[Geocoding] Reverse Geocode Bounding Box

[Sarah Hoffmann]

On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 01:13:27PM -0400, Brooks Isoldi wrote:
> Thanks, right after I sent the email, I noticed osm.org had it
> available which prompted my checking github.
> 
> I'm cloning the source right now.  Do I need to use that commit?  I
> had thought master was fully updated for that feature, is master no
> longer compatible with 2.5.0?

We are in the middle of some larger structural changes, among
them the build system. So master is more bleeding edge then
usual and the standard installation docs do not
apply anymore. I really wouldn't recommend it for production
until it has settled a bit more. The commit I mentioned is
still fine, it's also the version currently running on osm.org.

Sarah

> On 03/17/2016 01:00 PM, Sarah Hoffmann wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 11:59:07AM -0400, Brooks Isoldi wrote:
> >>Is there a way to get a bounding box back from Nominatim when doing
> >>a reverse geocode search or a relatively easy change (with my own
> >>install of Nominatim) that would allow that - perhaps a simple
> >>inclusion of the bounding box into the response?
> >As it happens, we added this feature just last week (thanks Mark!).
> >You can try it out on nominatim.osm.org. If you want to include it
> >into your own installation, I recommend getting the source from github
> >and then check out commit
> >b097840ba4fd83d432e2c9aa3e9176e3fa3267a9.
> >That's the newest version that is still compatible with the 2.5 release.
> >
> >Kind regards
> >
> >Sarah
> >
> >>I am hoping to use the reverse geocode to turn a lat/lon point into
> >>a sane bounding box that covers the specific boundaries of whatever
> >>element the point falls within.
> >>
> >>If not possible, can I put in a feature request for that as well as
> >>a standardized bounding box format?
> >>
> >>Thank you!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>-Brooks
> >>
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