[OSM-talk] street directory from OSM data
Hello, I'm quite curious if there is already a possibility to generate a street directory for a part of the OSM data in order to have a useful street map of a city. Is it? I've looked a bit but I didn't find something. If there is no such a program I'll going to program it. My idea is to define a grid on a rectangle part of the OSM data (a city for example). Then, with giving every box in the grid a tag (like on chess board), just parse the OSM data and assign streets which are lying geographically in a certain box to the tag of that box. As an application, this directory could be printed next to a map. On that map, sure, a layer with the grid must be printed. What do you think? cheers, Stefan ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] street directory from OSM data
On 08/05/2008 20:47, Stefan Zeller wrote: > Hello, > > I'm quite curious if there is already a possibility to generate a street > directory for a part of the OSM data in order to have a useful street > map of a city. Is it? I've looked a bit but I didn't find something. > > If there is no such a program I'll going to program it. My idea is to > define a grid on a rectangle part of the OSM data (a city for example). > Then, with giving every box in the grid a tag (like on chess board), > just parse the OSM data and assign streets which are lying > geographically in a certain box to the tag of that box. As an > application, this directory could be printed next to a map. On that map, > sure, a layer with the grid must be printed. > > What do you think? My next intended step with namefinder is kind of like this. I plan to expose the names in the namefinder database in gazetteer pages. It would be a simple further step to limit the results to a bounding box. Many of the problems you'd encounter in doing this would be the same ones I have already addressed, like the very large number of duplicate names. David ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] street directory from OSM data
On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 09:10:04PM +0100, David Earl wrote: > My next intended step with namefinder is kind of like this. I plan to > expose the names in the namefinder database in gazetteer pages. It would > be a simple further step to limit the results to a bounding box. > > Many of the problems you'd encounter in doing this would be the same > ones I have already addressed, like the very large number of duplicate > names. How would the link from Street to ZIP Code/City Name work? From what i read there is currently no such link possible and its just a matter of what is the nearest village/city/town. How is this stored in other map databases e.g. commercial ones? Does every path have an is_in equivalent link? I mean every TomTom handheld device known which subset of streets to search when entering a city name ... Flo -- Florian Lohoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] +49-171-2280134 Those who would give up a little freedom to get a little security shall soon have neither - Benjamin Franklin signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] street directory from OSM data
Florian Lohoff wrote: > How would the link from Street to ZIP Code/City Name work? From what i > read there is currently no such link possible and its just a matter of > what is the nearest village/city/town. The streets imported from TIGER all have (at least) a zip code and county tag associated. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
