Place details🔗
Show all details about a single place saved in the database.
This API endpoint is meant for visual inspection of the data in the database, mainly together with Nominatim-UI. The parameters of the endpoint and the output may change occasionally between versions of Nominatim. Do not rely on the output in scripts or applications.
Warning
The details endpoint at https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org may not used in scripts or bots at all. See Nominatim Usage Policy.
The details API supports the following two request formats:
https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/details?osmtype=[N|W|R]&osmid=<value>&class=<value>
osmtype and osmid are required parameters. The type is one of node (N), way (W)
or relation (R). The id must be a number. The class parameter is optional and
allows to distinguish between entries, when the corresponding OSM object has more
than one main tag. For example, when a place is tagged with tourism=hotel and
amenity=restaurant, there will be two place entries in Nominatim, one for a
restaurant, one for a hotel. You need to specify class=tourism or class=amentity
to get exactly the one you want. If there are multiple places in the database
but the class parameter is left out, then one of the places will be chosen
at random and displayed.
https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/details?place_id=<value>
Place IDs are assigned sequentially during Nominatim data import. The ID for a place is different between Nominatim installation (servers) and changes when data gets reimported. Therefore it cannot be used as a permanent id and shouldn't be used in bug reports.
Deprecation warning
The API can also be used with the URL
https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/details.php. This is now deprecated
and will be removed in future versions.
Parameters🔗
This section lists additional optional parameters.
Output format🔗
| Parameter | Value | Default |
|---|---|---|
| json_callback | function name | unset |
When set, then JSON output will be wrapped in a callback function with the given name. See JSONP for more information.
Output details🔗
| Parameter | Value | Default |
|---|---|---|
| addressdetails | 0 or 1 | 0 |
When set to 1, include a breakdown of the address into elements.
| Parameter | Value | Default |
|---|---|---|
| keywords | 0 or 1 | 0 |
When set to 1, include a list of name keywords and address keywords in the result.
| Parameter | Value | Default |
|---|---|---|
| linkedplaces | 0 or 1 | 1 |
Include details of places that are linked with this one. Places get linked together when they are different forms of the same physical object. Nominatim links two kinds of objects together: place nodes get linked with the corresponding administrative boundaries. Waterway relations get linked together with their members.
| Parameter | Value | Default |
|---|---|---|
| hierarchy | 0 or 1 | 0 |
Include details of POIs and address that depend on the place. Only POIs that use this place to determine their address will be returned.
| Parameter | Value | Default |
|---|---|---|
| group_hierarchy | 0 or 1 | 0 |
When set to 1, the output of the address hierarchy will be grouped by type.
| Parameter | Value | Default |
|---|---|---|
| polygon_geojson | 0 or 1 | 0 |
Include geometry of result.
Language of results🔗
| Parameter | Value | Default |
|---|---|---|
| accept-language | browser language string | content of "Accept-Language" HTTP header |
Preferred language order for showing search results. This may either be a simple comma-separated list of language codes or have the same format as the "Accept-Language" HTTP header.
Examples🔗
JSON🔗
https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/details?osmtype=W&osmid=38210407&format=json
{
"place_id": 85993608,
"parent_place_id": 72765313,
"osm_type": "W",
"osm_id": 38210407,
"category": "place",
"type": "square",
"admin_level": "15",
"localname": "Pariser Platz",
"names": {
"name": "Pariser Platz",
"name:be": "Парыжская плошча",
"name:de": "Pariser Platz",
"name:es": "Plaza de París",
"name:he": "פאריזר פלאץ",
"name:ko": "파리저 광장",
"name:la": "Forum Parisinum",
"name:ru": "Парижская площадь",
"name:uk": "Паризька площа",
"name:zh": "巴黎廣場"
},
"addresstags": {
"postcode": "10117"
},
"housenumber": null,
"calculated_postcode": "10117",
"country_code": "de",
"indexed_date": "2018-08-18T17:02:45+00:00",
"importance": 0.339401620591472,
"calculated_importance": 0.339401620591472,
"extratags": {
"wikidata": "Q156716",
"wikipedia": "de:Pariser Platz"
},
"calculated_wikipedia": "de:Pariser_Platz",
"rank_address": 30,
"rank_search": 30,
"isarea": true,
"centroid": {
"type": "Point",
"coordinates": [
13.3786822618517,
52.5163654
]
},
"geometry": {
"type": "Point",
"coordinates": [
13.3786822618517,
52.5163654
]
}
}