(IT Infrastructure) Shutdown or recreate nominatim instance

[maxammann]

The current nominatim instance is just a hack. We need to recreate it or delete it if not used.

Change the protocol to HTTPS in the backend.

[maxammann]

@klinzo I created this so we do not forget

[steffenkleinle]

This is also relevant for deciding on an expiration date for the geocoding cache: https://github.com/digitalfabrik/ehrenamtskarte/pull/439#discussion_r780224454

[steffenkleinle]

In photon it is not possible to search for postal codes or restrict the search data to a specific country without additional configuration. I am not sure how easy it is to configure it accordingly but without it we'd need to change the whole geocoding logic as the current way won't work anymore. Example postal code search: https://photon.komoot.io/api?q=86161

https://github.com/komoot/photon#customized-search-data

If you need search data in other languages or restricted to a country you will need to create your search data by your own. Once you have your Nominatim database ready, you can import the data to photon.

[maxammann]

In photon it is not possible to search for postal codes or restrict the search data to a specific country without additional configuration. I am not sure how easy it is to configure it accordingly but without it we'd need to change the whole geocoding logic as the current way won't work anymore. Example postal code search: https://photon.komoot.io/api?q=86161

https://github.com/komoot/photon#customized-search-data

If you need search data in other languages or restricted to a country you will need to create your search data by your own. Once you have your Nominatim database ready, you can import the data to photon.

Alright :D then lets stick to nominatim. We could just makr our artifacts public and let others benefit from our processing power :)

[steffenkleinle]

Alright :D then lets stick to nominatim. We could just makr our artifacts public and let others benefit from our processing power :)

Is it feasible to keep nominatim up to date/maintain it? You mentioned this was too much effort.

[maxammann]

I mean it is a lot of work and maintanance, but if it has to be done :D

[steffenkleinle]

I'll try to come up with another solution :)

[maxammann]

The thing is we already have to generate the maps once per year. I could reuse the setup for nominatin

The only thing is that we need to keep up with nominatim breaking changes. But this is probably not a huge problem.

[maxammann]

high-priority: Should be done before I forget about the nominatim creation :D

[maxammann]

We should probably add basic auth for now, at least before this project gets more attention.

[f1sh1918]

will be fixed with #442