Nominatim
What ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini & Grok actually say · August 2026
The verdict
Nominatim appears in 1 AI-ranked category.
Free, fully open, self-hostable, and excellent for OSM-covered areas; the pragmatic choice for low-budget, non-commercial, or research use where you control the data.
Where Nominatim falls short, per the models
- Claude Public instance forbids heavy use and its geocoding is weak on unstructured/ambiguous queries and inconsistent globally — not for production autocomplete or hard addresses.
Poll history — On this board 1 of 2 polls since Aug 3 — off it in the latest
#6 → –
Top alternatives per the models: Google Maps Geocoding API · HERE Geocoding & Search · Mapbox Geocoding API · Pelias
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