[GraphHopper] GraphHopper Digest, Vol 41, Issue 6

[Peter K]

Am 10.06.2013 15:17, schrieb Razvan C:
>>> For Geocoding I think you can take a look to Nominatim
>>> tool (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim).
>> We're already using nominatim for the web demo. This can't be used
>> for Android for several reasons. Or what was the question :) ?
>>  
>> *What are the reason?*
> You cannot use nominatim if you want *offline* geocoding. This would
> mean to port nominatim to android is impossible. If you want online
> geocoding then offline routing is senseless too IMO.
>
> But using a graphhopper webservice from Android is easy: have a look
> into the web project and copy & paste GraphHopperWeb to your project
> and use it instead of 'GraphHopper.java'. Then, to use nominatim, you
> can use NominatimGeocoder
>  
> *If you want to make an offline GPS you will need a nominatim option,
> because requesting a user to tap on map for getting a route is not so
> right.*

Of course, getting the route from an address will be added later:
https://github.com/graphhopper/graphhopper/issues/16


> *Why is impossible to port nominatim to Android, taking in account
> that you don't port whole World but just a portion?*

Did you ever try to setup nominatim on a normal linux box?
...
Feel free to do it. I won't :) !
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