[Geocoding] utils/update.php --import-osmosis not working since April 1st

[Sarah Hoffmann]

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 09:41:20AM +0200, Philippe DAVID wrote:
> ... and it looks like it's not a joke.
> 
> Hi,
> I followed the nominatim install wiki page:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim/Installation<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim/Installation#Updates>
> When I run utils/update.php --import-osmosis there is no diff to apply
> because http://planet.openstreetmap.org/minute-replicate is not updated
> anymore since April 1st.
> 
> Is there an alternate way to update my database, and keep the nominatim
> data updated accordingly ?

The diffs are currently in the redaction-period subdirectory because of the
ongoing licence change in OSM. The reduction bot has been going over the OSM
data and deleting a lot in the last two weeks. I'm not really sure what
these updates would do to your Nominatim instance. I strongly recommend
holding off updates for another week or two and then reimport the first
ODbL planet coming out. Diffs up until 9th July are safe to use, though.

If you want to use the redaction updates, you have to set
up the updates manually. Edit settings/configuration.txt to point to
http://planet.openstreetmap.org/redaction-period/minute-replicate

Then go to http://planet.osm.org/redaction-period/minute-replicate, find the
state.txt file where you want to pick up updates and copy it into
your settings folder (as state.txt). And you are set to go.

Cheers

Sarah