setup-docker-geocoder.md

How to setup a geocoder api on your local computer

1. Setup docker on your local machine and install Docker desktop

2. Clone the nominitim-docker v3.0.0 repo:

git clone https://github.com/mediagis/nominatim-docker/tree/master/3.0

3. Modify the Dockerfile and set your url to PBF

 PBF_DATA=https://download.geofabrik.de/europe/germany/berlin-latest.osm.pbf

4. Set url for incremental update inside local.php

  @define('CONST_Replication_Url', 'http://download.geofabrik.de/europe/germany-updates');

5. Build database

  docker build -t nominatim .

6. Run docker container

docker run --restart=always -d -p 8080:8080 --name nominatim-berlin nominatim

If this succeeds, open http://localhost:8080/ in a web browser

7. Example request to nominatim geocoder

http://localhost:8080/search/Unter%20den%20Linden%201%20Berlin?format=json&addressdetails=1&limit=1&polygon_svg=1

Detailed information about the nominatim API