installed the Nominatim software itself, if not return to the
[installation page](Installation.md).
-## Importing multiple regions
+## Importing multiple regions (without updates)
-To import multiple regions in your database, you need to configure and run `utils/import_multiple_regions.sh` file. This script will set up the update directory which has the following structure:
+To import multiple regions in your database you can simply give multiple
+OSM files to the import command:
+
+```
+nominatim import --osm-file file1.pbf --osm-file file2.pbf
+```
+
+If you already have imported a file and want to add another one, you can
+use the add-data function to import the additional data as follows:
+
+```
+nominatim add-data --file <FILE>
+nominatim refresh --postcodes
+nominatim index -j <NUMBER OF THREADS>
+```
+
+Please note that adding additional data is always significantly slower than
+the original import.
+
+## Importing multiple regions (with updates)
+
+If you want to import multiple regions _and_ be able to keep them up-to-date
+with updates, then you can use the scripts provided in the `utils` directory.
+
+These scripts will set up an `update` directory in your project directory,
+which has the following structure:
```bash
update
│ └── monaco
│ └── sequence.state
└── tmp
- ├── combined.osm.pbf
└── europe
├── andorra-latest.osm.pbf
└── monaco-latest.osm.pbf
```
-The `sequence.state` files will contain the sequence ID, which will be used by pyosmium to get updates. The tmp folder is used for import dump.
-
-### Configuring multiple regions
-
-The file `import_multiple_regions.sh` needs to be edited as per your requirement:
-
-1. List of countries. eg:
-
- COUNTRIES="europe/monaco europe/andorra"
-
-2. Path to Build directory. eg:
+The `sequence.state` files contain the sequence ID for each region. They will
+be used by pyosmium to get updates. The `tmp` folder is used for import dump and
+can be deleted once the import is complete.
- NOMINATIMBUILD="/srv/nominatim/build"
-
-3. Path to Update directory. eg:
-
- UPDATEDIR="/srv/nominatim/update"
-
-4. Replication URL. eg:
-
- BASEURL="https://download.geofabrik.de"
- DOWNCOUNTRYPOSTFIX="-latest.osm.pbf"
### Setting up multiple regions
-!!! tip
- If your database already exists and you want to add more countries,
- replace the setting up part
- `${SETUPFILE} --osm-file ${UPDATEDIR}/tmp/combined.osm.pbf --all 2>&1`
- with `${UPDATEFILE} --import-file ${UPDATEDIR}/tmp/combined.osm.pbf --index --index-instances N 2>&1`
- where N is the numbers of CPUs in your system.
-
-Run the following command from your Nominatim directory after configuring the file.
-
- bash ./utils/import_multiple_regions.sh
-
-!!! danger "Important"
- This file uses osmium-tool. It must be installed before executing the import script.
- Installation instructions can be found [here](https://osmcode.org/osmium-tool/manual.html#installation).
-
-### Updating multiple regions
-
-To import multiple regions in your database, you need to configure and run ```utils/update_database.sh```.
-This uses the update directory set up while setting up the DB.
+Create a project directory as described for the
+[simple import](Import.md#creating-the-project-directory). If necessary,
+you can also add an `.env` configuration with customized options. In particular,
+you need to make sure that `NOMINATIM_REPLICATION_UPDATE_INTERVAL` and
+`NOMINATIM_REPLICATION_RECHECK_INTERVAL` are set according to the update
+interval of the extract server you use.
-### Configuring multiple regions
+Copy the scripts `utils/import_multiple_regions.sh` and `utils/update_database.sh`
+into the project directory.
-The file `update_database.sh` needs to be edited as per your requirement:
+Now customize both files as per your requirements
-1. List of countries. eg:
+1. List of countries. e.g.
COUNTRIES="europe/monaco europe/andorra"
-2. Path to Build directory. eg:
+2. URL to the service providing the extracts and updates. eg:
- NOMINATIMBUILD="/srv/nominatim/build"
-
-3. Path to Update directory. eg:
-
- UPDATEDIR="/srv/nominatim/update"
-
-4. Replication URL. eg:
-
BASEURL="https://download.geofabrik.de"
- DOWNCOUNTRYPOSTFIX="-updates"
+ DOWNCOUNTRYPOSTFIX="-latest.osm.pbf"
-5. Followup can be set according to your installation. eg: For Photon,
+5. Followup in the update script can be set according to your installation.
+ E.g. for Photon,
FOLLOWUP="curl http://localhost:2322/nominatim-update"
will handle the indexing.
+
+To start the initial import, change into the project directory and run
+
+```
+ bash import_multiple_regions.sh
+```
+
### Updating the database
-Run the following command from your Nominatim directory after configuring the file.
+Change into the project directory and run the following command:
- bash ./utils/update_database.sh
+ bash update_database.sh
-This will get diffs from the replication server, import diffs and index the database. The default replication server in the script([Geofabrik](https://download.geofabrik.de)) provides daily updates.
