_rank="15" address_rank="15"
boundingbox="51.3473219,51.6673219,-0.2876474,0.0323526" lat="51.5073219" lon="-0.1276474"
display_name="London, Greater London, England, SW1A 2DU, United Kingdom"
class="place" type="city" importance="0.9654895765402"
@ -203,11 +201,12 @@ The place information can be found in the `place` elements, of which there may
be more than one. The attributes of that element contain:
* `place_id` - reference to the Nominatim internal database ID ([see notes](#place_id-is-not-a-persistent-id))
* `osm_type`, `osm_id` - reference to the OSM object
* `osm_type`, `osm_id` - reference to the OSM object ([see notes](#osm-reference))
* `ref` - content of `ref` tag if it exists
* `lat`, `lon` - latitude and longitude of the centroid of the object
* `boundingbox` - comma-separated list of corner coordinates ([see notes](#boundingbox))
* `place_rank` - class search rank
* `place_rank` - class [search rank](../develop/Ranking#search-rank)
* `address_rank` - place [address rank](../develop/Ranking#address-rank)
* `display_name` - full comma-separated address
* `class`, `type` - key and value of the main OSM tag
* `importance` - computed importance rank
@ -217,17 +216,19 @@ When `addressdetails=1` is requested, the localised address parts appear
as subelements with the type of the address part.
Additional information requested with `extratags=1` and `namedetails=1` can
be found in extra elements as sub-element of each place.
be found in extra elements as sub-element of `extratags` and `namedetails`
respectively.
## Notes on field values
### place_id is not a persistent id
The `place_id` is created when a Nominatim database gets installed. A
single place will have a different value on another server or even when
the same data gets re-imported. It's thus not useful to treat it as
permanent for later use.
The `place_id` is an internal identifier that is assigned data is imported
into a Nominatim database. The same OSM object will have a different value
on another server. It may even change its ID on the same server when it is
removed and reimported while updating the database with fresh OSM data.
It is thus not useful to treat it as permanent for later use.
The combination `osm_type`+`osm_id` is slighly better but remember in
OpenStreetMap mappers can delete, split, recreate places (and those
@ -236,20 +237,40 @@ Places can also change their meaning without changing their `osm_id`,
e.g. when a restaurant is retagged as supermarket. For a more in-depth
discussion see [Permanent ID](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Permanent_ID).
Nominatim merges some places (e.g. center node of a city with the boundary
relation) so `osm_type`+`osm_id`+`class_name` would be more unique.
If you need an ID that is consistent over multiple installations of Nominatim,
then you should use the combination of `osm_type`+`osm_id`+`class`.
### OSM reference
Nominatim may sometimes return special objects that do not correspond directly
to an object in OpenStreetMap. These are:
* **Postcodes**. Nominatim returns an postcode point created from all mapped
postcodes of the same name. The class and type of these object is `place=postcdode`.
No `osm_type` and `osm_id` are included in the result.
* **Housenumber interpolations**. Nominatim returns a single interpolated
housenumber from the interpolation way. The class and type are `place=house`
and `osm_type` and `osm_id` correspond to the interpolation way in OSM.
* **TIGER housenumber.** Nominatim returns a single interpolated housenumber
from the TIGER data. The class and type are `place=house`
and `osm_type` and `osm_id` correspond to the street mentioned in the result.
Please note that the `osm_type` and `osm_id` returned may be changed in the
future. You should not expect to only find `node`, `way` and `relation` for
the type.
### boundingbox
Comma separated list of min latitude, max latitude, min longitude, max longitude.
The whole planet would be `-90,90,-180,180`.
Can we used to pan and center the map on the result, for example with leafletjs
Can be used to pan and center the map on the result, for example with leafletjs
mapping library
`map.fitBounds([[bbox[0],bbox[2]],[bbox[1],bbox[3]]], {padding: [20, 20], maxzoom: 16});`
Bounds crossing the antimeridian have a min latitude -180 and max latitude 180,
essentially covering the planet (See [issue 184](https://github.com/openstreetmap/Nominatim/issues/184)).
essentially covering the entire planet
(see [issue 184](https://github.com/openstreetmap/Nominatim/issues/184)).
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# Reverse Geocoding
Reverse geocoding generates an address from a latitude and longitude or from
an OSM object.
Reverse geocoding generates an address from a latitude and longitude.
## How it works
The reveser geocoding API does not exactly compute the address for the
coordinate it receives. It works by finding the closest suitable OSM object
and returning its address information. This may occasionally lead to
unexpected results.
First of all, Nominatim only includes OSM objects in
its index that are suitable for searching. Small, unnamed paths for example
are missing from the database and can therefore not be used for reverse
geocoding either.
