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Nominatim API boundary

Official-source access, authentication, request-shaping, freshness, legal, and interpretation boundaries for Nominatim API.

version 1.0.0freshness currentobserved 2026-08-28T18:03:05Z

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Evidence-backed facts

  1. OpenStreetMap Nominatim documents OpenStreetMap-powered geocoding, reverse geocoding, lookup, search, and status responses. informative
  2. Public instances have usage policies and no write authority; access does not grant mapping, address, identity, routing, or local-government authority. informative
  3. Clients must bind query or coordinates, country codes, layers, address details, language, geometry, result limit, and instance policy. informative
  4. Results inherit OpenStreetMap coverage, tagging, update, ranking, and geometry limits and do not prove postal deliverability, ownership, jurisdiction, or safety. informative