Nominatim Polygons API

Problematic polygon data detected by the system.

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GET /polygons List Problematic Polygon Geometries #

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OpenAPI Specification

nominatim-polygons-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Nominatim Polygons API
  description: Nominatim is an open-source search engine for OpenStreetMap data.
  version: 4.5.0
  license:
    name: BSD-2-Clause
    url: https://github.com/osm-search/Nominatim/blob/master/COPYING
  contact:
    name: OpenStreetMap Search Team
    url: https://nominatim.org/
  termsOfService: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/nominatim/
servers:
- url: https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org
  description: Public Nominatim instance operated by the OpenStreetMap Foundation
- url: https://{host}
  description: Self-hosted Nominatim instance
  variables:
    host:
      default: nominatim.example.org
      description: Hostname of a self-hosted Nominatim deployment
tags:
- name: Polygons
  description: Problematic polygon data detected by the system.
paths:
  /polygons:
    get:
      operationId: polygons
      tags:
      - Polygons
      summary: List Problematic Polygon Geometries
      description: 'List polygons whose geometries the Nominatim importer flagged as

        broken or otherwise problematic. Used for data quality monitoring.'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: HTML or JSON listing of problematic polygons.
          content:
            text/html:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object