Hi Claude, I would recommend a more sophisticated approach using map matching, otherwise how could you be sure which of the many nearby roads at a crossing is the one the vehicle drives through?
There are many services and open source software that implements this, so I won't recommend just ours ;) Regards Peter Am 18.04.19 um 13:41 schrieb Rory McCann: > This can be done with the Overpass API, not the OSM editing API > > way(around:25,LAT,LON)["maxspeed"];out; > > This should give you all ways within 25 m of a point with the maxpseed > tag. Be warned though: Most of the main overpass servers do have > access limits, and building a business relying on things that can be > shut off without warning might not be a good idea. > > On 16/04/2019 09:09, TrackingCentral wrote: >> Hi >> >> I am wanting to be able to return the current road my passing a http >> request to the api endpoint passing the co ordinates of the users >> location with each request. >> >> Just wondering if this function already exist and it is a matter of >> sending the http request to the api each time ??? >> >> Basically I have gps tracking devices that send location data to my >> server every 3 second and want the road speed of their location >> determined by the api and returned each time I send the http request >> to the api endpoint. >> >> Can you also advise the variable name that is returned that will hold >> the road speed. >> >> Claude Raiola >> >> TrackingCentral Pty Ltd >> 61-414 228 948 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dev mailing list >> dev@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > dev@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev -- GraphHopper.com - fast and flexible route planning _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
