X-Git-Url: https://git.openstreetmap.org./nominatim.git/blobdiff_plain/e9d54f752cf959d6a6807312d56b3c726772001e..57598a048e9124b905572ed8dc4fa9465b5d38a6:/README.md

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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)
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 Nominatim
 =========
@@ -28,40 +27,51 @@ can be found at nominatim.org as well.
 
 A quick summary of the necessary steps:
 
-1. Compile Nominatim:
+1. Create a Python virtualenv and install the packages:
 
-        mkdir build
-        cd build
-        cmake ..
-        make
-        sudo make install
+        python3 -m venv nominatim-venv
+        ./nominatim-venv/bin/pip install packaging/nominatim-{api,db}
 
 2. Create a project directory, get OSM data and import:
 
         mkdir nominatim-project
         cd nominatim-project
-        nominatim import --osm-file <your planet file>
+        ../nominatim-venv/bin/nominatim import --osm-file <your planet file>
 
-3. Point your webserver to the nominatim-project/website directory.
+3. Start the webserver:
+
+        ./nominatim-venv/bin/pip install uvicorn falcon
+        ../nominatim-venv/bin/nominatim serve
 
 
 License
 =======
 
-The source code is available under a GPLv2 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.
 
 
 Contributing
 ============
 
-Contributions, bugreport and pull requests are welcome.
-For details see [contribution guide](CONTRIBUTING.md).
+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).
 
 
 Questions and help
 ==================
 
-For questions, community help and discussions you can use the
-[Github discussions forum](https://github.com/osm-search/Nominatim/discussions)
-or join the
-[geocoding mailing list](https://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/).
+
+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).