Overpass API: SQL for OpenStreetMap
SQL for OpenStreetMap. Overpass lets you ask 'every coffee shop in Brooklyn near a subway.' Self-host it and stop fighting public-instance rate limits.
Tag: self-hosting
All the articles with the tag "self-hosting".
Full Self-Hosted Maps Stack
Replace Google Maps with self-hosted Nominatim, PostGIS, and a Martin tile server. Geocoding, reverse geocoding, and vector tiles, all on one box.
Tileserver-GL vs OpenMapTiles vs renderd
Vector vs raster tiles. MBTiles vs PostGIS-on-the-fly. Here's the actual storage and CPU cost of running each tile stack at home, with no marketing fluff.
Nominatim Hardware Sizing
Real RAM, disk, and CPU numbers for self-hosted Nominatim. Planet vs region, mini PC vs server, what survives the import and what doesn't.
BRouter: Cycling Routes That Don't Suck
Strava and Google route cyclists onto highways. BRouter's elevation-aware profiles know what a bike actually wants. Here's the self-hosted setup.
Self-Hosted OSRM in Docker
Run OSRM in Docker with a regional OSM extract, compile a routing profile, and get your own /route endpoint live. Profile compilation gotchas included.
OSRM vs Valhalla vs GraphHopper
Three open-source routing engines, three philosophies. OSRM is fast, Valhalla is flexible, GraphHopper is balanced. Here's how to actually pick one.
Self-Hosted HA Reverse Geocoding
Wire local Nominatim into Home Assistant for reverse geocoding without leaking GPS coords to Google or Mapbox. Privacy-respecting smart home in 30 lines.
Photo Libraries Without Google Lookups
Stop letting Google see where every photo was taken. Immich geocodes locally by default; PhotoPrism sends fuzzed coordinates to its own hosted service.
Photon Deep Dive: Search That Forgives
Nominatim is great until your users typo. Photon adds OpenSearch-backed fuzzy geocoding on top of OSM data, here's when to deploy both, side by side.
Nominatim vs Photon vs Pelias
Three self-hosted geocoders, very different tradeoffs. Pick Nominatim, Photon, or Pelias for your project without spending a weekend benchmarking.
Nominatim Diff Replication
Imported OSM data goes stale fast. Run pyosmium and Nominatim's diff replication pipeline so your geocoder stays accurate without re-importing planet.