On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 04:23:21PM -0400, john whelan wrote: > I'm not sure that it is an issue. If the lat and long can be extracted in > the way that Nomination can handle it isn't an issue. > > The bigger issue at the moment is how do you extract the lat and long > easily? Downloading a bit of OSM into JOSM, saving the file as .XML then > using something like notepad++ to manually extract the values isn't a very > practical way for nonmappers to extract the values.
For nodes, the location is displayed on osm.org in a format that is nicely copyable and compatible with search. For example: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1759453982 displays "Location: 51.5171393, -0.094835" Reverse Query: https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=51.5171393,-0.094835 works like a charm. It's a bit more complicated for areas. Nominatim can help but it's not exactly straightforward. Example: 1. go to https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/ 2. Type "Statue of Liberty" 3. Click on the desired result and then 'Details'. 4. Copy coordinates at 'Centre Point' line. Sarah > > Cheerio John > > On 10 Sep 2016 4:09 pm, "Imre Samu" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >...nominatim ... > > >It is currently inconsistent, and that's a problem for those without a > > PhD in GIS. > > > > If you have a suggestions -> Nominatim issues: > > https://github.com/twain47/Nominatim/issues > > > > > > 2016-09-10 21:34 GMT+02:00 john whelan <[email protected]>: > > > >> The issue isn't that nomination won't handle lat and long it is that you > >> cannot cut and paste from the xml code. "lat='45.472891' > >> lon='-75.4891002'" doesn't work. You have to know enough or have the > >> instructions to hand to strip off the unwanted lat= and lon=. > >> > >> It is currently inconsistent, and that's a problem for those without a > >> PhD in GIS. One solution could be a write up in the wiki. > >> > >> Cheerio John > >> > >> On 10 September 2016 at 15:27, michael spreng <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> On 10/09/16 17:43, john whelan wrote: > >>> > However dig it out of the xml code and drop it into Nomination and you > >>> > get an error. lat='45.472891' lon='-75.4891002' > >>> What kind of error do you get? Works for me: > >>> http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php?q=45.4729+-75.4891 > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> talk mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> talk mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >> > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
