OpenStreetMap¶
Nominatim (from the Latin, ‘by name’) is a tool to search OSM data by name and address and to generate synthetic addresses of OSM points (reverse geocoding). Using Geocoder you can retrieve OSM’s geocoded data from Nominatim.
Geocoding¶
>>> import geocoder
>>> g = geocoder.osm('New York city')
>>> g.json
...
Nominatim Server¶
Setting up your own offline Nominatim server is possible, using Ubuntu 14.04 as your OS and following the Nominatim Install instructions. This enables you to request as much geocoding as your little heart desires!
>>> url = 'http://localhost/nominatim/'
>>> url = 'localhost'
>>> g = geocoder.osm("New York City", url=url)
>>> g.json
...
OSM Addresses¶
The addr tag is the prefix for several `addr:`* keys to describe addresses.
This format is meant to be saved as a CSV and imported into JOSM.
>>> g = geocoder.osm('11 Wall Street, New York')
>>> g.osm
{
"x": -74.010865,
"y": 40.7071407,
"addr:country": "United States of America",
"addr:state": "New York",
"addr:housenumber": "11",
"addr:postal": "10005",
"addr:city": "NYC",
"addr:street": "Wall Street"
}
Command Line Interface¶
$ geocode 'New York city' --provider osm --out geojson | jq .
$ geocode 'New York city' -p osm -o osm
$ geocode 'New York city' -p osm --url localhost
Parameters¶
location: Your search location you want geocoded.
url: Custom OSM Server (ex: localhost)
method: (default=geocode) Use the following:
geocode
