[OSM-dev] API for local Postgis installs?

[Martin Spott]

Hi Jon,

Jon Burgess wrote:

> Q. What are the nearest roads or other linear features within 250m of
> Buckingham Palace?
> 
> First locate the co-ordinates of Buckingham Palace:
[...]
> Next perform geometry query to locate the nearest linear features:

Things could be even simpler: PostgreSQL/PostGIS should allow you to
replace the "GeomFromText('POINT[...]'" clause by the SELECT statement
you use in the first query - sub-selects are a neat tool here  :-)

Cheers,
	Martin.
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