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Nominatim v2.5.0 Release Notes

Release Date: 2016-02-21 // about 8 years ago

  • 🚀 Note: This will be the last release to support postgis 1.x and postgresql 9.0.

    🚀 This release brings a major overhaul of the built-in web interface. There is now a web view for reverse geocoding and the details page has been made more readable. All is now ready for mobile use.

    The second major change is the addition of a number of new functions for the API:

    • reverse lookup now can use Tiger house number data in the US
    • 🆕 new feature to return simplified polygons
    • 🆕 new lookup endpoint that allows to look up address information for OSM objects by id
    • 🆕 new namedetails and extratags parameters to get a full list of names or additional tags for each object (requires postgresql >= 9.3)

    ⚡️ Other changes include updates for the Tiger data import script, new configure options for use behind HTTP proxies and https://www.vagrantup.com/ scripts for running Nominatim in a Ubuntu or CentOS virtual box.

    ⬆️ Upgrading from older versions

    🚀 You may upgrade existing database from Nominatim 2.4 without reimport. For upgrading from older versions, please read the release notes for Nominatim 2.4.

    ⬆️ Steps for upgrading from 2.4:

    Download and compile Nominatim 2.5.0.

    🔧 Copy your old settings (settings/local.php, settings/configuration.txt and settings/state.txt)

    Install the new code into your postgres database by running:

    ⚡️ ./utils/setup.php --create-functions --enable-diff-updates --create-partition-functions