"Slippy map" provides a great graphical interface to openstreetmap.org's data.
Is there a similar text interface? An example based on: http://tile.openstreetmap.org/16/36054/19270.png might be (assuming you're in the middle of the tile-- the values below are made up): "You are at latitude <whatever>, longitude <whatever>. The Hotel Berna is about 100 feet to the east. Enskilda Gymansium is about 200 feet to the east-northeast. Kammakargaten Street is about 50 feet to the south Tegnergatan Street is about 100 feet to the north [... and so on ...]" The idea would be you could "walk" through the world at a constant zoom factor of 16 (maybe 17), like you do in text adventure games. Of course, you could "teleport" anywhere, since typing "n" would only move you one tile to the north (maybe even less). Is there a URL similar to the above that returns text? Example (doesn't work): http://text.openstreetmap.org/16/36054/19270.txt would tell me what would be mapped in this tile, but return just a list of ways and named nodes (nodes w/o a name tag are probably not interesting except for creating ways?), instead of actaully generating the map? -- We're just a Bunch Of Regular Guys, a collective group that's trying to understand and assimilate technology. We feel that resistance to new ideas and technology is unwise and ultimately futile. _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
