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Nominatim v5 Re-import
Spun off from the fleet-patch-audit (2026-06-19). Completed 2026-06-23 as a standalone maintenance window.
Deployed 2026-06-23
Nominatim was upgraded from v4.5 → v5.3.2 on recon-vm (VM 1130). This was a full fresh re-import; no in-place upgrade path exists between 4.x and 5.x due to data model changes.
What shipped
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Container name | nominatim-v5 |
| Image | mediagis/nominatim:5.3.2 |
| Port | 8010 (mapped from container :8080) |
| Coverage | Western-11 US states (see below) |
| PG version | 16 |
| IMPORT_STYLE | full |
| FREEZE | true |
| OSM data date | 2026-06-21 |
| pgdata path | /mnt/nav/nominatim-v5/postgres-data/pgdata |
| DB size (post-import) | ~29 GB |
| Restart policy | --restart unless-stopped + systemd unit /etc/systemd/system/nominatim.service (targets nominatim-v5) |
Western-11 coverage: arizona, california, colorado, idaho, montana, nevada, new-mexico, oregon, utah, washington, wyoming. Outside these states the service returns only country-level ("United States") fallback — this was also the case for v4.5; coverage did not change.
Build artifact (retained on pi-nas):
- Tarball:
pi-nas:/export/data/nav/nominatim-staging/western-us-11states-v5.3.2-pgdata.tar.gz - SHA-256 prefix:
cc0f0497 BUILD-INFO.txtco-located with tarball- Built on matt-desktop (~3h41m, 14 threads) from a 3.13 GB merged PBF
Old v4.5 cleanup (2026-06-23)
The prior v4.5 container, its ~26 GB DB, and the mediagis/nominatim:4.5 image were removed after cutover validation. /mnt/nav has ~70 GB free post-cleanup.
Coverage clarification
The v4.5 deployment was also western-11 only — this was not always clearly documented. The v5 upgrade was a like-for-like data freshness + engine refresh, not a coverage expansion.
Photon — not coupled this upgrade
Photon was left at v1.1.0 (port 2322) and was not touched. Photon is independent: it runs from a komoot dump, not built from the Nominatim DB. No version coupling applied for this data refresh. The prior doc note about mandatory Photon 1.2.0 co-upgrade was based on an assumption that Photon reads Nominatim's internal tables directly — that does not apply here.
Full-US expansion (future option, not done)
Full-US coverage is the next natural scope expansion but requires significant resources that are not currently available.
Requirements
| Resource | Estimate |
|---|---|
| Final DB size | ~120 GB+ (likely 150–250 GB — dense eastern address data) |
| Peak build disk | ~350–600 GB (scratch + output) |
| RAM during build | 48–64 GB |
| Build time | ~15–24 h |
Blockers
- recon-vm
/mnt/navdisk: ~70 GB free — insufficient for a full-US build or DB. Would require either reclaiming existing storage or relocating the volume. - matt-desktop build-disk capacity: the gating number for build scratch space is unconfirmed. Must be established before committing to a full-US build.
Until both blockers are resolved, full-US is deferred.
Context
Nominatim v5 (released February 2025) changed the underlying data model relative to 4.x. A full OSM re-import is required; there is no in-place upgrade path.