Geoinnovation - for fun or profit
Geomob is a series of regular events in European cities for location based service creators and enthusiasts.
We meet every few months, and provide a relaxed forum to learn about and discuss geoinnovation in any and all forms.
We meet every few months, and provide a relaxed forum to learn about and discuss geoinnovation in any and all forms.
In this episode Ed chats with Sarah Hoffmann, long time OpenStreetMap contributor, software
developer, and the primary maintainer of Nominatim, the main OpenStreetMap geocoding software.
We go deep on the difficulty of geocoding - especially on top of an every-changing, crowdsourced
data set like OpenStreetMap. Nominatim is immensely powerful, handling about 400 requests per
second as the search on openstreetmap.org. Sarah explains the tech stack, and also the challenges
of managing such a technically complex and publicly visible open-source project.
At OpenCage we rely heavily on Nominatim and are delighted to help support Sarah's work
financially - and of course also with code contributions.
Interested in geocoding? Please get involved with Nominatim.
Relevant links:
The Geomob podcast is hosted by
Ed Freyfogle, co-founder of
OpenCage,
and
Steven Feldman,
of
KnowWhere Consulting.
We discuss themes from the geo industry, interview Geomob speakers, and
provide regular updates about our own projects. We publish a new episode every week.
