From 9b69bde6137d0afcaf17d4068f661f67d8cf359d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: marc tobias Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 19:31:54 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] three further FAQ entries regarding timezone, continents, exports --- docs/api/Faq.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/api/Faq.md b/docs/api/Faq.md index cc6397d3..6bc5b5e8 100644 --- a/docs/api/Faq.md +++ b/docs/api/Faq.md @@ -41,3 +41,21 @@ border while the closest street is on the other. As the address details contain the address of the closest object found, you might sometimes get one result, sometimes the other for the closest point. +#### 4. Can you return the continent? + +Nominatim assigns each map feature one country. Those outside any administrative +boundaries are assigned a special no-country. Continents or other super-national +administrations (e.g. European Union, NATO, Custom unions) are not supported, +see also [Administrative Boundary](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dadministrative#Super-national_administrations). + +#### 5. Can you return the timezone? + +See this separate OpenStreetMap-based project [Timezone Boundary Builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder) + +#### 6. I want to download a list of streets/restaurants of a city/region + +The [Overpass API](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API) is more +suited for these kinds of queries. + +That said if you installed your own Nominatim instance you can use the +`/utils/export.php` PHP script as basis to return such lists. -- 2.45.1