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Nominatim
=========
A quick summary of the necessary steps:
-1. Compile Nominatim:
+1. Create a Python virtualenv and install the packages:
- mkdir build
- cd build
- cmake ..
- make
- sudo make install
+ python3 -m venv nominatim-venv
+ ./nominatim-venv/bin/pip install packaging/nominatim-{api,db}
2. Create a project directory, get OSM data and import:
mkdir nominatim-project
cd nominatim-project
- nominatim import --osm-file <your planet file>
+ ../nominatim-venv/bin/nominatim import --osm-file <your planet file>
-3. Point your webserver to the nominatim-project/website directory.
+3. Start the webserver:
+
+ ./nominatim-venv/bin/pip install uvicorn falcon
+ ../nominatim-venv/bin/nominatim serve
License
=======
-The source code is available under a GPLv2 license.
+The Python source code is available under a GPL license version 3 or later.
+The Lua configuration files for osm2pgsql are released under the
+Apache License, Version 2.0. All other files are under a GPLv2 license.
Contributing
============
-Contributions, bugreport and pull requests are welcome.
-For details see [contribution guide](CONTRIBUTING.md).
+Contributions, bug reports and pull requests are welcome. When reporting a
+bug, please use one of the
+[issue templates](https://github.com/osm-search/Nominatim/issues/new/choose)
+and make sure to provide all the information requested. If you are not
+sure if you have really found a bug, please ask for help in the forums
+first (see 'Questions' below).
+
+For details on contributing, have a look at the
+[contribution guide](CONTRIBUTING.md).
Questions and help
==================
-For questions, community help and discussions you can use the
-[Github discussions forum](https://github.com/osm-search/Nominatim/discussions)
-or join the
-[geocoding mailing list](https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/geocoding).
+If you have questions about search results and the OpenStreetMap data
+used in the search, use the [OSM Forum](https://community.openstreetmap.org/).
+
+For questions, community help and discussions around the software and
+your own installation of Nominatim, use the
+[Github discussions forum](https://github.com/osm-search/Nominatim/discussions).