Android Question Using Nominatim as a reverse geocoder, we all know that google api will start billing your queries

[jose luis gudino]

Hi.
it is possible to do something similar to this function that I send in the following link
https://developer.mapquest.com/documentation/searchahead-sdk/android/v1.3/
Using Nominatim as a reverse geocoder, we all know that google api will start billing your queries.

Search Ahead is a spatially-aware predictive search engine most commonly used to implement 'type ahead' or autocomplete-like functionality within an application, to provide a list of suggestions to the user that refreshes as the user is typing
will return address, administrative area (city, state, postal code), airport, category, franchise, and POI suggestions based on just a few characters.

 

[DonManfred]

we all know that google api will start billing your queries.

They also provide free requests.

Away from that:
- What make you think MapQuest is totally free?
It is not. They are charging too
https://developer.mapquest.com/plans
- I dont think that you can use GoogleMaps and then use MapQuest for Geoqueries. I guess it is not allowed. You need to use MapQuest-Maps too (it is also not free)...

 

[jose luis gudino]

HI.
Thank you for your interest in this topic.

you can install Nominatin server on your server, so you do not have to pay for Geoqueries
https://gist.github.com/malkitsingh/737ea34abec5b079a84dd39e3b0dc2d2

Since Google stopped giving free addresses more than 2 years ago, I have my Nominatim server and it works perfect.

 

[DonManfred]

I have my Nominatim server and it works perfect.

i see. Sounds great. So a VPS should be OK to run your own... Nice. Thank you for pointing me into. Though i do not need one. But good to know ;-)

In this case one needs to write a wrapper for the SDK which you can use with your own server if i understand correctly?

 

[jose luis gudino]

exactly.
I have a GPS platform and consult more than 1000 addresses per second, 24 hours a day

 

[DonManfred]

I´m a bit lost on setting up using the description you posted.

"Paket postgresql-server-dev-9.3 could not be found" i got when trying to run the apt-get command ;-/

Also the 3rd one can not be found. i´m not sure what linux is running on my vps honestly I´m not a Linux pro...

To bad; would have liked to try if i got it working

 

[jose luis gudino]

Remember that manuals for ubuntu may also have changed the version number of the library,
remember that those instructions were for 2017. you have to find the most current versions.

It is a great tool and above all the best thing is that it is free to get directions. This is fundamental

 

[DonManfred]

Sure, i did recognized it. For now i stopped at this test
It was just a test...

I´m using Google-Apis. Few requests which i can fill with the free limits. But as written; good to know ;-)