[Geocoding] General Nominatim questions

Sarah Hoffmann lonvia at denofr.de
Tue Oct 16 22:25:47 BST 2012


On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 01:56:48PM -0700, Charles Randall wrote:
> To follow up on a question below slightly differently:
> Is Nominatim data at the street level only? Or does the dataset include
> house numbers as well? I'm trying to get a feel for how much data might
> have house numbers vs. just street level data. Any information here would
> be helpful - if metro areas have house number data generally, or other
> details.

As I said, it is OpenStreetMap data that is used. If you want to get a
feel for how well addresses are covered in your area, browse the map
at http://www.openstreetmap.org. Adresses are shown at the two highest
zoom levels.

Sarah



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