[OSM-dev] how to call from php?

[Nick Whitelegg]

Hello Judy,

Do you mean embed a map in your website and show POIs as markers?

This is described in the wiki at

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenLayers_Simple_Example

For POIs, what you should do is download a planet.osm extract for your area of interest, see

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Planet.osm

then use Osmosis:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmosis

to extract the data you need, then import that data into a database, e.g. osm2pgsql:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osm2pgsql

You can then generate a feed from the database in a given format (e.g. GeoRSS) from PHP by querying the database, and overlay it on OpenLayers, e.g see
the following for an introduction to OpenLayers:

www.openlayers.org
http://www.soc.org.uk/southampton09/presentations/OpenLayers.pdf
http://www.free-map.org.uk/course/ewt/openlayers.xhtml
http://www.free-map.org.uk/course/ewt/openlayers.2xhtml

Hope I've understood what you want to do correctly!

Nick


-----Judy Lovas <jdlovas at gmail.com> wrote: -----
To: dev at openstreetmap.org
From: Judy Lovas <jdlovas at gmail.com>
Date: 16/11/2011 03:20PM
Subject: [OSM-dev] how to call from php?

hi OSM folks 
  
I have a php application that I would like to be able to call map pages from and pass location coordinates and have places marked on the generated map in a browser window.  The old mapping software I had been using went out of business and I cannot get newer tiger updates for its maps.  I just happened upon OSM and would like use your maps if possible.  What is the best way to create this interface from php code?  Right now I my php app is hosted with a linux service provider.  Would I need to download map files, or can I just link to OSM servers?  
  
Thank you in advance for your help and advice. 
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