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How can i use search on OSM in my program?

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sorry for my english)) is it possible somewhere to see the implementation (source code) of search for osm?

asked 04 Nov '10, 05:30

Artem Bolshakov
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edited 18 Jan '11, 22:11

Pieren
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thanks! but i'm newbie - so can you show example - how i can use it? I don't know how include nominatim in my project.

(04 Nov '10, 09:18) Artem Bolshakov

Hello Artem, please post your further question not as a new answer to your first question because this is not a forum with a chronological order of all answers, but an FAQ system where each answer can be voted to find out the best ones. Instead you can add a comment to any answer of the other users or edit your original question.

You can convert your wrong placed answer to a comment by clicking "more" and -> convert, please do so.

Also a good place for questions like yours is http://forum.openstreetmap.org

(04 Nov '10, 16:22) stephan75

2 Answers:

1	You can use Nominatim from sources or use one of avaiable server via API. http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/ http://open.mapquestapi.com/nominatim/v1/ answered 04 Nov '10, 09:01 frodrigo 674●5●11 accept rate: 13%

0	The best currently available search engine for OpenStreetMap is nominatim which is documented in the wiki. The source code is available in the SVN (especially in the "gazetteer" directory there). answered 04 Nov '10, 08:39 petschge 8.3k●21●73●98 accept rate: 21%