[OSM-talk-be] Map of local shops & amenities based on OSM data

[André Pirard]

On 2014-10-16 14:16, Ben Abelshausen wrote :
> Hi Julien,
>
> A little late but: nice work! I also tweeted the link to your blog on
> @osm_be
>
> https://twitter.com/osm_be/status/522721977250091008
>
> If you have any other new ideas, feel free to share here. We can
> always help....
I have already replied to this in the same thread, showing a similar POI
map <http://www.papou.byethost9.com/maps/OpenLayers.html> with more
controls, selectable backgrounds, multiple, selectable POI sets possibly
from different sources maintaining them themselves, mapping GPX routes
and other data types ....
All this in a simpler HTML code making additions straightforward to
anyone.  No left pane, though, but, in a word, techniques that could
very nicely be merged with Julien's excellent work.

The most important issue is POI file format.  Especially, there is no
widespread standard defining a common format for anyone to publish on
the Web a POI list usable by anyone to put on his map. OSM e.g. is a POI
format, but not of a publishable list (that could refer to OSM to get
the actual data or cache it).

BTW, Osmand mentions /*Worldwide Wikipedia POIs*/ files to download and
there is none for Belgium. Why is this? 
Wikipedia's Point of interest
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_interest> itself does not seem to
know these files.

André.



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