On 03.01.2015 13:30, Emux wrote: > AFAIK web and mobile maps use the Web Mercator (EPSG:3857) > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Mercator> projection for rendering > their tiles. > > How you put information on top is something different and that is > accomplished with the much easier to handle WGS84 (EPSG:4326) > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Geodetic_System>. > e.g. in Mapsforge (like in other map libs) you put overlays on the map > using with lat, long coordinates. > > Also like Philip mentioned, for OSM geocoding you can use web services > like Nominatim <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim> and/or > Gisgraphy <http://www.gisgraphy.com/>.
There is also photon from komoot (based on nominatim) and pelias from mapzen
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