[Geocoding] Can i use one database for geocoding and tiles?

[Sarah Hoffmann]

Hi Marcin,

On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 03:35:28PM +0200, marcin kowalski wrote:
> Hi all, I've setup Nominatim a while ago, and now i have to roll out a tile
> server.
> 
> I am wondering if i can reuse existing nominatim db, or plug Nominatim to
> the regular database used for tile rendering to keep just one database
> around.
> 
> Or is that gazetteer db schema so different that there is no way to achieve
> this?

Although Nominatim uses osm2pgsql like tile servers, the DB schema is indeed
very different. It is not possible to reuse the database.

Kind regards

Sarah