Installation and Usage¶

This script is for building a basic Nominatim server with OpenStreetMap data.

Only for use on a clean Ubuntu 22!

Running the Script¶

Step 1: Get the OpenNameSearch.sh script from GitHub:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AcuGIS/OpenNameSearch/master/OpenNameSearch.sh

Step 2: Make it executable:

chmod 755 OpenNameSearch.sh

Step 3: Run the script:

./OpenNameSearch pbf_url

Load Andorra data (one of the smallest data sets):

./OpenNameSearch.sh https://download.geofabrik.de/europe/andorra-latest.osm.pbf

Once installation completes, navigate to the IP or hostname on your server.

You should see a page as below:

Click the Search function (or go to domain.com/search.html)

You should see a page as below:

To test functionality, enter below into the Search box:

AD500 Andorra la Vella, Andorra

Confirm that results are returned

You can use our reload-OpenNameSearch.sh script via GitHUB script.

Usage is:

./reload-OpenNameSearch.sh [PBF_URL1] [PBF_URL2] ...

The script creates an updater service. In order to enable updates:

chmod +x /etc/init.d/nominatim_updater

If you are having issues, please let us know.

The project is licensed under the BSD license.