[OSM-dev] Name finder for the main OSM page?

[David Earl]

On 03/08/2007 14:15, Milo van der Linden wrote:
> But I am wondering what frankieandshadow does in the background; they 
> don't seem to query the main OSM database directly, but build some sort 
> of index? 

Yes, there is an index, generated weekly from the planet file.

Here's how it works:
   http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Name_finder
(see "How it works")

> What is required in order to get this functionallity running 
> from the main OSM site?

See my previous message: it could be done in the same way as geonames 
where the home page consults the existing site; or it could be moved to 
an OSM machine. Either way it runs a script which consults a database.

David