The other issue to be aware of is that the closest OSM object may not always
have a similar enough address to the coordinate you were requesting. For
example, in dense city areas it may belong to a completely different street.
## Parameters
The main format of the reverse API is
```
https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?<query>
https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?lat=<value>&lon=<value>&<params>
```
There are two ways how the requested location can be specified:
where `lat` and `lon` are latitude and longitutde of a coordinare in WGS84
projection. The API returns exactly one result or an error when the coordinate
is in an area with no OSM data coverage.
* `lat=<value>` `lon=<value>`
Additional paramters are accepted as listed below.
A geographic location to generate an address for. The coordiantes must be
in WGS84 format.
* `osm_type=[N|W|R]` `osm_id=<value>`
A specific OSM node(N), way(W) or relation(R) to return an address for.
In both cases exactly one object is returned. The two input parameters cannot
be used at the same time. Both accept the additional optional parameters listed
below.
!!! warning "Deprecation warning"
The reverse API used to allow address lookup for a single OSM object by
its OSM id. This use is now deprecated. Use the [Address Lookup API](../Lookup)
instead.
### Output format
* `format=[xml|json|jsonv2|geojson|geocodejson]`
See [Place Output Formats](Output.md) for details on each format. (Default: html)
See [Place Output Formats](Output.md) for details on each format. (Default: xml)
* `json_callback=<string>`
@ -69,8 +81,9 @@ comma-separated list of language codes.
* `zoom=[0-18]`
Level of detail required for the address. Default: 18. This is a number that corresponds
roughly to the zoom level used in map frameworks like Leaflet.js, Openlayers etc.
Level of detail required for the address. Default: 18. This is a number that
corresponds roughly to the zoom level used in XYZ tile sources in frameworks
like Leaflet.js, Openlayers etc.
In terms of address details the zoom levels are as follows:
zoom | address detail
@ -97,7 +110,7 @@ options can be used at a time. (Default: 0)
* `polygon_threshold=0.0`
Simplify the output geometry before returning. The parameter is the
Return a simplified version of the output geometry. The parameter is the
tolerance in degrees with which the geometry may differ from the original
geometry. Topology is preserved in the result. (Default: 0.0)

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# Search queries
The search API allows you to look up a location from a textual description.
Nominatim supports structured as well as free-form search queries.
The search API allows you to look up a location from a textual description
or address. Nominatim supports structured and free-form search queries.
The search query may also contain
[special phrases](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim/Special_Phrases)
which are translated into specific OpenStreetMap (OSM) tags (e.g. Pub => `amenity=pub`).
Note that this only limits the items to be found, it's not suited to return complete
lists of OSM objects of a specific type. For those use [Overpass API](https://overpass-api.de/).
This can be used to narrow down the kind of objects to be returned.
!!! warning
Special phrases are not suitable to query all objects of a certain type in an
area. Nominatim will always just return a collection of the best matches. To
download OSM data by object type, use the [Overpass API](https://overpass-api.de/).
## Parameters
The search API has the following two formats:
```
https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search/<query>?<params>
```
This format only accepts a free-form query string where the
parts of the query are separated by slashes.
The search API has the following format:
```
https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?<params>
```
In this form, the query may be given through two different sets of parameters:
The search term may be specified with two different sets of parameters:
* `q=<query>`
@ -46,13 +43,13 @@ In this form, the query may be given through two different sets of parameters:
Structured requests are faster but are less robust against alternative
OSM tagging schemas. **Do not combine with** `q=<query>` **parameter**.
All three query forms accept the additional parameters listed below.
Both query forms accept the additional parameters listed below.
### Output format
* `format=[html|xml|json|jsonv2|geojson|geocodejson]`
* `format=[xml|json|jsonv2|geojson|geocodejson]`
See [Place Output Formats](Output.md) for details on each format. (Default: html)
See [Place Output Formats](Output.md) for details on each format. (Default: jsonv2)
* `json_callback=<string>`
@ -96,16 +93,16 @@ Limit search results to one or more countries. `<countrycode>` must be the
e.g. `gb` for the United Kingdom, `de` for Germany.
Each place in Nominatim is assigned to one country code based
on `admin_level=2` tags, in rare cases to none (for example in
international waters outside any country).
on OSM country boundaries. In rare cases a place may not be in any country
at all, for example, in international waters.
* `exclude_place_ids=<place_id,[place_id],[place_id]`
If you do not want certain OSM objects to appear in the search
result, give a comma separated list of the `place_id`s you want to skip.
This can be used to broaden search results. For example, if a previous
query only returned a few results, then including those here would cause
the search to return other, less accurate, matches (if possible).
This can be used to retrieve additional search results. For example, if a
previous query only returned a few results, then including those here would
cause the search to return other, less accurate, matches (if possible).
