X-Git-Url: https://git.openstreetmap.org./nominatim.git/blobdiff_plain/2f4eca8c46d96f7a4dce6808baa18915d5b8d5a4..834ae0a93f2f25b3231f4c47612ac1d2c170738a:/docs/admin/Import.md diff --git a/docs/admin/Import.md b/docs/admin/Import.md index 6b417ff2..39c45a6e 100644 --- a/docs/admin/Import.md +++ b/docs/admin/Import.md @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ all commands from the project directory. ### Configuration setup in `.env` -The Nominatim server can be customized via an `.env` configuration file in the +The Nominatim server can be customized via an `.env` configuration file in the project directory. This is a file in [dotenv](https://github.com/theskumar/python-dotenv) format which looks the same as variable settings in a standard shell environment. You can also set the same configuration via environment variables. All @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ 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 `settings/env.default` for a full list. Most should have a sensible default. +at `Nominatim/settings/env.default` for a full list. Most should have a sensible default. #### Flatnode files @@ -83,15 +83,19 @@ The file is about 400MB and adds around 4GB to the Nominatim database. `nominatim refresh --wiki-data --importance`. Updating importances for a planet can take a couple of hours. -### Great Britain, USA postcodes +### External postcodes -Nominatim can use postcodes from an external source to improve searches that -involve a GB or US postcode. This data can be optionally downloaded into the -project directory: +Nominatim can use postcodes from an external source to improve searching with +postcodes. We provide precomputed postcodes sets for the US (using TIGER data) +and the UK (using the [CodePoint OpenData set](https://osdatahub.os.uk/downloads/open/CodePointOpen). +This data can be optionally downloaded into the project directory: cd $PROJECT_DIR - wget https://www.nominatim.org/data/gb_postcode_data.sql.gz - wget https://www.nominatim.org/data/us_postcode_data.sql.gz + wget https://www.nominatim.org/data/gb_postcodes.csv.gz + 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). ## Choosing the data to import @@ -189,12 +193,15 @@ can be found in the development section. [Geofabrik](https://download.geofabrik.de). Download the data to import. Then issue the following command -from the **build directory** to start the import: +from the **project directory** to start the import: ```sh nominatim import --osm-file 2>&1 | tee setup.log ``` +The **project directory** is the one that you have set up at the beginning. +See [creating the project directory](Import#creating-the-project-directory). + ### Notes on full planet imports Even on a perfectly configured machine @@ -248,6 +255,9 @@ 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`. +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`. + To run Nominatim via webservers like Apache or nginx, please read the [Deployment chapter](Deployment.md). @@ -270,37 +280,12 @@ If you want to be able to search for places by their type through [special key phrases](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim/Special_Phrases) you also need to import these key phrases like this: - nominatim special-phrases --import-from-wiki +```sh +nominatim special-phrases --import-from-wiki +``` Note that this command downloads the phrases from the wiki link above. You need internet access for the step. - -## Installing Tiger housenumber data for the US - -Nominatim is able to use the official [TIGER](https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/tiger-line-file.html) -address set to complement the OSM house number data in the US. You can add -TIGER data to your own Nominatim instance by following these steps. The -entire US adds about 10GB to your database. - - 1. Get preprocessed TIGER 2020 data: - - cd $PROJECT_DIR - wget https://nominatim.org/data/tiger2020-nominatim-preprocessed.tar.gz - - 2. Import the data into your Nominatim database: - - nominatim add-data --tiger-data tiger2020-nominatim-preprocessed.tar.gz - - 3. Enable use of the Tiger data in your `.env` by adding: - - echo NOMINATIM_USE_US_TIGER_DATA=yes >> .env - - 4. Apply the new settings: - - nominatim refresh --functions - - -See the [developer's guide](../develop/data-sources.md#us-census-tiger) for more -information on how the data got preprocessed. - +You can also import special phrases from a csv file, for more +information please read the [Customization chapter](Customization.md).