Comment by willi59549879
3 days ago
searching with street name and number offline would be nice. In google maps search only works when online
3 days ago
searching with street name and number offline would be nice. In google maps search only works when online
Good point - house-number search isn't there yet in Corviont.
Right now the offline geocoder in the demo does place/street-level search + reverse, but street + house number ("Main St 12") isn't supported yet. It's explicitly on the near-term roadmap: richer geocoding output with house numbers and (optionally) street/area geometry instead of just centerpoints.
Why not package photon?
Photon is solid - but it comes with a very different operational profile than what I am aiming for.
Photon is built on Elasticsearch (Java) - so it tends to mean a heavier index + higher RAM/CPU expectations and more moving parts. That's fine on a beefy server, but it is a rough fit for the "drop-in appliance on small edge/on-prem boxes (amd64/arm64) + simple ops" goal.
Corviont's geocoder is intentionally "boring": a single SQLite file + an HTTP service, built from Nominatim-derived data. Fast startup, low RAM, easy to ship per-region, and it stays consistent with the rest of the stack.
That said - if there is demand for a "server-grade geocoder option" for people already comfortable running Elastic, I am not opposed to offering it as an alternative profile. The default is just optimized for constrained edge hardware and minimal moving parts.
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