Re: [OSM-dev] Just Joined List

2019-04-18 Thread mmd
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; > That's pretty much what this app https://github.com/plusCubed/velociraptor does. It seems to have gone viral at some point, as they had to

Re: [OSM-dev] Just Joined List

2019-04-18 Thread Peter
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

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2019-04-18 Thread Tom Hughes
I think that is underplaying things... I don't speak for the overpass maintainers but I can't imagine that hitting it every three seconds for every vehicle that you are tracking is going to go down well - at least if you are tracking any even vaguely significant number of vehicles. If you are bu

Re: [OSM-dev] Just Joined List

2019-04-18 Thread 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

Re: [OSM-dev] Just Joined List

2019-04-16 Thread Jo
This definitely is something you should NOT do on the main API. That API is for people editing and improving the map, not for using the data. Download an extract for your region and set up a server with it. Then figure out how to go about finding the nearest way to your GPS position (most likely

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2019-04-16 Thread TrackingCentral
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 ??? Basicall