X-Git-Url: https://git.openstreetmap.org/nominatim.git/blobdiff_plain/d7e2f61e1399a2584c4f9f122b8e9239d0436f21..afeafc8aa797a9051fc43a4482165c563a834a3f:/docs/api/Output.md diff --git a/docs/api/Output.md b/docs/api/Output.md index c8589f64..9a048ce0 100644 --- a/docs/api/Output.md +++ b/docs/api/Output.md @@ -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: @@ -30,6 +28,7 @@ a single place (for reverse) of the following format: "city": "London", "state_district": "Greater London", "state": "England", + "ISO3166-2-lvl4": "GB-ENG", "postcode": "SW1A 2DU", "country": "United Kingdom", "country_code": "gb" @@ -41,13 +40,13 @@ 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 +61,22 @@ 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 @@ -92,14 +91,17 @@ 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) - * `type` - value of the main tag of the object (e.g. residential, restaurant, ...) + * `osm_type`, `osm_id` - reference to the OSM object (unofficial extension, [see notes](#osm-reference)) + * `type` - the 'address level' of the object ('house', 'street', `district`, `city`, + `county`, `state`, `country`, `locality`) + * `osm_key`- key of the main tag of the OSM object (e.g. boundary, highway, amenity) + * `osm_value` - value of the main tag of the OSM object (e.g. residential, restaurant) * `label` - full comma-separated address * `name` - localised name of the place * `housenumber`, `street`, `locality`, `district`, `postcode`, `city`, @@ -110,24 +112,25 @@ 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 ``` - Bavaria, Germany Bavaria + DE-BY Germany de @@ -148,7 +151,7 @@ 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 +162,14 @@ 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 ``` - London Greater London England + GB-ENG SW1A 2DU United Kingdom gb @@ -203,11 +207,12 @@ 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](../customize/Ranking#search-rank) + * `address_rank` - place [address rank](../customize/Ranking#address-rank) * `display_name` - full comma-separated address * `class`, `type` - key and value of the main OSM tag * `importance` - computed importance rank @@ -217,39 +222,61 @@ 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 +The combination `osm_type`+`osm_id` is slightly better but remember in OpenStreetMap mappers can delete, split, recreate places (and those get a new `osm_id`), there is no link between those old and new ids. 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)). ### addressdetails @@ -258,17 +285,18 @@ with a designation label. Per default the following labels may appear: * continent * country, country_code - * region, state, state_district, county + * region, state, state_district, county, ISO3166-2-lvl * municipality, city, town, village * city_district, district, borough, suburb, subdivision * hamlet, croft, isolated_dwelling * neighbourhood, allotments, quarter - * city_block, residental, farm, farmyard, industrial, commercial, retail + * city_block, residential, farm, farmyard, industrial, commercial, retail * road * house_number, house_name * emergency, historic, military, natural, landuse, place, railway, man_made, aerialway, boundary, amenity, aeroway, club, craft, leisure, office, mountain_pass, shop, tourism, bridge, tunnel, waterway + * postcode They roughly correspond to the classification of the OpenStreetMap data according to either the `place` tag or the main key of the object.