[OSM-newbies] Looking up location based on address (geocoding)?

[Andre-John Mas]

Hi,

I want to write a program that would provide some geographic based  
information, based on an address. Basically given an address it would  
give me longitude and latitude and with that location I could display  
information about the location. I have looked at using Google Maps  
API, but I don't want to limit myself to the number of requests per  
day that it allows. Does anyone have a program that would allow me to  
use open street map for Geocoding? Also, does anyone know of any  
commercial solutions for geocody, preferbly that I could host on my  
own servers.

Andre