[Geocoding] Help needed for setting up Reverse Geocoding Database using OpenStreetMap Data
Marc Tobias
mtm at opencagedata.com
Wed Jul 16 12:52:11 UTC 2014
Hi,
Yes, there seems to be a slight difference when returning
the city
http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?format=xml&lat=25.236545&lon=55.291413&addressdetails=1
"road": "Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Street",
"residential": "Al Mankhool",
"suburb": "Al Mankhool",
"city": "Dubai", <===
"state": "دبي", <===
"postcode": "41974",
"country": "United Arab Emirates",
"country_code": "ae"
compared to
http://open.mapquestapi.com/nominatim/v1/reverse?format=json&lat=25.236545&lon=55.291413&addressdetails=1
"road": "Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Street",
"residential": "Al Mankhool",
"suburb": "Al Mankhool",
"city": "Sharjah", <===
"postcode": "41974",
"country": "United Arab Emirates",
"country_code": "ae"
My recent installation (behind a firewall) returns what
http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/ is returning.
The installation instructions are on
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim/Installation
Note that part about hardware requirements before you attempt
to run in on an underpowered desktop or laptop or in a virtual
machine.
marc tobias
> Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 13:41:16 +0530
> From: "Sumit Gulati" <sumit at bossindia.in>
> To: <geocoding at openstreetmap.org>
> Subject: [Geocoding] Help needed for setting up Reverse Geocoding
> Database using OpenStreetMap Data
> Message-ID: <00a301cfa0cd$8568ee20$903aca60$@bossindia.in>
>
> Dear All,
>
>
>
> We would like to use reverse geocoding to get the address from a latitude
> and longitude position. We have used following API to get the reverse
> geocoding information but it has usage limitation:
>
>
>
> http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?format=xml
> <http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?format=xml&lat=25.236545&lon=55.
> 291413&zoom=18&addressdetails=1>
> &lat=25.236545&lon=55.291413&zoom=18&addressdetails=1
>
>
>
> Then we tried using following MapQuest API but it gives wrong address.
> Instead of Dubai address it's showing Sharjah address:
>
>
>
> http://open.mapquestapi.com/nominatim/v1/search.php?q=25.236545%2C+55.291413
> <http://open.mapquestapi.com/nominatim/v1/search.php?q=25.236545%2C+55.29141
> 3&viewbox=-0.61%2C51.49%2C-0.59%2C51.48>
> &viewbox=-0.61%2C51.49%2C-0.59%2C51.48
>
>
>
> So now we are trying to setup our own Reverse Geocoding Database. Pls let us
> know how to setup our own reverse geocoding database to get the correct
> address using a latitude and longitude coordinates using OSM Extracts Data.
>
>
>
> Your help in this regard will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in anticipation
> of a fruitful reply.
>
>
>
> Best regards
>
> Sumit Gulati
>
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