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 and powers the search
-on the MapQuest Open Initiative websites.
+sources for the Search box on the OpenStreetMap home page.
Documentation
=============
-More information about Nominatim, including usage and installation instructions,
-can be found in the docs/ subdirectory and in the OSM wiki at:
-
-http://nominatim.org
+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 http://nominatim.org.
-There you can also find [installation instructions for the release](http://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/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).
Detailed installation instructions for the development version can be
-found in the `/docs` directory, see [docs/Installation.md](docs/Installation.md).
+found at [nominatim.org](https://nominatim.org/release-docs/develop/admin/Installation)
+as well.
A quick summary of the necessary steps:
The source code is available under a GPLv2 license.
-Contact and Bug reports
-======================
+
+Contributing
+============
+
+Contributions are welcome. For details see [contribution guide](CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
+Both bug reports and pull requests are welcome.
+
+
+Mailing list
+============
For questions you can join the geocoding mailinglist, see
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/geocoding
-
-Bugs may be reported on the github project site:
-https://github.com/openstreetmap/Nominatim