X-Git-Url: https://git.openstreetmap.org./nominatim.git/blobdiff_plain/aff43fb1a3b193f853ddd74a490cdff529d0af67..8e5a19b39209f20f41b7bd10ff7dbcdb8a3dcb9c:/docs/api/Search.md diff --git a/docs/api/Search.md b/docs/api/Search.md index a45ec36f..f1b4b8a0 100644 --- a/docs/api/Search.md +++ b/docs/api/Search.md @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ as the ["Accept-Language" HTTP header](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/ 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 @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ results and thus give a preference to some results over others. |-----------| ----- | ------- | | 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. @@ -179,15 +179,17 @@ also excluded when the filter is set. 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. +**`[Python-only]`** + +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, @@ -201,7 +203,7 @@ The `railway` layer includes railway infrastructure like tracks. 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. @@ -215,7 +217,7 @@ the 'state', 'country' or 'city' part of an address. A featureType of 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 @@ -225,7 +227,7 @@ to the address layer (see above). | 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. @@ -246,7 +248,7 @@ box. `x` is longitude, `y` is latitude. | 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