This data is available as a binary download. Put it into your project directory:
cd $PROJECT_DIR
- wget https://www.nominatim.org/data/wikimedia-importance.sql.gz
+ wget https://nominatim.org/data/wikimedia-importance.sql.gz
The file is about 400MB and adds around 4GB to the Nominatim database.
!!! tip
- If you forgot to download the wikipedia rankings, you can also add
- importances after the import. Download the files, then run
- `nominatim refresh --wiki-data --importance`. Updating importances for
- a planet can take a couple of hours.
+ If you forgot to download the wikipedia rankings, then you can
+ also add importances after the import. Download the SQL files, then
+ run `nominatim refresh --wiki-data --importance`. Updating
+ importances for a planet will take a couple of hours.
### External postcodes
This data can be optionally downloaded into the project directory:
cd $PROJECT_DIR
- wget https://www.nominatim.org/data/gb_postcodes.csv.gz
- wget https://www.nominatim.org/data/us_postcodes.csv.gz
+ wget https://nominatim.org/data/gb_postcodes.csv.gz
+ wget https://nominatim.org/data/us_postcodes.csv.gz
You can also add your own custom postcode sources, see
[Customization of postcodes](../customize/Postcodes.md).
database or reuse the space later.
!!! warning
- The datastructure for updates are also required when adding additional data
+ The data structure for updates are also required when adding additional data
after the import, for example [TIGER housenumber data](../customize/Tiger.md).
If you plan to use those, you must not use the `--no-updates` parameter.
Do a normal import, add the external data and once you are done with
nominatim admin --check-database
```
-Now you can try out your installation by running:
+Now you can try out your installation by executing a simple query on the
+command line:
+
+``` sh
+nominatim search --query Berlin
+```
+
+or, when you have a reverse-only installation:
+
+``` sh
+nominatim reverse --lat 51 --lon 45
+```
+
+If you want to run Nominatim as a service, you need to make a choice between
+running the traditional PHP frontend or the new experimental Python frontend.
+Make sure you have installed the right packages as per
+[Installation](Installation.md#software).
+
+#### Testing the PHP frontend
+
+You can run a small test server with the PHP frontend like this:
```sh
nominatim serve
```
-This runs a small test server normally used for development. You can use it
-to verify that your installation is working. Go to
-`http://localhost:8088/status.php` and you should see the message `OK`.
-You can also run a search query, e.g. `http://localhost:8088/search.php?q=Berlin`.
+Go to `http://localhost:8088/status.php` and you should see the message `OK`.
+You can also run a search query, e.g. `http://localhost:8088/search.php?q=Berlin`
+or, for reverse-only installations a reverse query,
+e.g. `http://localhost:8088/reverse.php?lat=27.1750090510034&lon=78.04209025`.
+
+Do not use this test server in production.
+To run Nominatim via webservers like Apache or nginx, please continue reading
+[Deploy the PHP frontend](Deployment-PHP.md).
+
+#### Testing the Python frontend
+
+To run the test server against the Python frontend, you must choose a
+web framework to use, either starlette or falcon. Make sure the appropriate
+packages are installed. Then run
+
+``` sh
+nominatim serve --engine falcon
+```
+
+or
+
+``` sh
+nominatim serve --engine starlette
+```
+
+Go to `http://localhost:8088/status.php` and you should see the message `OK`.
+You can also run a search query, e.g. `http://localhost:8088/search.php?q=Berlin`
+or, for reverse-only installations a reverse query,
+e.g. `http://localhost:8088/reverse.php?lat=27.1750090510034&lon=78.04209025`.
-Note that search query is not supported for reverse-only imports. You can run a
-reverse query, e.g. `http://localhost:8088/reverse.php?lat=27.1750090510034&lon=78.04209025`.
+Do not use this test server in production.
+To run Nominatim via webservers like Apache or nginx, please continue reading
+[Deploy the Python frontend](Deployment-Python.md).
-To run Nominatim via webservers like Apache or nginx, please read the
-[Deployment chapter](Deployment.md).
-## Adding search through category phrases
+## Enabling search by category phrases
-If you want to be able to search for places by their type through
+To be able to search for places by their type using
[special phrases](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim/Special_Phrases)
you also need to import these key phrases like this: