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Many of the postcode nodes are actually derived from incomplete addresses and are as such not even centroids. Better let them only take part in the address computation via the postcode table.
Nominatim
Nominatim (from the Latin, 'by name') is a tool to search OpenStreetMap data by name and address (geocoding) and to generate synthetic addresses of OSM points (reverse geocoding). An instance with up-to-date data can be found at https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org. Nominatim is also used as one of the sources for the Search box on the OpenStreetMap home page.
Documentation
The documentation of the latest development version is in the
docs/ subdirectory. A HTML version can be found at
https://nominatim.org/release-docs/develop/ .
Installation
The latest stable release can be downloaded from https://nominatim.org. There you can also find installation instructions for the release.
Detailed installation instructions for the development version can be found at nominatim.org as well.
A quick summary of the necessary steps:
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Compile Nominatim:
mkdir build cd build cmake .. make -
Get OSM data and import:
./build/utils/setup.php --osm-file <your planet file> --all -
Point your webserver to the ./build/website directory.
License
The source code is available under a GPLv2 license.
Contact and Bug reports
For questions you can join the geocoding mailinglist, see https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/geocoding
Bugs may be reported on the github project site: https://github.com/openstreetmap/Nominatim