* `limit=<integer>`
@ -122,10 +119,11 @@ are accepted as long as they span a real box. `x` is longitude,
* `bounded=[0|1]`
When a viewbox is given, restrict the result to items contained with that
When a viewbox is given, restrict the result to items contained within that
viewbox (see above). When `viewbox` and `bounded=1` are given, an amenity
only search is allowed. In this case, give the special keyword for the
amenity in square brackets, e.g. `[pub]`. (Default: 0)
only search is allowed. Give the special keyword for the amenity in square
brackets, e.g. `[pub]` and a selection of objects of this type is returned.
There is no guarantee that the result is complete. (Default: 0)
### Polygon output
@ -140,7 +138,7 @@ options can be used at a time. (Default: 0)
* `polygon_threshold=0.0`
Simplify the output geometry before returning. The parameter is the
Return a simplified version of the output geometry. The parameter is the
tolerance in degrees with which the geometry may differ from the original
geometry. Topology is preserved in the result. (Default: 0.0)
@ -154,13 +152,11 @@ address to identify your requests. See Nominatim's [Usage Policy](https://operat
* `dedupe=[0|1]`
Sometimes you have several objects in OSM identifying the same place or
object in reality. The simplest case is a street being split in many
object in reality. The simplest case is a street being split into many
different OSM ways due to different characteristics. Nominatim will
attempt to detect such duplicates and only return one match unless
this parameter is set to 0. (Default: 1)
* `debug=[0|1]`
Output assorted developer debug information. Data on internals of Nominatim's

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## Prerequisites for testing and documentation
The Nominatim tests suite consists of behavioural tests (using behave) and
The Nominatim test suite consists of behavioural tests (using behave) and
unit tests (using PHPUnit). It has the following additional requirements:
* [behave test framework](https://behave.readthedocs.io) >= 1.2.5
@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ All tests are located in the `\test` directory.
Some of the behavioural test expect a test database to be present. You need at
least 2GB RAM and 10GB disk space to create the database.
First create a separate directory for the test DB and Fetch the test planet
First create a separate directory for the test DB and fetch the test planet
data and the Tiger data for South Dakota:
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# OSM Data Import
OSM data is initially imported using osm2pgsql. Nominatim uses its own data
output style 'gazetteer', which differs from the output style created for
map rendering.
OSM data is initially imported using [osm2pgsql](https://osm2pgsql.org).
Nominatim uses its own data output style 'gazetteer', which differs from the
output style created for map rendering.
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## Search rank
The search rank describes the extent and importance of a place. It is used
when ranking search result. Simply put, if there are two results for a
when ranking search results. Simply put, if there are two results for a
search query which are otherwise equal, then the result with the _lower_
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## PHP Unit Tests (`test/php`)
Unit tests can be found in the php/ directory and tests selected php functions.
Unit tests can be found in the php/ directory. They test selected php functions.
Very low coverage.
To execute the test suite run
@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ feature of behave which comes in handy when writing new tests.
### API Tests (`test/bdd/api`)
These tests are meant to test the different API endpoints and their parameters.
They require a to import several datasets into a test database.
They require to import several datasets into a test database.
See the [Development Setup chapter](Development-Environment.md#preparing-the-test-database)
for instructions on how to set up this database.
@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ the [phpcov](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpcov) tool:
These tests check the import and update of the Nominatim database. They do not
test the correctness of osm2pgsql. Each test will write some data into the `place`
table (and optionally `the planet_osm_*` tables if required) and then run
table (and optionally the `planet_osm_*` tables if required) and then run
Nominatim's processing functions on that.
These tests need to create their own test databases. By default they will be
@ -139,4 +139,4 @@ needs superuser rights for postgres.
### Import Tests (`test/bdd/osm2pgsql`)
These tests check that data is imported correctly into the place table. They
use the same template database as the Indexing tests, so the same remarks apply.
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The __data import__ stage reads the raw OSM data and extracts all information
that is useful for geocoding. This part is done by osm2pgsql, the same tool
that can also be used to import a rendering database. It uses the special
gazetteer output plugin in `osm2pgsql/output-gazetter.[ch]pp`. The result of
gazetteer output plugin in `osm2pgsql/src/output-gazetter.[ch]pp`. The result of
the import can be found in the database table `place`.
The __address computation__ or __indexing__ stage takes the data from `place`
and adds additional information needed for geocoding. It ranks the places by
importance, links objects that belong together and computes addresses and
the search index. Most of this work is done in PL/pgSQL via database triggers
and can be found in the file `sql/functions.sql`.
and can be found in the files in the `sql/functions/` directory.
The __search frontend__ implements the actual API. It takes search
and reverse geocoding queries from the user, looks up the data and