I am looking to gecode some address information (convert addresses to lon/lat pairs). I found the geodcode function in GMT.jl, and it looks simple enough. But, is it possible to avoid sending the addresses to a web service and download an OpenStreetMap dataset for a region and use that file instead?
Sorry, don’t understand the question. Yes the GMT’s geocoder uses a free web service with an access provided via GDAL and you cannot use it without that service. I also don’t understand the reference to OpenStreetMap. It’s not used at all.
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Yeah, I think I worded my question poorly. The OSM piece was just that the webservice used is OSM_NOMINATIM, so that’s where that came from but is beside the point.
Really my concern is more about feeding addresses into a web service and the possible privacy issues that may create. So I was hoping to be able to download a dataset (from nominatim) and point the geocode function to the one I have on disk. It’s a not a big deal, but I think it would be preferable.
edit: I found the instructions on the nominatim website, and it seems a bit intense, so I think I can just stick with the web service.
Ah, I had forgotten the service name.