X-Git-Url: https://git.openstreetmap.org./nominatim.git/blobdiff_plain/a3f8a097a19b3f46f0a75f13ee0710c769a6def2..b8a73192128b162ea32bf2f622875a543a39d955:/docs/admin/Import.md diff --git a/docs/admin/Import.md b/docs/admin/Import.md index befe989d..d84a2376 100644 --- a/docs/admin/Import.md +++ b/docs/admin/Import.md @@ -47,8 +47,9 @@ You can also set the same configuration via environment variables. All 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 @@ -73,15 +74,15 @@ but it will improve the quality of the results if this is installed. 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 @@ -91,11 +92,11 @@ and the UK (using the [CodePoint OpenData set](https://osdatahub.os.uk/downloads 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](Customization.md#external-postcode-data). +[Customization of postcodes](../customize/Postcodes.md). ## Choosing the data to import @@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ If you only need geocoding for a smaller region, then precomputed OSM extracts are a good way to reduce the database size and import time. [Geofabrik](https://download.geofabrik.de) offers extracts for most countries. They even have daily updates which can be used with the update process described -[in the next section](../Update). There are also +[in the next section](Update.md). There are also [other providers for extracts](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Planet.osm#Downloading). Please be aware that some extracts are not cut exactly along the country @@ -138,8 +139,8 @@ import. So this option is particularly interesting if you plan to transfer the database or reuse the space later. !!! warning - The datastructure for updates are also required when adding additional data - after the import, for example [TIGER housenumber data](Customization#installing-tiger-housenumber-data-for-the-us). + 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 everything run `nominatim freeze`. @@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ database or reuse the space later. If you only want to use the Nominatim database for reverse lookups or if you plan to use the installation only for exports to a -[photon](https://photon.komoot.de/) database, then you can set up a database +[photon](https://photon.komoot.io/) database, then you can set up a database without search indexes. Add `--reverse-only` to your setup command above. This saves about 5% of disk space. @@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ full | 54h | 640 GB | 330 GB extratags | 54h | 650 GB | 340 GB You can also customize the styles further. -A [description of the style format](../customize/Import-Styles.md) +A [description of the style format](../customize/Import-Styles.md) can be found in the customization guide. ## Initial import of the data @@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ 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). +See [creating the project directory](#creating-the-project-directory). ### Notes on full planet imports @@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ to load the OSM data into the PostgreSQL database. This step is very demanding in terms of RAM usage. osm2pgsql and PostgreSQL are running in parallel at this point. PostgreSQL blocks at least the part of RAM that has been configured with the `shared_buffers` parameter during -[PostgreSQL tuning](Installation#postgresql-tuning) +[PostgreSQL tuning](Installation.md#postgresql-tuning) and needs some memory on top of that. osm2pgsql needs at least 2GB of RAM for its internal data structures, potentially more when it has to process very large relations. In addition it needs to maintain a cache for node locations. The size @@ -270,23 +271,10 @@ reverse query, e.g. `http://localhost:8088/reverse.php?lat=27.1750090510034&lon= 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 key phrases](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim/Special_Phrases) +[special phrases](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim/Special_Phrases) you also need to import these key phrases like this: ```sh @@ -297,4 +285,4 @@ Note that this command downloads the phrases from the wiki link above. You need internet access for the step. You can also import special phrases from a csv file, for more -information please read the [Customization chapter](Customization.md). +information please see the [Customization part](../customize/Special-Phrases.md).