results when using Nominatim in the browser versus in a command-line tool
like wget or curl. The command-line tools
usually don't send any Accept-Language header, prompting Nominatim
- to show results in the local language. Browsers on the contratry always
+ to show results in the local language. Browsers on the contrary always
send the currently chosen browser language.
### Result restriction
|-----------| ----- | ------- |
| countrycodes | comma-separated list of country codes | _unset_ |
-Filer that limits the search results to one or more countries.
+Filter that limits the search results to one or more countries.
The country code must be the
[ISO 3166-1alpha2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2) code
of the country, e.g. `gb` for the United Kingdom, `de` for Germany.
This parameter should not be confused with the 'country' parameter of
the structured query. The 'country' parameter contains a search term
and will be handled with some fuzziness. The `countrycodes` parameter
- is a hard filter and as such should be prefered. Having both parameters
+ is a hard filter and as such should be preferred. Having both parameters
in the same query will work. If the parameters contradict each other,
the search will come up empty.
| Parameter | Value | Default |
|-----------| ----- | ------- |
-| layers | comma-separated list of: `address`, `poi`, `railway`, `natural`, `manmade` | _unset_ (no restriction) |
+| layer | comma-separated list of: `address`, `poi`, `railway`, `natural`, `manmade` | _unset_ (no restriction) |
-The layers filter allows to select places by themes.
+The layer filter allows to select places by themes.
The `address` layer contains all places that make up an address:
address points with house numbers, streets, inhabited places (suburbs, villages,
Note that in Nominatim's standard configuration, only very few railway
features are imported into the database.
-The `natural` layer collects feautures like rivers, lakes and mountains while
+The `natural` layer collects features like rivers, lakes and mountains while
the `manmade` layer functions as a catch-all for features not covered by the
other layers.
settlement selects any human inhabited feature from 'state' down to
'neighbourhood'.
-When featureType ist set, then results are automatically restricted
+When featureType is set, then results are automatically restricted
to the address layer (see above).
!!! tip
| Parameter | Value | Default |
|-----------| ----- | ------- |
-| exclude_place_ids | comma-separeted list of place ids |
+| exclude_place_ids | comma-separated list of place ids |
If you do not want certain OSM objects to appear in the search
result, give a comma separated list of the `place_id`s you want to skip.
| bounded | 0 or 1 | 0 |
When set to 1, then it turns the 'viewbox' parameter (see above) into
-a filter paramter, excluding any results outside the viewbox.
+a filter parameter, excluding any results outside the viewbox.
When `bounded=1` is given and the viewbox is small enough, then an amenity-only
search is allowed. Give the special keyword for the amenity in square