It also depends on what the exact goal is. Is it intended for one by one copy/paste. Or could you go to an area with Overpass Turbo and then run a query on everything in view, producing a list you can import in a spreadsheet?
Jo 2016-12-13 14:23 GMT+01:00 john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com>: > Thanks Jo, I think having first determined its doable with iD and JOSM > then that means its viewable and doable. > > Sorting out the precise best method will depend more on the exact > requirements, skill set etc. > > Cheerio John > > On 13 December 2016 at 02:48, Jo <winfi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi John, >> >> You could use Overpass API. It can give you center points for areas (both >> way and multipolygon). You could use those coordinates. >> >> You can extract this information as CSV. Then read that into a >> spreadsheet or Pandas or R or your own PostGIS table, of course. >> >> Polyglot >> >> >> >> 2016-12-13 0:49 GMT+01:00 john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com>: >> >>> In JOSM I can see the longitude and latitude of each node of a >>> building. I don't think it's possible in iD. >>> >>> If I'm interested in the characteristics of the building or inhabitants >>> either within OSM or by linking it to another data source is there an easy >>> way to cut and paste the longitude and latitude of a node of the building >>> into say a spreadsheet? >>> >>> Can I cut and paste these values easily to locate a building? >>> >>> Perhaps there would have to be a convention that say only the northwest >>> corner was used. >>> >>> Thanks John >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> HOT mailing list >>> HOT@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >>> >>> >> >
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