<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Graham Jones <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:grahamjones139@googlemail.com">grahamjones139@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I am trying to find a way of obtaining OSM data (read only) for use in an application for providing additional information on top of a pre-rendered map (e.g. display of locations of pubs, shops etc. as selected by the user).<br>
There seem to be quite a few ways to do this:<br><ol><li>The main OSM API (but it is a shame to use that server for a read only application?).</li><li>XAPI (looks promising but I think the servers are ill at the moment - I like the idea of having an appeal for a new one if necessary!).</li>
<li>TRAPI (this looks like a neat idea, but is not clear to me whether there are any working servers, or if this is just a concept?).</li><li>ROMA (Sounds similar to TRAPI, but again I do not know if there are any servers)</li>
<li>TileDataServer (I think that TRAPI is an extension of this).</li></ol>Can anyone advise me on whether there are working servers for 3, 4 and 5 above please?<br><br>The other thing I was thinking about was setting up a little XAPI server to play with myself, but I am struggling to work out how to install it on my computer (I know nothing about GT.M...) Can anyone point me to some instructions please?<br>
</blockquote><div><br>Graham<br>Right now there is no easy path for installing and getting a XAPI instance running. My top priority is bringing one or two of the public XAPI instances back to life. <br><br>Once they are up to date and stable, then my next priority is to make a proper install kit so that we can get more XAPI instances, both public and private, rolled out.<br>
<br>TRAPI and ROMA will give you all data for a Z12 sized bounding box and are optimised for tiles@home. This may or may not be suitable for your needs. I don't know the status of any of the TRAPI or ROMA servers.<br>
<br>80n<br></div></div>