settings have a `NOMINATIM_` prefix to avoid conflicts with other environment
variables.
-There are lots of configuration settings you can tweak. Have a look
-at `Nominatim/settings/env.default` for a full list. Most should have a sensible default.
+There are lots of configuration settings you can tweak. A full reference
+can be found in the chapter [Configuration Settings](../customize/Settings.md).
+Most should have a sensible default.
#### Flatnode files
wget https://www.nominatim.org/data/us_postcodes.csv.gz
You can also add your own custom postcode sources, see
-[Customization of postcodes](Customization.md#external-postcode-data).
+[Customization of postcodes](../customize/Postcodes.md).
## Choosing the data to import
To run Nominatim via webservers like Apache or nginx, please read the
[Deployment chapter](Deployment.md).
-## Tuning the database
-
-Accurate word frequency information for search terms helps PostgreSQL's query
-planner to make the right decisions. Recomputing them can improve the performance
-of forward geocoding in particular under high load. To recompute word counts run:
-
-```sh
-nominatim refresh --word-counts
-```
-
-This will take a couple of hours for a full planet installation. You can
-also defer that step to a later point in time when you realise that
-performance becomes an issue. Just make sure that updates are stopped before
-running this function.
+## Adding search through category phrases
If you want to be able to search for places by their type through
[special phrases](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim/Special_Phrases)