+This will get diffs from the replication server, import diffs and index
+the database. The default replication server in the
+script([Geofabrik](https://download.geofabrik.de)) provides daily updates.
## Importing Nominatim to an external PostgreSQL database
# *) Set up sequence.state for updates
-# *) Merge the pbf files into a single file.
-
# *) Setup nominatim db using 'setup.php --osm-file'
# Hint:
COUNTRIES="europe/monaco europe/andorra"
-# SET TO YOUR NOMINATIM build FOLDER PATH:
-
-NOMINATIMBUILD="/srv/nominatim/build"
-SETUPFILE="$NOMINATIMBUILD/utils/setup.php"
-UPDATEFILE="$NOMINATIMBUILD/utils/update.php"
-
-# SET TO YOUR update FOLDER PATH:
-
-UPDATEDIR="/srv/nominatim/update"
-
# SET TO YOUR replication server URL:
BASEURL="https://download.geofabrik.de"
# End of configuration section
# ******************************************************************************
-COMBINEFILES="osmium merge"
+UPDATEDIR=update
+IMPORT_CMD="nominatim import"
mkdir -p ${UPDATEDIR}
-cd ${UPDATEDIR}
+pushd ${UPDATEDIR}
rm -rf tmp
mkdir -p tmp
-cd tmp
+popd
for COUNTRY in $COUNTRIES;
do
-
echo "===================================================================="
echo "$COUNTRY"
echo "===================================================================="
DIR="$UPDATEDIR/$COUNTRY"
- FILE="$DIR/configuration.txt"
DOWNURL="$BASEURL/$COUNTRY$DOWNCOUNTRYPOSTFIX"
IMPORTFILE=$COUNTRY$DOWNCOUNTRYPOSTFIX
IMPORTFILEPATH=${UPDATEDIR}/tmp/${IMPORTFILE}
- FILENAME=${COUNTRY//[\/]/_}
-
touch2 $IMPORTFILEPATH
wget ${DOWNURL} -O $IMPORTFILEPATH
touch2 ${DIR}/sequence.state
pyosmium-get-changes -O $IMPORTFILEPATH -f ${DIR}/sequence.state -v
- COMBINEFILES="${COMBINEFILES} ${IMPORTFILEPATH}"
+ IMPORT_CMD="${IMPORT_CMD} --osm-file ${IMPORTFILEPATH}"
echo $IMPORTFILE
echo "===================================================================="
done
-
-echo "${COMBINEFILES} -o combined.osm.pbf"
-${COMBINEFILES} -o combined.osm.pbf
-
echo "===================================================================="
echo "Setting up nominatim db"
-${SETUPFILE} --osm-file ${UPDATEDIR}/tmp/combined.osm.pbf --all 2>&1
-
-# ${UPDATEFILE} --import-file ${UPDATEDIR}/tmp/combined.osm.pbf 2>&1
-echo "===================================================================="
\ No newline at end of file
+${IMPORT_CMD} 2>&1
+echo "===================================================================="
# REPLACE WITH LIST OF YOUR "COUNTRIES":
#
-
-
COUNTRIES="europe/monaco europe/andorra"
-# SET TO YOUR NOMINATIM build FOLDER PATH:
-#
-NOMINATIMBUILD="/srv/nominatim/build"
-UPDATEFILE="$NOMINATIMBUILD/utils/update.php"
-
-# SET TO YOUR update data FOLDER PATH:
-#
-UPDATEDIR="/srv/nominatim/update"
-
UPDATEBASEURL="https://download.geofabrik.de"
UPDATECOUNTRYPOSTFIX="-updates"
# If you do not use Photon, let Nominatim handle (re-)indexing:
#
-FOLLOWUP="$UPDATEFILE --index"
+FOLLOWUP="nominatim index"
#
# If you use Photon, update Photon and let it handle the index
# (Photon server must be running and must have been started with "-database",
#FOLLOWUP="curl http://localhost:2322/nominatim-update"
# ******************************************************************************
-
+UPDATEDIR="update"
for COUNTRY in $COUNTRIES;
do
-
echo "===================================================================="
echo "$COUNTRY"
echo "===================================================================="
FILE="$DIR/sequence.state"
BASEURL="$UPDATEBASEURL/$COUNTRY$UPDATECOUNTRYPOSTFIX"
FILENAME=${COUNTRY//[\/]/_}
-
- # mkdir -p ${DIR}
- cd ${DIR}
echo "Attempting to get changes"
+ rm -f ${DIR}/${FILENAME}.osc.gz
pyosmium-get-changes -o ${DIR}/${FILENAME}.osc.gz -f ${FILE} --server $BASEURL -v
echo "Attempting to import diffs"
- ${NOMINATIMBUILD}/utils/update.php --import-diff ${DIR}/${FILENAME}.osc.gz
- rm ${DIR}/${FILENAME}.osc.gz
-
+ nominatim add-data --diff ${DIR}/${FILENAME}.osc.gz
done
echo "===================================================================="
echo "Reindexing"
${FOLLOWUP}
-echo "===================================================================="
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "===================================================================="