Traccar Geocoder: Self-Hosted Reverse Geocoding Service Using OpenStreetMap Data
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Summary
Traccar Geocoder is a fast, self-hosted reverse geocoding service built from OpenStreetMap data. It converts latitude/longitude coordinates into detailed street addresses (house number, street name, city, state, county, postcode, country). Part of the Traccar open source GPS tracking platform, it can be deployed via Docker or Docker Compose, with PBF files from Geofabrik. The full earth index requires ~18GB disk space and recommends 16GB RAM or fast NVME storage for high performance. It exposes a GET /reverse API endpoint.
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Given latitude and longitude coordinates, it returns the nearest street address including house number, street name, city, state, county, postcode, and country.
The full earth index will take up around 18gb of disk space, so for high performance you want a machine with at least 16gb ram, or fast NVME storage.
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