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Open StreetMap Reverse Geocoding

Does anyone know of any open source projects that will allow reverse geocode lookups over Open StreetMap data?

I'd prefer not to use an existing hosted webservice such as Nominatim since my dataset is large.

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seedhead Avatar asked Jun 20 '12 10:06

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2 Answers

You can install Nominatim on your own, it can do reverse geocoding pretty well. There is also a Nomiatim instance hosted by MapQuest with a less strict usage policy.

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scai Avatar answered Oct 20 '22 21:10

scai


there is also Gisgraphy that use openstreetmap data and geonames. it got 5 web services (geocoding, reverse geocoding, fulltext search, find near by, address parser) and all can be done offline. it is free, opensources, and a demo is available at services.gisgraphy.com

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gisgraphy Avatar answered Oct 20 '22 21:10

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