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7 Nominatim (from the Latin, 'by name') is a tool to search OpenStreetMap data
8 by name and address (geocoding) and to generate synthetic addresses of
9 OSM points (reverse geocoding). An instance with up-to-date data can be found
10 at https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org. Nominatim is also used as one of the
11 sources for the Search box on the OpenStreetMap home page.
16 The documentation of the latest development version is in the
17 `docs/` subdirectory. A HTML version can be found at
18 https://nominatim.org/release-docs/develop/ .
23 The latest stable release can be downloaded from https://nominatim.org.
24 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/).
26 [Detailed installation instructions for current master](https://nominatim.org/release-docs/develop/admin/Installation)
27 can be found at nominatim.org as well.
29 A quick summary of the necessary steps:
39 2. Create a project directory, get OSM data and import:
41 mkdir nominatim-project
43 nominatim import --osm-file <your planet file>
45 3. Point your webserver to the nominatim-project/website directory.
51 The source code is available under a GPLv2 license.
57 Contributions, bugreport and pull requests are welcome.
58 For details see [contribution guide](CONTRIBUTING.md).
64 For questions, community help and discussions you can use the
65 [Github discussions forum](https://github.com/osm-search/Nominatim/discussions)
67 [geocoding mailing list](https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/geocoding).