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Nominatim geocoding API (OpenStreetMap Foundation)

Global, wherever OpenStreetMap has been mapped; the service is openstreetmap.org's own search backend, run on donated servers with, per the policy, "a very limited capacity". Update frequency and history depth: Not stated on the policy page.

Open nominatim.openstreetmap.org
Signal Scoredraft model
95
Access
No key · none
20
Licence clarity
ODbL-1.0 · terms linked
20
Evidence
3 source links checked
15
Freshness
verified 2026-11-09
20
Documentation
docs · limits · coverage · attribution
20

// Terms and limits

Access
none
Free tier
Free, no key. Requires a valid HTTP Referer or User-Agent identifying the application; stock User-Agents from HTTP libraries are rejected.
Rate limits
Max 1 request/second ("No heavy uses (an absolute maximum of 1 request per second)."); scripts running longer than a day or run at regular intervals are restricted to 4 requests per minute.
Licence
ODbL-1.0terms
Licence note
The usage policy says: "Data is provided under the ODbL license which requires to share alike (although small extractions are likely to be covered by fair usage / fair dealing)."
Attribution
Required: "Clearly display attribution as suitable for your medium."

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-09

  1. 01operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/nominatim/
  2. 02nominatim.openstreetmap.org/
  3. 03www.openstreetmap.org/copyright

// Good for

osintgeocodinggeospatialopenstreetmapapi

// The same record, for agents

Request · get_entry
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "nominatim-osm-geocoding"
    }
  }
}
Reply · selected fields
{
  "name": "Nominatim geocoding API (OpenStreetMap Foundation)",
  "slug": "nominatim-osm-geocoding",
  "domain": "OSINT",
  "type": "Dataset",
  "badge": "Free",
  "auth": "none",
  "rateLimits": "Max 1 request/second (\"No heavy uses (an absolute maximum of 1 request per second).\"); scripts running longer than a day or run at regular intervals are restricted to 4 requests per minute.",
  "license": "ODbL-1.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright",
  "lastVerified": "2026-11-09",
  "evidenceUrls": [
    "https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/nominatim/",
    "https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/",
    "https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    "osint",
    "geocoding",
    "geospatial",
    "openstreetmap",
    "api"
  ],
  "providerUrl": "https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/"
}

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