# Nominatim

Canonical: https://gisforweb.com/tools/nominatim/

Open-source geocoding with OpenStreetMap data. Powers search on openstreetmap.org.

Nominatim is a geocoding software that powers the official OpenStreetMap website's search functionality. It can be used to search OSM data by name and address and to generate synthetic addresses of OSM points.

## Details

- Type: web-app

- Categories: geocoding

- Open source: Yes

- Pricing model: open-source

- License: GPL-3.0

## Features

- Forward geocoding of names and addresses

- Reverse geocoding of coordinates

- Structured and free-form search API

- Powers search on openstreetmap.org

- osm2pgsql-based import pipeline

- Self-hostable on PostgreSQL and PostGIS

## Project sources

- Website: https://nominatim.org

- Repository: https://github.com/osm-search/Nominatim

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