OSMNames

OSMNames
Authors:	MapTiler, Geonick and other contributors.
License:	GNU GPL v2
Platforms:	Windows, Linux, and macOS via Docker
Status:	Unmaintained
Version:	2.2.0 (2022-12-09)
Website:	http://osmnames.org/
Source code:	https://github.com/osmnames/osmnames
Programming languages:	Python and SQL
Create a list of place names for fulltext search.
Features Feature Value Map Display Display map no Map data no Source no Rotate map no 3D view no Shows website no Shows phone number no Shows operation hours no Routing Routing no Create route manually ? Calculate route ? Create route via Waypoints ? Routing profiles ? Turn restrictions ? Calculate route without Internet (Offline routing) ? Routing providers ? Avoid traffic ? Traffic Provider ? Navigating Navigate no Find location no Find nearby POIs no Navigate to point no Navigation with voice / Voice guidance ? Keep on road ? Lane guidance ? Works without GPS ? Navigate along predefined route ? Tracking Make track no Customizable log interval ? Track formats ? Geotagging ? Fast POI buttons ? Upload GPX to OSM no Monitoring Monitoring no Show current track ? Open existing track ? Altitude diagram ? Show POD value ? Satellite view ? Show live NMEA data ? Show speed ? Send current position ? Editing Add POIs no Edit / Delete POIs no Add way no Edit geometries no Edit arbitrary tags of existing OSM objects no Edit relations no View notes no Create notes no Edit notes no Work offline no Support imagery offset DB no Upload to OSM no Rendering Renderer output formats no Accessibility Accessibility support no Complete non graphics text output no Braille interface no Exploration modus no Public Transport mode no Danger Warnings no Screenreader no Screenreader languages no

OSMNames is a project offering a downloadable list of place names for fulltext search, which is based on the OpenStreetMap database.

Every gazetteer record contains coverage area defined by a bounding box, administrative hierarchy, several identifiers, alternative names, and rank based on the popularity of related Wikipedia pages.

The total size of the compressed dump for the whole planet is less than 1.5GB. It contains place as well as street search. Address lookup and POI search may be supported in the future.

Data

Data for the whole planet are available for download on the project page in the Download section.

Data can be extracted for individual countries as well. In that case use command similar to this:

$ zcat planet-latest.tsv.gz | awk -F '\t' -v OFS='\t' 'NR == 1 || $16 == "ch"' > switzerland.tsv

Download defined by bounding box is possible as well:

zcat planet-latest.tsv.gz | awk -F '\t' -v OFS='\t' 'NR == 1 || ($8 > 47.225 && $8 < 47.533 && $7 > 8.275 && $7 < 8.800)' > zurich_switzerland.tsv

Data format details are available on the project download page.

Development

The project is developed and maintained by the OSM community and MapTiler team with some support by Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil (represented by User:Geonick).

Source Code

OSMNames is available under a free license (GNU GPL 2).

The source code is available on GitHub: https://github.com/osmnames/osmnames.

Bug reporting

Bug reports, as well as other issues, should be reported through the GitHub repository.

See also

• List of OSM-based services