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

[Marc Gemis]

The way to go is to use an Overpass Query for dynamic updates. Just like
http://umap.openstreetmap.fr is doing. The procedure for umap is described
in a blog post of Mappa Mercia
http://www.mappa-mercia.org/2014/09/creating-an-always-up-to-date-map.html

A similar approach is used by some Dutch people, e.g. in
http://mijndev.openstreetmap.nl/~ligfietser/fiets/?map=bugs&zoom=16&lat=52.45636&lon=5.97868&layers=B00000TTTTTTFF
where all data is retrieved via Overpass Queries.


There is another approach that uses GeoJson as format for POI description.
Somewhere I have a link to such a website, but can't find it right now.
So while you say there is not standard, more or more websites are using
GeoJson. I think GIS tools understand this format. Maybe this is the
de-facto standard.

Can't answer you question on OsmAnd. Don't know who's reponsible for making
the file.


regards

m

On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 1:14 AM, André Pirard <A.Pirard.Papou at gmail.com>
wrote:

>  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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