[Geocoding] Independent use of C++/PGSQL code

[Sarah Hoffmann]

Hi,

On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 01:29:32PM +0100, Julien Cochennec wrote:
> We plan to rebuild our geocoding system here.
> We would like it to be OSM compliant as many data we lack are in OSM.
> For that we need a code portion that works very fast, on our own server,
> with no interface but command line.
> This code would compare :
> - A postgreSQL database content storing postal addresses
> - Files containing massive data with one column being postal adress
> Giving matching scores and storing the result... I don't know where yet...
> sorry for not asking a clear and simple question.
> Is this a possible use of Nominatim? We don't want interface so far, just
> massive command line jobs.

The description is a little bit vague but, yes, Nominatim can likely do
that. There is a command line interface for search. You can install the
database locally and then use the local query command exactly in the same
way as the search API[1]. I would suggest you run a couple of your addresses
against nominiatim.openstreetmap.org and see if the results are useful
for you. If that works out, you can set up your own installation[2].

Kind regards

Sarah

[1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim#Search
[2] http://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/admin/Installation/