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+[![Build Status](https://github.com/osm-search/Nominatim/workflows/CI%20Tests/badge.svg)](https://github.com/osm-search/Nominatim/actions?query=workflow%3A%22CI+Tests%22)
+

 Nominatim
 =========
 
 Nominatim (from the Latin, 'by name') is a tool to search OpenStreetMap data
 by name and address (geocoding) and to generate synthetic addresses of
 OSM points (reverse geocoding). An instance with up-to-date data can be found
 Nominatim
 =========
 
 Nominatim (from the Latin, 'by name') is a tool to search OpenStreetMap data
 by name and address (geocoding) and to generate synthetic addresses of
 OSM points (reverse geocoding). An instance with up-to-date data can be found

-at http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org. Nominatim is also used as one of the
-sources for the Search box on the OpenStreetMap home page and powers the search
-on the MapQuest Open Initiative websites.
+at https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org. Nominatim is also used as one of the
+sources for the Search box on the OpenStreetMap home page.

 
 Documentation
 =============
 
 
 Documentation
 =============
 

-More information about Nominatim, including usage and installation instructions,
-can be found in the docs/ subdirectory and in the OSM wiki at:
-
-http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim
+The documentation of the latest development version is in the
+`docs/` subdirectory. A HTML version can be found at
+https://nominatim.org/release-docs/develop/ .

 
 Installation
 ============
 
 
 Installation
 ============
 

-There are detailed installation instructions in the /docs directory.
-Here is a quick summary of the necessary steps.
+The latest stable release can be downloaded from https://nominatim.org.
+There you can also find [installation instructions for the release](https://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/admin/Installation), as well as an extensive [Troubleshooting/FAQ section](https://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/admin/Faq/).
+
+[Detailed installation instructions for current master](https://nominatim.org/release-docs/develop/admin/Installation)
+can be found at nominatim.org as well.
+
+A quick summary of the necessary steps:

 
 1. Compile Nominatim:
 
 
 1. Compile Nominatim:
 


@@ -28,32 +33,45 @@ Here is a quick summary of the necessary steps.
         cd build
         cmake ..
         make
         cd build
         cmake ..
         make

+        sudo make install

 
 

-   For more detailed installation instructions see [docs/Installation.md](docs/Installation.md).
-   There are also step-by-step instructions for
-     [Ubuntu 16.04](docs/install-on-ubuntu-16.md) and
-     [CentOS 7.2](docs/install-on-centos-7.md).
+2. Create a project directory, get OSM data and import:

 
 

-2. Get OSM data and import:
+        mkdir nominatim-project
+        cd nominatim-project
+        nominatim import --osm-file <your planet file>

 
 

-        ./build/utils/setup.php --osm-file <your planet file> --all
+3. Point your webserver to the nominatim-project/website directory.

 
 

-   Details can be found in [docs/Import_and_update.md](docs/Import_and_update.md)

 
 

-3. Point your webserver to the ./build/website directory.
+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.

 
 
 
 

-License
-=======
+Contributing
+============
+
+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).

 
 

-The source code is available under a GPLv2 license.

 
 

-Contact and Bugreports
-======================
+Questions and help
+==================

 
 

-For questions you can join the geocoding mailinglist, see
-http://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/).

 
 

-Bugs may be reported on the github project site:
-https://github.com/openstreetmap/Nominatim
+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).