directory apart from the Nominatim software and change into the directory:
```
-mkdir ~/nominatim-planet
-cd ~/nominatim-planet
+mkdir ~/nominatim-project
+cd ~/nominatim-project
```
In the following, we refer to the project directory as `$PROJECT_DIR`. To be
able to copy&paste instructions, you can export the appropriate variable:
```
-export PROJECT_DIR=~/nominatim-planet
+export PROJECT_DIR=~/nominatim-project
```
The Nominatim tool assumes per default that the current working directory is
[photon](https://photon.komoot.io/) database, then you can set up a database
without search indexes. Add `--reverse-only` to your setup command above.
-This saves about 5% of disk space.
+This saves about 5% of disk space, import time won't be significant faster.
### Filtering Imported Data