<h2 class="my-4">About & Help</h2>
<p>
- This website is based on <a href="https://github.com/osm-search/nominatim-ui">Nominatim UI</a>,
- a debugging interface for the <a href="https://nominatim.org/">Nominatim</a> geocoding software.
+ Nominatim is a search engine for <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/">OpenStreetMap</a> data.
+ You may search for a name or address (forward search) or look up data by its geographic coordinate
+ (reverse search). Each result comes with a link to a details page where you can inspect what data
+ about the object is saved in the database and investigate how the address of the object has been
+ computed.
</p>
<p>
- The Nominatim API is installed at <code>Nominatim_API_Endpoint</code> and for questions you
- should contact their administrators.
+ This website is the debugging interface for the
+ <a href="https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org">Nominatim search service</a>
+ used by the <a href="https://openstreetmap.org">OpenStreetMap website</a>.
</p>
+<h3>Documentation</h3>
+
<p>
- Nominatim is a search engine for <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/">OpenStreetMap</a> data.
- You may search for a name or address (forward search) or look up data by its geographic coordinate
- (reverse search). Each result comes with a link to a details page where you can inspect what data
- about the object is saved in the database and investigate how the address of the object has been
- computed.
+ API documentation can be found at the
+ <a href="https://nominatim.org/release-docs/develop/api/Overview/">Nominatim website</a>.
+ This instance usually runs the latest version of the software and uses
+ up-to-date data from OpenStreetMap.
</p>
+<p>
+ Please read the <a href="https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/nominatim/">Usage Policy</a>
+ before using the API for your own website or software.
+</p>
-<p class="alert alert-secondary my-4">
- If you're the adminstrator of this website you can edit the text above in
- <code>dist/branding/about-and-help.html</code>
+<h3>Report a problem</h3>
+
+<p>
+ There is a
+ <a target="_blank" href="https://nominatim.org/release-docs/develop/api/Faq/">FAQ</a>
+ for commonly asked questions. For general questions about OpenStreetMap data,
+ please use <a href="https://help.openstreetmap.org">OSM Help</a>.
+</p>
+<p>
+ Use <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/osm-search/Nominatim/issues">Nominatim issues on github</a>
+ to report problems.
+</p>
+<p>
+ Please ensure that you include a full description of the problem, including the search
+ query that you used, the problem with the result and, if the problem relates to missing data,
+ the osm type (node, way, relation) and id of the item that is missing.
+</p>
+<p>
+ Problems that contain enough detail are likely to get looked at before ones that require
+ significant research.
+</p>
+
+<h3>Source code</h3>
+
+<p>
+ This website is based on <a href="https://github.com/osm-search/nominatim-ui">Nominatim UI</a>,
+ a debugging interface for the <a href="https://nominatim.org/">Nominatim</a> geocoding software.
+</p>
+
+<h3>Privacy policy</h3>
+
+<p>
+ This site and the API are subject to the
+ <a href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy">OSMF privacy policy</a>.
</p>
<h2>Welcome to Nominatim</h2>
<p>
- Nominatim is a search engine for
- <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org">OpenStreetMap</a> data. This
- is the debugging interface.
+ This is the debugging interface for the search engine used on the
+ <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org">OpenStreetMap</a> website.
</p>
-<a href="about.html">More information</a>
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