Re: [OSM-talk] Map Co-ordinates for towns, etc in UK

2012-03-02 Thread mick
On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:14:47 -0600 "John F. Eldredge" wrote: > mick wrote: > > > On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:16:18 + > > Philip Barnes wrote: > > > > > I have found some interesting stuff whilst playing with routing on > > > http://open.mapquest.org (which uses OSM). Have found that it cannot

Re: [OSM-talk] Map Co-ordinates for towns, etc in UK

2012-03-02 Thread John F. Eldredge
mick wrote: > On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:16:18 + > Philip Barnes wrote: > > > I have found some interesting stuff whilst playing with routing on > > http://open.mapquest.org (which uses OSM). Have found that it cannot > > route to Shrewsbury. > > > > Have found that the town waypoint has been

Re: [OSM-talk] Map Co-ordinates for towns, etc in UK

2012-03-02 Thread mick
On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:16:18 + Philip Barnes wrote: > I have found some interesting stuff whilst playing with routing on > http://open.mapquest.org (which uses OSM). Have found that it cannot > route to Shrewsbury. > > Have found that the town waypoint has been put in the middle of a retail

Re: [OSM-talk] problem when trying to use osmconvert / osmupdate / osmfilter to keep a filtered planet extract up to date

2012-03-02 Thread Martijn van Exel
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Martijn van Exel wrote: > Hi, > > I thought I had found a nice way to keep a filtered planet extract (by > geographic extent *and* specific tags, in my case bridges in the US) > up-to-date by using osmconvert[1], osmupdate[2] and osmfilter[3]. This > was going to be

[OSM-talk] problem when trying to use osmconvert / osmupdate / osmfilter to keep a filtered planet extract up to date

2012-03-02 Thread Martijn van Exel
Hi, I thought I had found a nice way to keep a filtered planet extract (by geographic extent *and* specific tags, in my case bridges in the US) up-to-date by using osmconvert[1], osmupdate[2] and osmfilter[3]. This was going to be my workflow: Setup steps: A1. Grab a planet file A2. Derive the ex

Re: [OSM-talk] FourSquare and OSM

2012-03-02 Thread Frans Thamura
hehe, i see my self was brainwashed by API jargon :0 F On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 5:51 AM, andrzej zaborowski wrote: > On 2 March 2012 23:00, Frans Thamura wrote: > > does this mean that OSM API is not usefull for integration? > > What Toby says is they don't need to use the API. They source the >

Re: [OSM-talk] FourSquare and OSM

2012-03-02 Thread andrzej zaborowski
On 2 March 2012 23:00, Frans Thamura wrote: > does this mean that OSM API is not usefull for integration? What Toby says is they don't need to use the API. They source the tiles from mapbox, who in turn use the OSM planet files or diffs as their interface to OSM. And they use leaflet as their j

Re: [OSM-talk] FourSquare and OSM

2012-03-02 Thread Chris Hill
On 02/03/12 22:07, Frans Thamura wrote: i wish OSM can provide like what GMAP API can :0 rather using this model. API wrapper to TILE will be interesting I think you are confusing what Google call their API with what OSM call our API. They are not the same thing. What Google call their API

Re: [OSM-talk] FourSquare and OSM

2012-03-02 Thread Frans Thamura
i wish OSM can provide like what GMAP API can :0 rather using this model. API wrapper to TILE will be interesting F On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 5:03 AM, Tom MacWright wrote: > The OSM API(s) are certainly useful for integration, but a different kind > - if they were pulling small chunks of data,

Re: [OSM-talk] FourSquare and OSM

2012-03-02 Thread Tom MacWright
The OSM API(s) are certainly useful for integration, but a different kind - if they were pulling small chunks of data, etc., then they'd be using an API, but at this point they're mainly using tiles. More to come, but at this point the process looks like OSM Planet + update chunks -> TileMill rende

Re: [OSM-talk] FourSquare and OSM

2012-03-02 Thread Frans Thamura
does this mean that OSM API is not usefull for integration? F On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 2:32 AM, Toby Murray wrote: > Frousquare is not using any OSM API. They are just using map tiles > provided by MapBox with the leaflet library to display it in the > browser. > > Toby > > > On Fri, Mar 2, 2012

Re: [OSM-talk] Map Co-ordinates for towns, etc in UK

2012-03-02 Thread Philip Barnes
I have found some interesting stuff whilst playing with routing on http://open.mapquest.org (which uses OSM). Have found that it cannot route to Shrewsbury. Have found that the town waypoint has been put in the middle of a retail area, with pedestrianised streets around. Am guessing it is because

Re: [OSM-talk] FourSquare and OSM

2012-03-02 Thread Toby Murray
Frousquare is not using any OSM API. They are just using map tiles provided by MapBox with the leaflet library to display it in the browser. Toby On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Frans Thamura wrote: > hi all > > we have great news that foursquare using OSM now > > anyone working with Fq? which

[OSM-talk] FourSquare and OSM

2012-03-02 Thread Frans Thamura
hi all we have great news that foursquare using OSM now anyone working with Fq? which API that osm using ? the ruby one? F ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] 'Foursquare Says Farewell to Google Maps, Joins OpenStreetMap Movement'

2012-03-02 Thread Oleg
Great choice! OSM is way better that oddy googlish scratches on the tiles :) Rock'n'Roll! 2012/3/2 Maarten Deen > From > > >: > > Foursquare is parting ways with Google Maps in